http://www.asteroff.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:31:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Go ahead, click the Facebook “Like” button on your friend’s cat picture. Don’t think twice about it. You’re being a good netizen who participates in collegial dialogue and keeps the world safe for democracy. As Facebook, Google, Twitter, and other social networking companies ramp up their monetization, the worldwide battle ... http://www.asteroff.com/2012/02/441/ If you have siblings, you might want to buckle up, because more than likely it’s going to be a bumpy life. If you are an only child, take some solace in learning to paddle your own canoe right from the very start. Psychotherapist Jeanne Safer’s Cain’s Legacy is highly recommended ... http://www.asteroff.com/2012/01/review-of-cains-legacy/ Be afraid. Be very afraid. Because whether or not you use the Internet, you do have a digital reputation to protect, and you had better pay attention to it. Those who do use the Internet have a bigger stake in the game, but even if you’ve never been “online,” never ... http://www.asteroff.com/2011/10/review-of-digital-assassination/ Cory Doctorow’s Context showcases his ability to explain how the many facets of technology impact the user and the marketplace. Context gives decision makers a blueprint for well-considered decisions in the costly and ever-changing digital world. A prolific author, journalist, and blogger, Mr. Doctorow has established himself ... http://www.asteroff.com/2011/10/review-of-context/ Point. Click. Scroll. Scan. Point. Click. Scroll. Scan. Repeat until you walk away or shut off the computer, smart phone, or tablet. This is how we communicate, get information, work, and even play. Most importantly, in the age of the Internet and the Word Wide Web, this is how our ... http://www.asteroff.com/2011/07/387/ How Tablets Can Get Ready for the Enterprise – Janet Asteroff Love 'em or hate 'em no one can deny that tablets are coming. Consumerization has brought them to the enterprise, but now it is time for the enterprise to influence tablets to make them more useful. What does it take ... http://www.asteroff.com/2011/05/379/ Great photos of all of Stanley's locations -- worth the look http://www.neilhallphotography.com/Stanley_Kubrick.html And to think, The Godfather is the #1 film of all time. It's a 19th century romantic story. Clockwork Organge is so much better http://www.asteroff.com/2011/03/looking-for-stanley-photographing-kubrick%e2%80%99s-film-locations/ E-Books' Varied Formats Make Citations a Mess for Scholars Kindle, Nook, and other devices put the same text on different pages By Tushar Rae As e-reading devices gain popu­larity, professors and students are struggling to adapt them to an academic fun­damental: proper citations, which other scholars can use. The trouble is that in electronic ... http://www.asteroff.com/2011/02/life-is-tough-all-over-pagination-falls-on-hard-times/ MARSHALL MCLUHAN - You Know Nothing of My Work! By Douglas Coupland I miss McLuhan, we need him now Check out the book -- it's a good one. From the review in the Times by David Carr: "Coupland explains that it was Mc­Luhan’s ability to anticipate the homogenizing and dehumanizing effect of mass media ... http://www.asteroff.com/2011/01/new-book-about-marshall-mcluhan/ What's the "unorthodox service" ?? Visit the posting at http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/wri/2121590527.html to contact the person who posted this. ============================================================ Seeking linguist to help name internet startup Date: 2010-12-20, 12:26AM We're an Internet startup with such an unorthodox service we're stumped coming up with a name.  Plus, everything we think of that comes close is already taken (i.e. ... http://www.asteroff.com/2010/12/in-need-of-a-marketing-mind/