1. Conversations in New Media 4:37 2. Synthesis of Old and New Media Over Conflict 1:57 3. Big Changes Happen Person to Person 2:03 4. Twitter Enables Citizen Journalism 1:57 5. Digital Disruption of Sexuality Distribution 3:07 6. New Dominance of the Visual Image 5:55 I recently had the pleasure and opportunity to be invited…
Category: Tech
New on ZDNet: Porn’s Bittorrent Lawsuits Reach Freakish Proportions – Over 30,000 Defendants
Porn companies are making history right now, but not the kind of history we would joke about — or necessarily be proud of. The total of individuals being sued by multiple porn companies has reached a record-breaking 30,000 “John Doe” defendants in the past six weeks. For what might be my top article this year,…
On ZDNet/CBSi: Facebook Vs. Faceporn and Adult Social Media
“Facebook and adult social networking: A dream that’s all wet” is well worth reading. It’s also my first post for ZDNet, and I’d like to encourage you to please click over and say hi — I am indeed the new writer people were whispering about, and I’m really excited to be writing with this salty…
Tech Experiments: Best Women’s Erotica 2010 (Kindle Beta Taste Test)
Now, this is looking to be pretty fun. Amazon just released a beta version of a feature which lets you (in this case, me) embed the first chapter from select books into a web page. Typically, for the Kindle reader, for many books — but not all — Kindle users can download a book’s first…
Long Live VB.LY: We’re Back, Fresh New Digs
And… the domain formerly known as vb.ly is now vbly.us. All of your links are still there: when Libyan Spider unplugged the domain they took over 500,000 links off the internet. This damage has been undone. Read more in Dot US: The Restoration Of VBLY (techyum.com). Many people had created custom links through our service.…
The Naked Consultant: Sarah White Codes, Advises, and Consults Sans Pants
Finally, a straightforward (and hot) exchange: sexy, uber-brainy model Sarah White has launched The Naked Consultant. Sarah White is The Naked Consultant. While guys are dropping dollars on cam girls or game crushes hoping for more, White sets out terms for work and play all in one go, and then the fun begins. A counselor…
OkTrends Faces Off With Assumptions on Gay Sexual Intent
OkCupid has done some great dating data mining for posts on their OkTrends blog, and some not-so-great. This week they posted Gay Sex vs. Straight Sex where they examine the widely-held cultural assumption that gay dudes will do anything to have sex with straight guys and that gay people inherently intend by their very nature…
I, For One, Welcome Our New TLD Overlords With Bare Arms
First, let me tell you that there were a LOT of racist and scary comments that I did *not* approve today. I almost approved the one that just said “I drink wee!” but then I came back. Sometimes it’s the little things. …and The Webbie for Best Short Summary Of A Shitstorm goes to PCMag…
Official: vb.ly Link Shortener Seized by Libyan Government
This is also posted on Techyum if you want a work-safe link. Also read this chilling post about what happened with vb.ly in The .ly domain space to be considered unsafe (benmetcalfe.com). It’s official: the Libyan government has seized vb.ly. This was done with no warning. Despite the fact that vb.ly was a one-page link-shortening…
IMHO: Piracy Lawsuits Are Not A Business Plan
Alt title: Dearest RIAA/MPAA, Anyway, here’s the news via the EFF: 3 More Adult Companies Sue 1,100 Bit Torrent Users CHICAGO — Another wave of bit torrent piracy suits were filed Wednesday. The latest action targets 1,100 John Does in three suits waged by CP Productions Inc., First Time Videos and Future Blue Inc. (…)…