Posts tagged 'think tank'

Survival Bowl

20070205Mon

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Having grown up in northwest Indiana, the very epicenter of the SuperBowl, I would be sorely remiss if I did not mention it at least in passing. But now that I have, let’s talk a moment about a much larger game being played, with much higher stakes.

Exxon hearts YouTube

20060804Fri

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Exxon got outed last summer in its funding various “Think Tanks”. Now it seems to be getting into the Web 2.0 crowd by making videos and posting them to YouTube. Oh, and forgetting to mention that they’re Exxon.

Fighting dirty over network neutrality

20060712Wed

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The telecoms must be scared; they’re already fighting dirty. Consider, if you will, these three news items:

Hands Off the Internet, a “grassroots” website against network neutrality.
Tom Giovanetti’s OpEd in the Mercury News, “Network neutrality? Welcome to the stupid Internet.”
Sen. Ted Stevens’ already infamous “The Internet is a series of tubes” speech.