• RT @UncleRUSH: Simple idea ..Hang with people who lift u up. Separate from those who take u down. #

• TBK: The revolution is to be determined http://bit.ly/bdkXGD
  #wemedia #
• Thanks @mattmansfield @tiffanyshack @greglinch @stoweboyd and #ONADC @wemedia over the weekend. Inspired us to do that more often. #

• RT @Judy_Sims @yelvington Brilliant piece by Al Franken Net neutrality is foremost free speech issue of our time http://bit.ly/ccJebz #
• Reminder to anyone interested in a new place to work in Reston, VA. Open house at WeSpace Saturday Pls RSVP at http://bit.ly/aHfICG #

• Our Saturday meetup: shoes for both feet http://bit.ly/d1Vr0e
  #wemedia #

From AP via MSNBC: "Since the Civil War, Corning has turned out a glittering array of innovations from railroad signals to Pyrex and auto-pollution filters to optical fiber. Alloting 10 percent of revenue to research keeps promising projects brewing at its Sullivan Park research hub on Corning's hilly outskirts."

Read the full story at:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38475126/ns/technology_and_science-innovation

• Internet saves newspapers http://bit.ly/9sxyTY
  #wemedia #

• Flipboard gets the finger, needs a hand http://bit.ly/dwB5dt
  #wemedia #

• RT @christinelu: "Chinese philanthropist donates it all" [Globe & Mail] — gives $500m to his foundation. http://ow.ly/2g8Ew (h/t@markbao) #

• How newspapers can matter again http://bit.ly/dtwZtR
  #wemedia #
• Chill. Paddle. Create. Very cool. http://bit.ly/arcXpk
  #wemedia #

• Paywalls for online news: such a dull, tired, limited conversation. Instant regret for bringing it up. Sorry world. #
• If it isn't an instant hit like iPad, is it a failure? That seems to be the gist of Times of London paywall critics http://dlvr.it/2pCYC #
• Al Gore's recommendation was nice, but all I needed was 4 words from @viewmagazine: "It's bonkers brilliantly mad." Can I bring my kids? #
• I like Tweetdeck, very helpful for managing multiple accounts. But it's sluggish. Any recommendations? #
• Interesting. Deal finds me in my FB newsfeed: @appsumo bundles/discounts apps. Now: Balsamiq, Typekit, Ember, Notable. http://bit.ly/9chjTM #

• Bellycam Barbie and @Oldspice http://bit.ly/9fVbev
  #wemedia #
• Nice. Just installed @tweeblender plugin for @wemedia Statusphere. It rocks. Naturally, lots of trial and error and had to fiddle with CSS. #
• Thanks DCTechSource for the writeup of WeSpace, our new coworking space in #Reston #wemedia #coworking http://www.wespace.biz http://bit.ly/9MwxJA #

I like the mobile version of freemium. On th web it usually means a kind of teired access – or, as the New York Times is planning, metered use. Spend too much time or click on too many links and you'll need to pay for more.

Maybe the difference is simply the spontaneous, handheld experience that makes the mobile variant seem more intuitive. You can get good value out of a free app – or if you really love it, pay for its game, or for new songs or real enhancements that make it better once you've mined the potential of the free experience.

Read the full story at:
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/07/16/flurry-in-app-purchases-generating-lots-more-revenue-per-user

When we look back, I hope the BP Oilspill will be part of the story – and I hope we’ll call it that, rather than the Gulf Oilspill. The story will be dark, kinda like the 70s. Malaise. Lots of young people out of work – and they want better. I do too.

The global economy was limping along, wars still simmered in Afghanistan and Iraq, not much seemed to be improving for anyone. In the US, the Tea Party in Iowa compared Obama to Hitler in a billboard. Republicans frothed at the prospect of saying hell no to everything, a basketball player’s move from Cleveland to Miami briefly eclipsed all news and about anything; a dozen Russian “sleeper” spies accused of blending in and doing nothing in the US were deported; it was hotter than hell in Virginia and we even had a small earthquake to remind us that the earth itself really can slip from beneath our feet. I felt it. First in my life.

The Oldspice guy was there too.

Then again, maybe we’ll forget all that. Maybe when we look back, this is what we’ll see: