My friend referred me to this article on Wired News titled "iTunes Undermines Social Security", about what I'd observed a few days ago with people being able to share playlists. (Written in November 2003, the article reveals how slow I've been in joining the digital revolution. Knowing how the New...

This whole wireless thing is very odd. Maybe if I had more of an understanding of the technology, I wouldn't be so amused by the fact that I can pick up network "stephen" in my apartment. Or that now -- sitting in the school library -- I can share music...

I thought I might have heard wrong when Seth, on last week's episode of "The O.C." -- which I happened upon while flipping through the channels, I swear -- said something about Death Cab for Cutie playing on stage. I didn't recognize the band (I've only seen them once in...

Here's a really thought-provoking essay written by a Paul Graham on the influence of PR firms on journalism. Someone mentioned the essay on the graduate journalism listserv. Will try to comment on it later. Filed in: Media...

In an article in Slate, Jack Shafer argues that Jim Romenesko's Web site is making journalism more transparent by publicizing journalistic transgressions that would otherwise not have gotten much attention in the media. He cites the example of Mitch Albom, whose column in the Detroit Free Press has been suspended...