UK ecommerce minister pushes vision of Wi-Fi in every library: Oddly, no specifics in this article about why people need Internet access or what would be provided for them except a connection. I know that the Internet is a generally useful thing, and that people with more information typically have more opportunities. But seeing some concrete ideas about how Wi-Fi in libraries helps (there are plenty of these ideas) would sell the notion more.
There's just a lot of muddy words. But what was emphasised by Mr Timms was that broadband's future was "all about content" and outlined some potential areas of content creativity. All about what content? These included initiatives to encourage the collaboration of creative industries to produce compelling content for people on a high speed connection.
Oh, I see, creative industries. Yes, let's build creative industries, shall we? Mother, may I build some creative industries? Yes, dear, take your fingerpaints and go play.