The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... matters. I don't want it frying my lap when I'm on BART [San Francisco public transit]."--@jason_wilson "The laptop better not burn a hole through my lap and/or desk.-- Tara R . DARREN: Y'know, a lot of people take heat for granted on laptops. Some of the worst offenders I've seen would pass heat through the keyboard or blow it through the bottom. That's great for surviving a Buffalo...
Binary Law (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Jason Wilson explores the pros and cons of what he dubs “eLawtric Books“. In a series of posts he (for the most part) counters Eugene Volokh’s thoughts on the future of electronic books and the law. His view, with which I agree, is that ebooks a la Kindle et al are not the future of law [...]
EAT.DRINK.THINK. (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
... Aperol cocktail in what has become my go to inspiration for new cocktails, Washington Post writer Jason Wilson's bi-monthly spirits column. A couple of weeks ago he had a column dedicated to what are classic cocktails , and is there room for new classics? Martinis, Manhattans, margaritas, etc. are rightly considered "classics". But shouldn't some of the new cocktails that...
Woolly Days (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
... posts about my initial impressions , and the speeches of Mark Scott , Posetti , Mark Colvin and Jason Wilson , and Jay Rosen . (photo by Derek Barry) I wanted to finish off by talking about some of the underexplored political economy of the Internet. The presentations of Riyaad Minty and Jude Mathurine brought some of the brightest ideas of Asia and Africa to Friday’s events....
Woolly Days (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... UTS lecturer Tony Maniaty, SBS News Director Paul Cutler and University of Wollongong’s Dr Jason Wilson. Mark Colvin kicked off the discussion. Colvin was an ABC foreign correspondent and in Iran at the time of the original Islamic Revolution 30 years ago. He said the slogans on the street “Marg Bar Amrika” (Death to America) have now been changed to “Marh...
GameVideos Latest 12 videos (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
1UP's Jeremy Parish, Travis Williams, and Bitmob's Jason Wilson talk with Dr. Greg Zeschuk about MDK 2 and the Neverwinter Nights series.
Larvatus Prodeo (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
... the #4corners tag. More comprehensively in The Naked Truth About Social v Broadcast Media , Jason Wilson writes about exactly that intersection of social and broadcast media. The post stems from a recent event where Media Watch host Jonathan Holmes obliged his legion of fans on Twitter by uttering a single word. The analogues between Media Watch’s stock in trade — biting criticisms...
1UP (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Future of Single-Player RPGs Key RPG designers discuss where the story-driven RPG has been, and where it's going. By Jason Wilson Dragon Age: Origins is the biggest singleplayer role-playing game release of the season. It's also the only big-budget singleplayer RPG coming out this season. The RPG is one of the oldest genres in gaming, but big releases are becoming rarer each year....
GameVideos Latest 12 videos (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
On Game Night 11/3/09, BioWare's founder Dr. Greg Zeschuk and Bitmob's Jason Wilson joins us as we play Dragon Age: Origins. This is part 2 of 2.
Larvatus Prodeo (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Jason Wilson has a spiffy piece up at New Matilda on the rise and rise (and fall') of the “trollumnist” – the op/ed columnist who provokes for advertising’s sake. He instances Miranda Devine, David Burchell, Planet Janet and Catherine Deveny. Riffing off Devine’s recent rant about cyclists, he writes: But really, Devine’s column isn’t there to...
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... multimedia environment. — “ If I Make You Angry Enough, Maybe You’ll Keep Reading ” by Jason Wilson in New Matilda Of course, this doesn’t just apply to the opinion pages of flailing newspaper websites or soap opera US cable television opinion shows… consider the newer, online, journalism-lite outfits which employ trollumnists to crank up page views and ad impressions. It’s a terrifying...
State Journal Featured Content (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... given our economic circumstances in Ohio, we have to go piece by piece," explains Ohio Senator Jason Wilson. "And with this announcement in Shadyside, we'll have an opportunity to bring in some money to do some improvements to be a part of the bigger picture which will hopefully in the long term create a new corridor for exercise, walking and nature. We also want access to the river."...
