Time is an interesting creature of change…  The more things change the more they stay same??  To a certain degree I find that to be correct.  Internet Explorer always seems to be a few revs behind its competition i.e. Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari.  I find it interesting how Opera and Firefox are leveraging the Internet to enhance the browsing experience.  It makes a lot of sense.  This could also be attributed to the general nature of improvement – things evolve over time.

Opera’s Unite, the web server in a browser,  is a good example of a web browser that is much more than a web browser.  It is an application that uses Opera servers (or personal servers) to share content.  That is a very vague overview, but it makes a point; web browsers today are much different than web browsers of yesterday.

I think this is a trend started by Firefox.  Firefox plug-ins that integrate delicious, flickr, facebook, or any kind of social media that is web based – is a change from the norm.  Even Mozilla is graying the line between desktop and webapp.  The introduction of Weave lets users sync up their browsers across many PCs and mobile devices.  Allowing for a more constant web experience – such a great idea.

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Change is hard, sometimes it’s swift, and most of the time it is a slow bleed.

I really feel MSM is currently experiencing a slow painful death. I don’t think it will go away, but it needs to change and it will change (radio hasn’t died, yet). This post is really inspired by the death of Tim Russert. He was alright to watch on Sundays and his death was unfortunate for everyone; it was a great loss.

For those who are not familiar with MSM, it stands for Main Stream Media. I had to look it up, because I was quite confused; it happens.

I found out about Russert’s death via leo laporte on twitter; I think that alone is somewhat significant. There is a big problem in MSM right now. All the fear mongering, bias garbage, that they pass off as the news misses the mark of what’s happening in the world. There was a time when reporting was liberating and really made a difference in this country (USA) and the world. Blogging has really stepped up around the world to have a voice for people and to spread the truth (most of the time). A report out of Arstechnica shows that arrests of bloggers are up significantly. I think this is also somewhat significant and related. Blogging or just new media should be comparable to the printing press. It is revolutionary.

Welcome to the revolution.

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