Comcast

If you didn't know. Comcast censors your internet. The FCC has filed a suit against them, and has required that Comcast provides more details on it network management policies. The FCC argues that it is a clear violation of the net-neutrality principles.

here is an article that talks about it. 

Also here is another article from the Wall Street Journal.

A Day in the Life of The Ever Expanding Woman

While on the hunt for interesting blogs, I found one that was almost strange to me. We all know that having a child is suppose to be one of the most magical, private, hurtful, and ecstatic things that can happen in life. However, in reality, I have no idea what it would be like to be pregnant, give birth, or the idea of raising a child. Also, at the moment, I am not particularly curious. But what if you are, what if you need some guidance, or to speak to someone who is going through the same reproductive experience as you? Well, I have found you a perfect site. If you go to this site you will find blogs by women who talked about birth, their feelings, their physical appearance, even their children. I find this an interesting blog because even though giving birth is so private as well as magical, people across the world are now talking about it on the same platform, providing guidance to people who they have never even met. But because of this one experience that can bring them together, they can converse like long lost friends.

Barnes & Noble filters Web 2.0 from how-to content

Barnes & Noble started having how-to guides and videos of experts on different topics. The reason for these videos is to face the people that big issue of user-generated content of non accurate information.

Click here to read article

Don't Skype in China

As if what we read about China and internet censorship wasn't bad enough, I found this article regarding Skype in China. Sounds like they're taking it a bit too far..

Here's the article.

PoliticalTicker

As the elections approach, I find political campaigns very important as well as influential. As we see in class, the internet is a prime source of information and sites where you can contribute your opinion are vital in the candidates success. I found this website where CNN updates us on information on the candidates, the election, the new information given by the media, along with mnay other categories to read. Some include other people that have been involved in the 2008 election, other by state, and some by dates. These are all sub categories of the Politics category, however there are also many other categories you can explore. World, U.S., Crime, and Entertainment are all available categories to investigate.

Creative Commons type of ideas

I am really interested in the Creative Commons idea, and searched around for any other perspectives and information on it. I also just wanted to read more about copyright issues and similar topics. I found some fairly interesting stories. 

This story talks about Steve Jobs of Apple in regards to DRM and his opinions. There are some valid points that get brought up. 

This  is a good story because it's about a band I like. Just kidding. It's a good story because it offers perspective from a different point of view, which is from someone who is a musician but who has been releasing music through a traditional method and tried something different. 

Making fun of Web 2.0

In class we've been seeing a bunch of great Web 2.0 websites. Well, I was on MSN earlier and their banner declaring "Web 2.0's Most Ridiculous Websites" caught my eye. I guess everything has to have a flip side.

I didn't go to every website on the list but I did go to a few.

BillMonk was especially funny because it claims to be popular among college kids. I have never even heard of it and when I took a poll, no one else had either!

YubNub was just...strange. Interesting thought behind it...but strange that they'd set up a search engine that you can command to search other search engines.

I did, however, pass along the BarbieGirls.com to a special little 6 year old diva I know. I'm sure her Mother will be thanking me soon.