Could the iPhone be Made In USA?

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January 23, 2012
Could the iPhone be Made In USA?

One of the best technology reads last week was a New York Times’ big Sunday article on the outsourcing of high-technology manufacturing The iPhone Economy. The piece is a really thorough examination of how high-technology product manufacturing in East Asia has not only resulted in jobs going there that would otherwise be here, but...
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Doctorow: The Coming War on General Computing

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January 12, 2012
Doctorow: The Coming War on General Computing

In a perfect world, this talk by noted author and electronic liberty activist, Cory Doctorow, would be a viral video that would reach millions of people instead of the just a bit over 110,000 it has so far. Because in it he explains in relatively plain English what is going on in the copyright...
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Whither Microsoft?

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January 11, 2012
Whither Microsoft?

The irrepressible, outspoken Barry Ritholtz has a quick post today regarding whether or not Microsoft is even worth holding as a stock any more. The highlight from his take: During the past decade, MSFT returned exactly zero to investors, including dividends. They are a bloated, bureaucracy run by bloated, bureaucratic CEO. The paradigm has...
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Parsing Clinton Census Data

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December 20, 2010

The New York Times has posted an interactive map of the 2010 Census data that encompasses every census...
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Lawrence of Arabia’s “Original Sin” in the Mideast.

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November 20, 2010

This complicated person is largely responsible for both the fundamentals of modern of guerrilla warfare as we see it...
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Friday Music: Futurebirds

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November 19, 2010

Futurebirds are from Athens, GA. Saw these guys at up at Codfish Hollow in the Biehl’s basement on Tuesday...
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Carthago Delenda Est

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October 25, 2010

From the Des Moines Register Politics Blog: “Carthage Must Be Destroyed.” During the Third Punic War, the Roman statesman,...
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Clinton

Clinton Core City Area Projected onto Chicago

The Challenges of a Shrinking City

I’ll expand on this later but in the meantime, there is a public forum today at the Eagle Point Lodge on the future of planning in the City of Clinton. There will be a number of breakout sessions and members of the public are encouraged to attend. Begins at 4:30. More in the Herald....

Technology

Could the iPhone be Made In USA? Could the iPhone be Made In USA?

One of the best technology reads last week was a New York Times’ big...

Doctorow: The Coming War on General Computing Doctorow: The Coming War on General Computing

In a perfect world, this talk by noted author and electronic liberty activist, Cory...

Whither Microsoft? Whither Microsoft?

The irrepressible, outspoken Barry Ritholtz has a quick post today regarding whether or not...

Why Information Security (And Security In General) Sucks Why Information Security (And Security In General) Sucks

He also makes what I think is a critical point about how 9/11 changed...


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