Jason Rosenthal, CEO of Ning.
We will phase out our free service. Existing free networks will have the opportunity to either convert to paying for premium services, or transition off of Ning.
Bound to cause a stir in the many education communities that have been built on top of the free version of Ning.
BuzzFeed celebrates National Library Week with a collection of threatening library signs.
Found on Engadget this morning.
Clay Shirky speaks for about 20 minutes on the societal shift from media consumption to consumption + production + sharing.
Part 1
Part 2
John Gruber:
I wish him well, but going from The Tonight Show to TBS is like going from the New York Yankees to the Milwaukee Brewers.
Pro blogging tip…
Blogging is the clearest example of media as conversation. A good blog has an identifiable voice. A human being is talking, not at us but with us.
Will Richardson:
Collins and Halverson are paying attention. They frame a compelling case that we are entering a third era of learning, one of lifelong learning that is replacing universal schooling, which replaced apprenticeship. And they argue that the “seeds of a new education system” are already taking root, one that builds on the potential of technology that will ultimately leave schools with a “narrower role” in learning.
The quote is in District Administration magazine. Hopefully they are recognizing the need to pay attention.
Note: Collins and Halverson’s book, referenced in the article, is sold out on Amazon.
I’ve passed on this one 10 times in the last 3 days. Today I clicked on it.
Totally worth it.
From the New York Times:
Faced with withering criticism for its spotty iPhone service, AT&T blames in part a shortage of cellphone towers near homes and businesses. But it has a solution: put a miniature cell tower in your living room.
AT&T wants to provide you a mini cell tower inside your home that hooks to your Internet connection and uses your Internet, instead of AT&T, to make your calls that you already pay AT&T to make.
iPhone users pay AT&T $90/month for their mobile plans. Many pay $100/month for a home Internet connection. Now AT&T wants us to buy $150 devices that use our $100/month Internet connections to ease the load on the $90/month service we already pay for.
Seriously.
Doc Searls in the Cluetrain Manifesto:
We don’t know what the web is for, but we’ve adopted it faster than any technology since fire.