its been very gratifying to read comments and posts linking to my post last week on homophily serendipity and xenophilia. i have high hopes of writing more on the topic and am currently digging into birds of a feather homophily in social networks which danah boyd recommends as a thorough academic introduction to the subject. that link will give you a summary of the paper which is available in full...
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partly because of speechification and partly for work reasons ive been thinking a lot recently about how radio might and should change. one of the great and exciting possibilities it seems to me is for radio to show more of its working to let you peek behind the scenes a little. ipm is doing that very well and pods and blogs and presumably the presence of chris vallance doing both programmes is no...
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on my way to india i was stranded for over 12 hours on the runway due to bad weather. so what was to be a 4 hour flight turned out to be a 12 hour nightmare with a detour to another airport and 200 passengers just waiting to get home. while i can talk about the pains of being couped up in an aircraft with no food and small doses of water i found reprieve and inspiration in wnycs radio lab po...
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so begins a series of favorite x of 2007 posts. feel free to add your own faves or otherwise pillory me in the comments. sometime after purchasing an ipod and gaining a twohour daily commute i discovered the wonderful world of podcasting. podcasts are essentially perfect for bus rides. you can listen to them while waiting for my shuttle to come. it takes no effort to pack and unpack my ipod when i...
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as ive discussed before im addicted to podcasts. in an era where polemical talk radio dominates the airwaves and in a city like new york where most of us barely listen to radio because we dont drive to work each day for me the podcast as an entity has had quite an impact. ive always listened to npr here and there but ive never had the chance to listen to some programs and discover others as regula...
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ive been devouring every podcast available of wnycs radio lab. the show is heard on many public radio stations but if you havent discovered it you should. its all about science but dont let that deter you from lending an ear. think this american life mixed with a little mr. wizard and a dash of myth busters all cooked up by likeable braniacs who take even the most obtuse scientific concept into co...
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ive been so busy car shopping the past few days that i completely forgot to announce that i will be doing a radio interview about my podcast bedroom radio tomorrow. at 200pm est ill be doing a live phone interview on wnyc 93.9 fm in new york during their soundcheck music talk show. the theme of the show is podcasting and ive been asked to represent the sex and music angle. im pretty excited and...
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heres a list of the podcasts im currently subscribing to links are to the web sites not the podcast feed now pbs npr most emailed stories on the media from nprwnyc science friday spacemusic hosted by tc this show again read more......
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i was honored to be on the radio wednesday morning on wnyc the npr station in new york city. we chatted about the impact of the abc plans to post some of its shows online with commercials and the state of digital media. we even took phone calls from some folks with terrific ideas. wnycs brian lehrer was a great host and treated me far more kindly than i deserved. listen or download podcast......
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review pw play offers absurd look at entrance to paradise brown daily heraldmar 20 1200 am eternity placement opportunity recounts the stories of five unique candidates called upon for an eternal spot in heaven.save to my web maha atal 08 show me the money brown daily heraldmar 20 1215 am in his march 6 lecture on class in america new york times columnist david brooks emphasized the importance o...
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