Fascinating analysis of the Dream speech by MLK from ON THE MEDIA. Juxtaposition of the improvisation utilized building on other themes and works vs. the way in which his now intellectual property is being utilized by his estate.

I found this piece from ON THE MEDIA rather intriguing: surveillance using consumer purchasable drones to capture images and video. The segment speaks to privacy and legal issues, which I won't discuss here, but the images created can be breathtaking. Here is a link to certain videos that were created using a "hexacopter" drone. Below are a couple of youtube videos of the drones in action:

Yesterday I woke up to find out that facebook has changed their layout, once again. No advance warning, no press release, nothing, just wake up and boom, your whole (online) world is changed, once again.

Another of my favorites, NPR's On the Media takes a look at the use of data in today's society, especially how can we use data to define ourselves, how journalists use data to come up with stories and how data can lead us astray.  But the awesomest piece is the collab-o with Radiolab on science and data.  Take a listen:

(Note: OTM had an embeddabe player, which I used in this post, but it has sinced been removed *shame*, but here is the link for the story below)

This is probably one of the most awesome inventions that will come to play in the near future, take a listen (you will have to listen to this on a pair of stereo speakers, unfortunately headphones may not give the same effect):

The New York Times finally decided to pull out all the stops and start charging readers a subscription for their content. Well, after all, the current industry model is sinking like a stone, so who can blame them? Given all of this turmoil, the burning question on everyone's mind is, "is erecting a paywall really the right thing to do?" Well, I guess you need to look at it a couple of ways. First, is it the right thing for readers, and second, is it the right thing for the NYT?

I cannot help but have the sneaking suspicion that we've been smacked upside the head by another bubble.  "But so soon after the bubble to end all bubbles?" you may ask.  Well, put quite simply, yes.  While people (and the Media) were busy pulling their hair out, running around screaming about how the sky was falling (along with their housing values), another bubble-within-a-bubble may have been taking shape.  This time, for the second time really, in the tech-o-social-o-wiki-o-app-o-sphere.

Conversations: A Business Creator Sees Big Returns From Social Media - Eric Lefkofsky, a businessman with an estimated worth of $750 million, extols the virtues of Groupon, a social-coupon Web site he started in 2008.[NYT > Small Business]

4 Ways to Improve Ad Performance on Facebook - Facebook advertising holds tremendous promise for marketers looking to reach targeted audiences online. Nowhere else do people willingly share such specific information about themselves – enabling marketers to target ads and evaluate performance based on details about consumers such as their age, interests, employers, location and even friends and relationships.

3 Things Any Video Needs to Go Viral - Marketers are investing millions of dollars in creating branded video content, from webisodes to viral videos to extended commercials. Why? To engage audiences with authentic, inspiring, entertaining content, and to encourage those viewers to share that content with their friends.[Mashable!]