Michael on Media
Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.
He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.
Simpler and Simpler, Dumber and Dumber
1. Teaching Math In 1960s A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit ? 2. Teaching Math In 1970s A logger sells a truckload of...
Read moreA Day in the Life of a VJ
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Read moreThe Soloist – A Documentary on the Death of Newspapers
Emmy for best documentary? Flying trans-Atlantic once a week gives you two things: -Lots of frequent flyer miles -A chance to see just about every movie there is. Virgin Atlantic offers a wide range of films, and being captive...
Read moreThis England
Think Yiddish…. Act British…….Dress Italian. In the past few months we have become regular commuters between New York and England. Once for a business meeting, once to give a speech, once to do a ‘house-exchange’ in the Cotwsolds, and...
Read moreThe New Industrial Revolution
My 6-year old is on my Mac all the time…. I always like to spend time in Britain. It’s the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, and the place where our world was born. The arrival of harnessed waterpower and...
Read moreJaw Dropping Digital Future
A breath-taking demonstration of digital power by Blaise Aguera y Arcas, inventor of Seadragon, speaking at TED last year. Watch this.
Read moree Ink Responds
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n2xxqMQyfY[/youtube] Zack Wilson, who works in our office (ZW on comments) notes that we should not write off eInk quite so fast in our praise of the coming iTablet from Apple. eInk, demonstrated not so well above (eInk may...
Read moreRoll Over Beethoven
How long has this been going on? Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony runs 74 minutes. That is a long time. But if y0u were a music fan in 1815 and wanted to catch a little of the Ninth, you couldn’t just...
Read moreApple’s iTablet?
How many video aps can you imagine? Amazon sold close to a half million Kindles last year and may sell even more this year, but Kindle has an inherent structural problem – it only can carry text. Wired is...
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