Jon Stewart's must-see explanation of core issues behind Wikipedia's 24-hour blackout to protest SOPA. Here's a case where humor trumps straight news coverage for making these issues relevant to more folks.

My favorite coverage of the SOPA blackout so far is from the Daily Show. Jon Stewart nails it once again, with a brilliant use of satire to explain the tension between freedom of speech and intellectual property rights -- and make people care about these issues.

This thoughtful opinion by author Susan Cain suggests that solitude may be more important than collaboration for boosting creativity and effectiveness in the workplace. It cites a number of scientific studies to back its points, such as the fascinating Coding War Games. If all this is true, what would be reasonable proportions to strive for between 'quiet time' and 'social time'?

Thoughtful essay by Clay Shirky about the failure of paywalls and the prospects for funding journalism through core users. The author encourages newspapers to stop treating their readers as generic consumers and "figure out how to reward the people most committed to their long-term survival." Interesting observations about the likelihood that these core users may be more politically engaged (and partisan) than the median reader.