Posted By:  Dima Posted On:  Aug 21, 2008	Eyes on Africa
Some time ago I shared my thoughts about Africa’s potential as the next Asia in terms of socioeconomic development, particularly when it comes to the MICT related issues.  Recently I have encountered a couple of observations that support this intuition. First, it seems that mobile...... [view]

Posted By:  Dima Posted On:  Aug 8, 2008	Making the “new” media “old”
I have blogged before about the internet censorship law in Israel and it seems to become a rather worrisome trend.  Here is a story about prospective Russian limitations on Internet in their country (thanks to “ Information Policy ” for the initial link).  Every society seems...... [view]

Posted By:  Dima Posted On:  Jul 11, 2008	CNN 1.0
I watched some morning news on CNN today.  One of the main items was the reaction of Obama’s supporters to his vote for an amendment to FISA ( official site ). For those who do not follow, a few days ago the senate voted for granting immunity to the telecommunication companies for...... [view]

Posted By:  Dima Posted On:  Jul 18, 2008	Al Gore’s media event
Yesterday was my first time at a typical media event in the US.  Thanks to Joanne, I went to Al Gore’s announcement of a national challenge on climate and energy.  The even was very popular and It was a rather interesting experience. One the one hand it was well organized in terms of...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 16, 2008	THE POWERLESS POWERS
Reflections of Fidel: THIS is a serious subject. The summit meeting of leaders of the eight most highly industrialized powers on the planet took place July 7-9 at a mountain retreat on the banks of the Toyako, a lake formed inside a volcanic crater located in the north of the island of...... [view]

Posted By:  thnorfar Posted On:  Mar 15, 2008	A Great Opportunity
Last night, I attended a conference call with the authors Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss, "Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age". It was a great conference call and an opportunity of a lifetime. I got clarification about project-based...... [view]

Posted By:  Dima Posted On:  Jun 10, 2008	Another face of media concentration?
I am not sure if many of the readers know, but my Masters’ thesis was on media industries dynamics. One of my original motivations to start looking at media industries was vast literature on media economics, particularly media concentration/conglomeration, i was exposed to during my...... [view]

Posted By:  Dima Posted On:  Apr 29, 2008	Quickly glancing at OLPC
Quite a while ago i read this post about the rise of cheap computing solutions. In light of the growing critique of the OLPC project, it got me thinking that perhaps, by focusing on the details of this specific project we are overlooking some of its most important contributions. Just...... [view]

Posted By:  Dima Posted On:  Feb 27, 2008	Sex and the City (and the new media)
I will probably have to explain in person later to all those who wonder why I know that, but the official trailer for Sex and the City (the movie) is out and it is available on YouTube . Now this is where it is getting interesting… If you look at the related videos on that YouTube...... [view]

Posted By:  Dima Posted On:  Feb 22, 2008	Market analysis - studying the trends or setting them?
Recently I read a Ynet article ( HE ) on the future of digital photography in light of growing presence of mobile phones with embedded cameras. The basic argument of the article is that the growing numbers of mobile phones with embedded cameras and the constant improvement of image quality...... [view]

Posted By:  Dima Posted On:  Jan 21, 2008	“Technological optimism”
Just read about a new startup of Dov Moran, called “ Modu ” and it prompted a number of thoughts. Moran is a remarkable person. In fact he is the one standing behind the invention of USB flash drive and M-Systems that was sold to SanDisk for $1.6 bln. “Modu” is...... [view]