Tag: Business
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PLATO Got me interested in computers
PLATO – Program Logic for Automatic Teaching Operation was installed in the Basement of the G Lecture Hall at UIC, then known as “Circle” when I was attending. I was taking a Microeconomics course, and I was freakedout because I had never taken an econ test, and the teacher did not tell us whether it…
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from Dave Winer – Net neutrality is hypocrisy
The idea is that the transport layer, operated by telephone companies and cable companies, must transport all bits across their lines at the same rate and cost. Nice idea, but it’s hypocritical to demand that of their vendors when they don’t provide it to their users. For some reason they are never called on this…
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Danilel X. O’Neil’s Primer on City of Chicago Contracting: Derivative Works (DXO)
Forget the foolish focus on “who” will be the new “Mayor Daley.” This focus on the what that goes on with each action and contract cuts to heart of the City’s problems. The wink and then the no bid contract to the friend, political ally, or somebody’s relative. It is not nickle and dime’ing us,…
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Obsolete jobs: Wire editor, features editor | yelvington.com
On the Internet, we have no need of wire editors; if we wish to have wire content on our websites, we can plug in AP Hosted News, or run a full feed of AP Online or some similar product from another service. But with everything on the Internet just a click away, the value of…
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The 10 Major Newspapers That Will Either Fold or Go Digital Next – TIME
24/7 Wall St. has created a list of the 10 major daily papers that are most likely to fold or shutter their print operations and only publish online. The properties were chosen on the basis of the financial strength of their parent companies, the amount of direct competition they face in their markets and industry…
Barbara K Iverson 