Category: Radio

• Amazon Apple Radio Retail Technology Television

  Radio Shack Nurtured a Culture of Everyday Technology

  We knew it was only a matter of time. We just didn’t know how much time. It appears as if that long dreaded day has arrived. By “it” I mean Radio Shack filing for bankruptcy. Radio Shack has been a staple on 4,000 American streets for decades. It was founded in…

  February 7, 2015
• Automobiles Books Convergence Culture Model S Radio Science Technology Tesla

  Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age: Book Review.

  A search on Amazon of “Nikola Tesla in books” will repaint your browser with 1,872 choices. A Viemo search on Nikola Tesla will yield 552 videos across 56 pages. That’s too much content for me to absorb with my busy schedule so I did what I always do when faced with so many choices.…

  December 26, 2013
• Newspapers Publishing Radio Social Media Technology The New York Times

  Who, What, When, Where, Why

  As someone who reads newspapers, printed on paper thank you, I’ve been intently following the downward spiral of this industry over the last several years. I acquired the habit of reading the paper from my father and there was a point in my lifetime when nearly every adult read the…

  September 22, 2009
• Convergence Music Pandora Radio

  Is Radio Dead? WXRT Says No

  In an earlier post I wrote about my bliss over having discovered Pandora, an online radio station service. A big attraction is not having to listen to annoying commercials and even more annoying DJ’s. The goal of today’s digital music formats is to eliminate the business of music and get…

  March 27, 2008