For every Tila Tequila and Chris Crocker, who think they can sing just because they have millions of fans on YouTube and MySpace, there’s a small handful of really talented musicians waiting for their moment to shine — and hoping that the Internet will be their gateway to fame.
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A visual history of the Internet
The website Online MBA has posted a visual timeline that illustrates major milestones in the development of the Internet as we know it today.
“You Are Not a Gadget”
Jaron Lanier pushes for more power to the people in his commentary on the present state of the Internet, “You Are Not a Gadget.”
Is the Internet destroying thought?
New York Times book critic Michiko Kakutani takes on the downside of the Internet, social media, and online culture in a thoughtful essay, “Texts without Context
18 hours! Big jump in Internet use in Harris poll
Yep, you spend a lot of time online.
Off-the-charts numbers about info-overload
A new report documents the astonishing information overload we’re experiencing from the web, Twitter, Google, and other sources.
Trove of status update stats from Pew report
A new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project provides a trove of data and insight into social media use, status updates, and Twitter use.