Scott Rosenberg - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/scott_rosenberg/?source=rss&aim=scott_rosenberg en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT Monday roundup: Hulk vs. Shakespeare Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/06/16/monday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/06/16/monday/index.html?source=rss "Hulk" director says superhero flicks are boring! So I'm off to a 10-hour Japanese film. Also: A.P.'s wacky war against the blogosphere. Trapped in the grid By Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/01/24/nicholas_carr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/01/24/nicholas_carr/index.html?source=rss Like electricity, the Web is everywhere and changes everything, says Nicholas Carr. But the one thing it can't deliver is freedom. Empty thine in-box By Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/07/13/email_etiquette/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/07/13/email_etiquette/index.html?source=rss A spate of e-mail etiquette guides and productivity manuals commands us to clear out our e-mail. Don't we all have better things to do? Apple hearts Microsoft By Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2007/05/31/jobs_gates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2007/05/31/jobs_gates/index.html?source=rss Steve Jobs and Bill Gates take the stage at a tech conference and come off more like old pals than business rivals. "I know who the smart people in America are" Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/30/mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/30/mccain/index.html?source=rss John McCain courts the tech industry. Delight in disorder By Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/05/23/weinberger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/05/23/weinberger/index.html?source=rss Now that the Web has made everything miscellaneous, as David Weinberger argues in his new book, we're free to remix the world. Are we playing dice with the biosphere? By Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/03/12/caruso/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/03/12/caruso/index.html?source=rss Veteran tech writer Denise Caruso warns us how little we really know about genetic engineering -- and says there's a smarter way to place bets on new technology. Transparency and the Edwards campaign By Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/02/09/edwards_bloggers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/02/09/edwards_bloggers/index.html?source=rss Will the professionalization of bloggers destroy the openness and directness that have made blogs so popular? Software is hard By Andrew Leonard Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/02/03/leonard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/02/03/leonard/index.html?source=rss Salon's Scott Rosenberg explains why even small-scale programming projects can take years to complete, one programmer is often better than two, and the meaning of "Rosenberg's Law." Words fail us By Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/02/03/rosenberg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/02/03/rosenberg/index.html?source=rss Programmers talk to computers using precise instructions -- but when they communicate with people, human language betrays them. An excerpt from "Dreaming in Code." Burying the Kirkpatrick doctrine Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/08/kirkpatrick/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/08/kirkpatrick/index.html?source=rss Former U.N. ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick died today -- but her big idea was discredited long ago. Conservatives: Who cares if we teach terrorists how to build nukes? Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/11/03/nuke_info/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/11/03/nuke_info/index.html?source=rss A U.S. document dump online was supposed to help prove Saddam had WMD. Instead, it published bomb-making details to the world. History as written by a "SimCity" freak By Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/10/30/johnson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/10/30/johnson/index.html?source=rss Gifted amateurs defeated London's cholera epidemic in the 1850s, says culture/tech visionary Steven Johnson, and today a similar bottom-up approach to knowledge can improve neighborhoods, reform cities, even thwart terror. Lawbreakers, paradigm shifters, opportunity scoffers and letter writers Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/07/31/lawbreakers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/07/31/lawbreakers/index.html?source=rss Today's must-reads from TPMMuckraker, William Gibson and more. Bush: We have to destroy Lebanon in order to save it Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/07/31/bush_speech/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/07/31/bush_speech/index.html?source=rss Plus: What the Israel/Hezbollah war has to do with 9/11. Senate has writers' block on Iraq intel report Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/07/31/intel_report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/07/31/intel_report/index.html?source=rss The report on prewar intelligence just can't seem to make it out of committee. Fathoming the unfathomable: Bush's non-response to Lebanon Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/07/31/unfathomable/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/07/31/unfathomable/index.html?source=rss Trying to figure out what the administration could be thinking -- four possibilities. Lieberman agonistes: Is it 1968 all over again? Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/07/31/lieberman_agonistes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/07/31/lieberman_agonistes/index.html?source=rss Pundits try to link the Lamont campaign to the conflicts that divided Democrats four decades ago. Tom DeLay has left the building Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/04/03/delay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/04/03/delay/index.html?source=rss His lawyer says his decision to quit the House and not seek reelection has nothing to do with any criminal investigations. Right. War of the blogs By Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/03/29/reynolds/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/03/29/reynolds/index.html?source=rss New books by Instapundit and Kos present dueling visions of the future -- as libertarian paradise or populist battleground. Salon gets (more) interactive Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/editor/2006/02/02/interactive/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/editor/2006/02/02/interactive/index.html?source=rss Share your ideas, take a survey, and help shape new Salon features and services. Letters to the Editor update Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/editor/2006/01/30/letters_update/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/editor/2006/01/30/letters_update/index.html?source=rss New features on the way -- and why we ask you to sign your name. Google much? The Justice Department wants to know Tim Grieve Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/01/19/google/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/01/19/google/index.html?source=rss To defend an antiporn law, government lawyers say they need to see search engine logs. The Shlemiel way of software By Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/12/09/spolsky/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/12/09/spolsky/index.html?source=rss Author Joel Spolsky talks about what Microsoft has in common with his grandparents and what Isaac Bashevis Singer has to do with code-generating schemes. Code that kills, for real By Scott Rosenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2004/05/11/military_software/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2004/05/11/military_software/index.html?source=rss Future military combat systems will require ever more complicated code, but writing software that is bug free and ready for a firefight is a challenge that gets tougher every day.