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Entertainment, Time and the Long Tail

Over the past year or so I’ve fallen into an unexpected crisis. I have more entertainment to consume than I have time in which to consume it. We’re not talking about just a few unbeaten video games or a small pile of unread books. We’re talking about a person only having ten or so hours a week in which to consume entertainment with hundreds of hours of quality entertainment becoming available in that same time. Continue reading ‘Entertainment, Time and the Long Tail’ »

What’s up with mash-ups?

If you’re net savvy in any sense of the word you probably know what a mash-up is. It’s when someone takes mutiple works of art and mixes them together to create a new work. Mash-ups are a great example of how technology is enabling average people to easily create digital content. It’s all good creative commons style action. Continue reading ‘What’s up with mash-ups?’ »