TummelVision 52: Paul Ford asks why wasn’t I consulted?

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Writer Paul Ford (a.k.a., Ftrain.com) joins Kevin and Deb to talk about the Egyptian revolution, whether Arianna Huffington is a tummler, and the ultimate question of the entire Internet: Why Wasn’t I Consulted?

Paul on Twitter: @ftrain

Quote of the Week: “There is a new role for individuals in the web who serve as ‘antennas’ who collect and feed back to the crowd” – Paul Ford

More links and comments from this episode:

Danah Boyd on Orkut and flag-waving
Egyptian Google executive Wael Ghonim’s electrifying interview
UK Open Rights Group pledge conversation
Cory Doctorow responds to Evgeny Morozov’s The Net Delusion – We need a serious critique of net activism
Douglas Rushkoff says “we’d write for free for Arianna, but not AOL” – Huffington Post and AOL: the end of Web 2.0
The leaked AOL “master plan” memo – The AOL Way
Farhad Manjoo in Slate echoes Paul Ford’s doubts about the Huffington Post business model – HuffPo’s Achilles’ Heel
Paul Ford’s instantly influential post that pegged “Why Wasn’t I Consulted” as the fundamental question of the web – The Web Is a Customer Service Medium
Paul says The Awl looks like a blog, but it is actually an important magazine about culture on the web [not that blogs aren’t important]
Readability, an incredibly useful tool with a new model for rewarding producers of great writing
See also Longreads, Arts & Letters Daily, and the collective highlights of Instapaper
Kevin Marks recommends Among Others by Jo Walton to “understand how books can love you back”
Paul Ford’s entertaining and informative Ftrain FAQ

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