Restrictive licensing of Current TV

I was under the impression that Current TV, the new cable station co-founded by Al Gore, was a good thing with its active solicitation of user contributed video content. However, Josh Wolf writes a good post about the restrictions in the new licensing terms offered by Current TV.

How Peter became Almost Cool

In his usual superb fashion Peter Flaschner posts about how he started developing his blog Almost Cool. Very worthwhile reading here with some good pointers.

Summit on Digital Tools for the Humaniteis

The excellent folks at UVA’s IATH are putting on the Summit on Digital Tools for the Humanities