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  • Google News and Swiss News

    Google News and Swiss News

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI bought “What Would Google Do? years ago, and never read it. Recently though I have been reading it and it got me to think about why I use the UK and US rather than Switzerland. The answer is simple. Almost all Swiss newspapers are hidden behind paywalls. When you’re greeted by…

  • Freedom of Speech and the Control of Volume

    Freedom of Speech and the Control of Volume

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night I listened to Yuval Harari and Ari Meiber speak about Nexus, the new book and related topics and the concept that I found really stood out is about freedom of speech and volume. Yuval Harari believes that we should be able to share information and lies, but that social networks…

  • Google News, News Sites and Paywalls

    Google News, News Sites and Paywalls

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the mid to lake 90s and the early two thousands we could browse from news site to news site. I would visit the Guardian, the Independent, Le Temps, Tribune de Genève, New York Times and more. I would also look at the RTS, BBC News and other sites to check a…

  • The Contrast Between French and Swiss News

    The Contrast Between French and Swiss News

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesAs I struggled to find a neutral topic to write about I noticed the distinct difference between how the French and the Swiss media are speaking about the fifth wave. The swiss say that it is “pre-occupying” and that it “has won the French speaking part of Switzerland” and “no long term…

  • Social media, breaking news and information overload.

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesSocial media is really fast because there are so many participants. It’s also fast because one person telling a few others is simplified. The social media are a crowd and when one person says something then others repeat what they have just heard to find out what has happened. Within a few…

  • Eric Powell Sarajevo Story

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn interesting look back in to the past. I remember seeing this conflict on television. I know people who covered the story and I’ve heard about how a colleague gave one person a gameboy when he left Sarajevo. That person called and asked about the individual and that’s how I knew…

  • On Trendio My Portfolio Is Doing Well

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    Reading Time: < 1 minute  If you love reading the news and seeing what’s going on around the world then Trendio is an interesting site for you. I looked at the events that are going to take place and whether Trendio already has them listed. If it does then I decided to buy some stock…

  • Too Much Academia Has Disconnected Me From World News

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToo much academic research and concentrating on dissertations has cut me off from world news to such an extent that apart from tech goings on I had no clue. I hardly followed the French elections, hardly noticed the death of Yeltsin, hardly noticed the regional elections. There are three reasons for…

  • I hate slow connections

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI hate slow connections, they force you to wait patiently whilst the content you desire shows itself. It forces you to select more carefully the content you are about to read. When the connection is fast you skim through the pages reading the first paragraph before jumping onto the next page…

  • Progression of satellite broadcasting

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteSatellite broadcasting has progressed since I was last able to watch a lot of television. The spacing of channels and the programs have progressed. I’ve watched France 24, Al Jazeera English and a few more channels. As time is progressing so the channels are re-indexing themselves within the sky digital world.…