Newspapers: Don't Blow It Again "A common theme heard throughout the conference -- as told by Saffo as well as many other speakers and participants -- was that the newspaper industry has got to "think different" from now on. We haven't done a good enough job of casting aside the old metaphors..." [at Editor & Publisher, via Tomalak's Realm]

"Think different" = shift. Because I quote liberally from this article, I put my thoughts on a separate page called Everybody Has to Shift.

Background: last summer I moved my computer into the basement and made it an office/recreation area for myself.  Of course, the cable Internet connection doesn't go into the basement, and I didn't want to wire the house, so I installed a wireless network in order to get Internet on my computer.  I also bought a new PC, which has made me 100 times more productive due to speed alone.  That freed up a PC, which went upstairs in what would normally be called "the dining room" (except that we don't dine there).  So I added the PC and the laptop to the network, and suddenly everyone in the house was on the Net.

Reason for background: in the morning, I usually shower, get dressed, and go downstairs to read my email. Today I came upstairs from the basement and found 6-year old Brent on the PC in the dining room.  He was on the Zoog Disney Web site because he has become obssessed with the "Cadet Kelly" game. Atari games were more sophisticated than this thing, but he loves it. Then I looked into the living room and saw 7-year old Kailee (soon to be 8-year old Kailee) on the laptop, also playing Web games and checking her email.

I just laughed and shook my head in amazement.