Category: economics
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Apple iPad rumors, Netbooks, and Commodifcation
Jeremy Horwitz’s rumor post from Monday on iLounge, “Ten New Details on the Apple Tablet,” contains some tantalizing predications from an allegedly reliable inside source: 10.7” screen 2 versions: 1 with 3G and another without Announcement date: January 19, 2010 Sale date in May or June 2010 This, however, was the prediction which generated the…
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Standalone WiFi Skype Phones and Rocket Scientists
Steve Jurvetson, in his ForaTV video presentation, “The User-Generated, Real-Time Web,” says (among other things) that we’re going to see Skype spin off from eBay in the next few months (his speech was in June) and create standalone, wifi-based phones which have been a part of the founding vision of Skype since the beginning but…
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Emerging Trends that Redefine Education in the 21st Century by Bruce Dixon
These are my notes from Bruce Dixon’s session, “Emerging Trends that Redefine Education in the 21st Century,” at the 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong Conference on 18 September 2009. Bruce is the executive director of the Anywhere, Anytime Learning Foundation (AALF.) MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. The official description of this…
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Branding, Advertising, and the Attention Economy
I’m following the lead of my wife and son this past summer, who both read 4+ eBooks on their iPhone / iTouch devices using the free Kindle for iPhone app. This week I started reading Naomi Klein’s book “No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs” in eBook form. According to WikiPedia’s entry, Klein: ……
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Painful signs of media convergence in my hometown
After 28 years of business, Randy’s Music and Movies store on 33rd and Broadway in Edmond, Oklahoma has closed up shop. According to their website: Randy’s M & M’s operates three stores in the Edmond-Oklahoma City area. We are the largest and oldest “independent” music and movie store in Oklahoma. We sell compact discs, cassettes,…
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Podcast324: Gaming, Fun, and Digital Citizenship at the Internet Cafe in Cushing, Oklahoma
This podcast is a recording of an interview I conducted in February 2009 with Linda the Computer Lady at her Internet Cafe in Cushing, Oklahoma. The young people in Cushing (as well as older folks who are digitally inclined) are extremely fortunate to have an entrepreneur like Linda in their community who has provided this…
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Chaiwan, The Innovation Economy, and our need to Educationally as well as Economically Re-Imagine Ourselves
The “four tigers” of East Asia established a model of export-led economic growth in the post-World War II global economy which demonstrated the potential for smaller governments to become economic powerhouses without a rich foundation of “traditional” natural resources like petroleum or other raw, natural materials. According to the current English WikiPedia entry: The term…
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U.S. Economy: A car wreck in slow motion
I really enjoyed the opportunity to catch up with fellow USAFA-alum and debate team mentor Tim Kane this weekend, who contributes to the Growthology economics blog for the Kauffman Foundation. In his latest post, “Jobs Update: Unhappy Times are Here Again,” Tim synthesizes recent unemployment statistics for the U.S. by noting: What this means is…
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U.S. farm subsidies, Land Runs, and Hopelessness in the Dust Bowl
I am continuing to appreciate the easy access we have to food in supermarkets, air conditioning, clean air to breathe, and many other things we normally take for granted as I read “The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl,” by Timothy Egan. It’s also providing a…
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Considering Rigor in light of 21st Century Skills, ePortfolios, and Digital Identity (DI)
Oklahoma needs to join the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. The “21st Century Skill Incentive Fund Act,” introduced into the US Congress last month, may help. The act: …aims to provide matching federal funds to states that pair strong core courses with 21st century skills such as creativity, innovation, critical thinking and financial, economic, business…