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Vital Video–The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Kara Swisher in News on August 5, 2009 at 6:00 am PT

How much should you ponder this amazing video from an upcoming new documentary series by Ken Burns–titled “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea”–on America’s national parks system? Muchly much, as the national parks have indeed been one of this country’s most amazing gifts to itself. Set to air on PBS on September 27, the creators stuck a video clip that is almost 27 minutes long on YouTube and on the series’ own really nice Web site, which is a pretty terrific thing to do.

Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Internet Cowboys

Kara Swisher in News on July 27, 2009 at 2:19 am PT

BoomTown is clearly losing a step in the summer doldrums and forgot to post this lovely movie that I did while in Jackson Hole, Wyo., last weekend for an event called the “Internet Cowboys Un-Conference.” What’s an un-conference? Well, it was less organized, there were fly-fishing and elk nearby and it involved a whole lot of thinking big thoughts in the much bigger outdoors. It was actually a very bracing time and here is a video I did interviewing some of the participants.