Local news edited in India…great advances in captive audience advertising…apparently, some of us are still using our mobile phones as phones, and the ad agency world is not impressed…predictions…more predictions…we’re not done predicting…Colleges outperform corporations in reaching youth via new media…more macs in the mainstream…it’s an odd and fascinating world…Deconstructing the irate customer…SaaS cleared for takeoff…a world without cable boxes: imagine no more.

If you’ve never heard this sound, consider yourself blessed. That’s the sound of a hard drive that’s left this world. This particular drive is my son’s. Had I told him to burn data CDs of critical files? Yes. Had I suggested he forward key documents to his free email accounts for safekeeping? Yes. Did he do it. No. Will I remind him of these key facts for the next year? Oh, yes. There’s an unnecessarily hard lesson learned. It’s just serendipity that his mp3 player happened to finally sync up without explanation a day or two before the drive’s death.

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