Very useful interactive map that includes project and legislative information. Wisconsin comparatively, has very little activity, despite recent stories that we are at the “center of the wired world”.
Media Change: Rosen Connects the dots
Jay Rosen does quite a job connecting the advertising, authority/credibility and newspaper circulation dots between LA, Northern Virginia, Milwaukee and Dallas. Hugh Hewitt’s speech on circulation and advertising is well worth reading. Check it out.
Here’s a copy of the actual complaint (32K PDF)
Somewhat related, the Wisconsin State Journal (AP & WSJ Staff), while covering the Milwaukee Journal circulation lawsuit, mentions that “March 31, 2004, indicates that “other paid sales” accounted for 4.3 percent of the papers’ combined daily circulation and 1.5 percent of Sunday circulation.”
We live in interesting times.
DHS (homeland insecurity): TIA – Just Trust Us
Call it Total Information Awareness, homeland-style.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff this week floated an idea to start a nonprofit group that would collect information on private citizens, flag suspicious activity, and send names of suspicious people to his department.
Your papers, please….
Wood on UW Madison J-School Centennial Celebration
Scant mention of their current utility allowed for a more in-depth discussion of the future of blogs. All agreed — including UW alum and Denver-based professional freelance writer and communications consultant Kerby Meyers — that these blogs would only increase in importance, with the most interesting comment coming from Anderson. At one point, he succinctly summed up the current power and immense potential of blogs.
“In our coverage you would have a first day story and then a second story,” Anderson said during Saturday’s discussion.
More on the Circulation Lawsuit Against the Journal-Sentinel
Mother Jones on the Municipal Wireless Battles
Mother Jones covers SBC & Comcast’s efforts to “scare local voters” to vote against a broadband initiative. Seems counter-intuitive. Read on. Via Glenn. More on municipal efforts to promote local broadband.
Business Process Innovation at Ariens
Long time Wisconsin manufacturer Ariens has embraced “lean manufacturing” – made famous by the Toyota Production System. Interesting and powerful stuff. Read on.
BTW – I like their website. Straightforward, easy to read, prices upfront.
Winer turns 50
UW Grad and father of blogging Dave Winer turns 50 today. Happy Birthday from Madison 🙂
Dave’s 2002 piece on “Monoculture, an Artifact of the 20th Century?” is well worth reading today.
West Coast Volcano Threats – USGS
USGS 2005-1164: A look at US volcano early warning systems:
The United States has abundant volcanoes, and over the past 25 years the Nation has experienced a diverse range of the destructive phenomena that volcanoes can produce. Hazardous volcanic activity will continue to occur, and – because of increasing population, increasing development, and expanding national and international air traffic over volcanic regions – the exposure of human life and enterprise to volcano hazards is increasing. Fortunately, volcanoes exhibit precursory unrest that if detected and analyzed in time allows eruptions to be anticipated and communities at risk to be forewarned with reliable information in sufficient time to implement response plans and mitigation measures.
Keay Davidson takes a look at California’s three most dangerous volcanoes.
Economist Survey: Oil
Interesting and thought provoking set of articles on “Oil in troubled waters” from the Economist:
“THE time when we could count on cheap oil and even cheaper natural gas is clearly ending.” That was the gloomy forecast delivered in February by Dave O’Reilly, the chairman of Chevron Texaco, to hundreds of oilmen gathered for a conference in Houston. The following month, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez gleefully echoed the sentiment: “The world should forget about cheap oil.”