I was invited to speak at the 2008 Flow TV conference, where I convened a panel on the U.S. digital television transition. …
What: A celebration of the publication of "Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century" When: Monday, September 1st, starting at…
[First presented at the 2008 Gateway Greens Roundtable; Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri; June 29, 2008] In this presentation, I’ll briefly discuss…
March 23 – Six members of the anti-war group “Catholic Schoolgirls Against The War” staged a dramatic die-in during the 11AM Easter…
Chicago Independent Television – Dec. 2007, Part 1
Chicago Independent Television – Dec. 2007, Part 2
On Wednesday, February 18, 2009, all analog over-the-air TV broadcasting in the United States ceases, and will be replaced with an all-digital…
A heads-up for a couple of things: (1) There’s an FCC hearing in Chicago scheduled for next Thursday, September 20. Chicagoans and…
Obviously. Because scintillating commentator and analyst David Brooks said so. On the PBS Newshour (well, it IS an hour long, but is…
Well, this IS new content, and an idea I’ve been throwing around for a while. And hey, Z does satire every month!…
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