Becker's Online Journal

May 24

Why newspapers need to lose the ‘view from nowhere’ — Tech News and Analysis -

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May 10

Does Cory Doctorow Think The Matrix Got It Wrong? -

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Apr 03

Found on the sidewalk outside my house. What does it mean? (Taken with instagram)

Found on the sidewalk outside my house. What does it mean? (Taken with instagram)

Mar 12

The QWERTY Effect: How Typing May Shape the Meaning of Words | Wired Science | Wired.com -

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Jan 06

Newspapers, Paywalls, and Core Users « Clay Shirky -

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Jan 05

Idaho Teachers Fight a Reliance on Computers - NYTimes.com -

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Dec 04

Internet Access and the New Divide - NYTimes.com -

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Aug 12

Time saver -

paystubsOur company recently switched to using an online, browser-based service for our timesheets and payroll. I won’t name names, mostly because the task of getting the new service into service…

Aug 11

Meet the new blue -

I’ve been a bit busy the past week or so, what with the new duties of city editor kicking in for me here at the paper, so posting on here has been sporadic. I hope to get my schedule tamed…

Aug 05

Federal study: Internet connections usually aren’t as fast as advertised -

A report from the FCC confirms what many of us already know: Our Internet speed is usually not quite as fast as the brochure promised.

The report also quantified the effects on home…