No! The author of "A Better Pencil" explains why such hysterical hand-wringing is as old as communication itself
By Vincent Rossmeier Sep 19, 2009
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Don't blame the Internet for stifling creativity, says a musician. Blame the new absence of barriers to entry
By Andrew Leonard
November 12, 2009
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I've been reading this family blog, but they don't know. I think they think it's private!
By Cary Tennis
October 22, 2009
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Wikipedia promises to clean up its act. Does that mean no more famously wrong obituaries?
By Vincent Rossmeier
August 25, 2009
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How I learned that I was powerless over micro-blogging and my life had become unmanageable
By Laurel Snyder
August 15, 2009
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Is easy access to the music of yesteryear stifling creativity? John Taylor, bassist and '80s fashion icon, opines
By Andrew Leonard
November 11, 2009
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Millions of people have discovered the joys of seeing yourself in print. Unfortunately, no one's making a dime
By Garrison Keillor
August 12, 2009
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Chris Anderson, Wired's editor in chief, discusses the Internet's challenge to the traditional press
By Frank Hornig
July 28, 2009
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One giant book, 92 days, thousands of readers -- and the world's most ambitious reading group
By Joe Coscarelli
July 14, 2009
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The producer and host talks about creating intelligent forums on the Web and on television
July 13, 2009
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As old media struggles for relevance, the once-maligned blogosphere proves it's as transformative as the telephone
By Scott Rosenberg
July 6, 2009
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In this age of instant e-mail and ubiquitous BlackBerrys, is it possible to disconnect completely?
By David Sirota
June 27, 2009
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The author and new media expert on emotion in the media landscape and why people start using new tools
June 22, 2009
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The man who created flash mobs explains why crazes like Susan Boyle ruin our ability to focus on the big picture.
By Vincent Rossmeier
June 10, 2009
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With no traditional-media allies or lobbying money, the netroots was able to alter the debate about wiretapping in the 2008 campaign. Leading the charge: Salon's Glenn Greenwald.
By Eric Boehlert
May 19, 2009
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Cellphone novels, the rage in Japan, now have competition in America: Twitter fiction.
By Barry Yourgrau
May 14, 2009
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Kids today are just as safe as they were in the '70s, says "Free-Range Kids" author Lenore Skenazy, and what's really distressing is an alarmist culture that refuses to let them grow up.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
May 4, 2009
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Twitter and e-mail aren't making us stupider, but they are making us more distracted. A new book explains why learning to focus is the key to living better.
By Laura Miller
April 29, 2009
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Buns and Chou Chou turn to comedian Brent Weinbach for social networking advice.
April 9, 2009
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The author of a new book says no, and talks about how a site spawned by an Ayn Rand enthusiast became our most popular encyclopedia.
By Vincent Rossmeier
March 24, 2009
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If reporting vanishes, the world will get darker and uglier. Subsidizing newspapers may be the only answer.
By Gary Kamiya
February 17, 2009
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Why the latest annoying Facebook trend might be one of the most inspiring Web crazes in years.
By Robert Lanham
February 7, 2009
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In the tech-challenged White House, the prez's BlackBerry-savvy aides feel like they've stumbled into the Carter administration.
By Mike Madden
January 27, 2009
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The truth lies somewhere between "Google is making us stupid" and "the Internet will liberate humanity."
By David Brin
December 23, 2008
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The lolcats, the Internet's most famous felines, may be hilarious. But in their yearning, I see nothing less than the tragedy of the human condition.
By Jay Dixit
November 15, 2008