Education and Black Boys

Steve Rubel reports today on efforts in the U.S. Congress to pass a shield law that would protect bloggers from disclosing sources for their posts.  The Columbia Journalism Review provides a detailed description of the proposal and its background.  Ironically, conservative Republican Mike Pence of Indiana is the driving force behind enacting a federal shield law…

There are times where I wish it was easier to print blog posts.  Just as the mainstream media found as they came online that they needed to make it convenient for readers to email and print stories, why isn’t it easier to do so with blog posts?  Feedburner has a widget that makes emailing relatively…

The following is a transcript of the conversation with Kara Swisher: Chip Griffin: Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for the “Wall Street Journal” San Francisco bureau in 1997. Along with Walt Mossberg, she is the co-host and co-producer of D: All Things Digital, a major high tech conference. And she has thoughtful and provocative…

OK, that’s a bit of an exaggeration.  But it was a tough two hours this morning as I was unable to access my Newsgator feeds using FeedDemon between about 5 AM and 7 AM.  At first I thought it was my new Vista computer since it has been a bit cranky.  But when fiddling with…

I’m launching a new venture.  Let me tell you about StartRocket and why I’m doing it. Lots of great web entrepreneurship happens in Silicon Valley.  There are tons of successful companies, aspiring startups, ambitious entrepreneurs, and savvy investors.  Most tech conferences are easy to get to, just a short car or plane ride away.  High-tech…