From Arrested Development to Dr. Who, How Binge Watching Is Changing Our Culture

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“It is some credit to the world of TV that it now serves up shows that can serve as auxiliary worlds….binge watching breaks the linearity of having to watch TV on someone else’s terms.”  Having entire seasons available to us, either captured as they are aired (so that we can watch them in a row) or being released all at once on Netflix (House of Cards, Arrested Development) makes the thought of watching one episode at a time and waiting for the next week seems so….2000.  Article at Wired about “Binge Watching” here.

Zite adds 7 new publishing partners; updates iOS app with Google Reader-inspired features

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“Personalized social reader Zite is updating its iOS app with more Google Reader-inspired features, and also added seven new publishers to its publisher program.”

I’m glad to see more features being added as I decide between Zite and Flipboard as my Reader (leaving us in July – ugh) alternative.  Article about Zite on Paid Content.

The New Yorker’s Epic Fail On Innovation

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“The May 2013 innovation issue of The New Yorker speaks at length about inventions – wacky new gadgets, including treadmill desks, a replacement for Styrofoam made from mushrooms, funny-looking kite-boats that generate energy, cyber-criminals who infiltrate and take over your company without leaving a trace, massive online open courses (MOOCs) in higher education at Harvard and MIT and new ways to care for dementia.  All interesting inventions – i.e. new ideas for products – but not exactly innovations – i.e. the transformation of the new ideas into marketable products or services.”  Article from Forbes is an interesting read.