A lot commentary about the future of journalism and the need for large, well-funded media organizations centers around the need for the fourth estate to stand up to the other, equally well-funded estates.
Seth Godin weighs in with a post entitled "When newspapers are gone, what will you miss?," notes that only newspapers seem to be able to keep government honest.
In 2009, Harlequin will be celebrating 60 years of providing women with pure reading pleasure, and throughout the year we will be showcasing the variety of romantic reads we offer by highlighting some of our most popular series in a Series Spotlight program here online and in retail stores in some very exciting ways.
Every month, one series will be spotlighted featuring top authors… Continue
Ray Wang of Forrester Research is one of the most influential software consultants, and is never afraid to speak his mind, which makes him a great resource for journalists.
In an interesting turn of events, though, his blog, "A Software Insider's Point of View," now includes a regular "heard on the street feature" that could easily be confused for a very,very well-sourced article.
Ray's blog shares sever… Continue
Today, I replaced a wireless router after six years. The old one finally died, which seemed about right given that I'm hard on equipment. Target sold Linksys boxes from Cisco at $55 a pop. You'd have thought that six years would be enough time to evolve an install User Interface to where setting up one of these things would be smooth.
You'd have thought wrong.
Forty five minutes and a lot of hold time later, the tech and I zeroed in on a single factor that kept the whole thing hung up. It's li… Continue
Jack Shafer can't help being old. But he can help being so obtuse.
Answering David Carr's call for a new publishing business model patterned after iTunes, all Shafer can do is complain about the Kindle (with good reason, I might add) and prattling on about the New York Times Reader, a tech non-starter the Times had the good sense to abandon.
In 2009, Harlequin will be celebrating 60 years of providing women with pure reading pleasure, and throughout the year we will be showcasing the variety of romantic reads we offer by highlighting some of our most popular series in a Series Spotlight program here online and in retail stores in some very exciting ways.
Every month, one series will be spotlighted featuring top authors… Continue 
