| I just got done watching Clay Shirky talk about how cellphones, twitter and Facebook can make history - the video is on the left if you have about a little over 17 minutes to kill. And everything that Clay Shirky said was true. But he left out a few things that I believe are important to balance the 'social media is the best thing since swiss cheese' hypothesis.
Certainly, social media as it... |
| KnowProSE.com | Taran Rampersad | July 2nd, 2009 @ 2:07AM | 0 Comments |
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| As a number of China hands predicted, the Chinese government has postponed its mandate requiring that all computers sold in China must include the Green Dam -Youth Escort censorware by today.
Yesterday after the news broke I told the Financial Times: "There's been this impression in the internet industry that when the Chinese government makes a demand, they have to roll over and play... |
| Rebecca MacKinnon's Blog | Rebecca MacKinnon | July 1st, 2009 @ 12:07PM | 0 Comments |
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| Today our 15 teen machinimatographers in Global Kids' Virtual Video Project publicly premiered their film "Discovered" before an audience of their peers, parents, teachers, and supporters at the Sony Wonder Theater in Manhattan. It was great seeing their work on the big screen and then watching them explain to the audience their process from conception to final cut.When I... |
| Rik Panganiban's Blog | Rik Panganiban | July 1st, 2009 @ 11:07AM | 0 Comments |
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| While we wait patiently in Palmerston via Gungahlin for faster and more reliable broadband connections, today's announcement is good news:The Rudd government has named six broadband-deprived areas as the first recipients of its $250 million cash injection to kickstart the $43 billion national broadband network in rural areas.Following the announcement of the roll-out in Tasmania, it is good... |
| Broadbanding the Nation | Michael de Percy | July 1st, 2009 @ 11:07AM | 0 Comments |
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| Tomorrow the gang in the Online Leadership Program at Global Kids is holding our annual retreat, and Barry and I are in charge of the foodie tour of Chinatown and the Lower Eastside. Our entire staff is almost to a person major foodies, so it's kind of a daunting task. Here's a Google map of some of the places I'm thinking of guiding our group to. C-town and LES has... |
| Rik Panganiban's Blog | Rik Panganiban | July 1st, 2009 @ 10:07AM | 0 Comments |
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Online office software like Google and Zoho have matured into reliable tools to create, manage, and share your office documents — all on the Web. Traditional desktop software like Microsoft Office provide feature-rich, popular ways to support word processing and spreadsheets on your computer. Which type is right for you?
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| Bob at WITS (St. Louis Bridging) | Bob Babione | July 1st, 2009 @ 3:07AM | 0 Comments |
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| Bob at WITS (St. Louis Bridging) | Bob Babione | July 1st, 2009 @ 3:07AM | 0 Comments |
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Millions of computers are discarded each year, but refurbishers have a chronic shortage of reusable equipment. Is it that hard to donate computers?
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| Bob at WITS (St. Louis Bridging) | Bob Babione | July 1st, 2009 @ 3:07AM | 0 Comments |
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| Just a reminder that tomorrow, July 1st, fifteen New York City public high school students will premiere their film Discovered
--a digital "machinima" film produced in Second Life that explores the
powerful issue of child sex trafficking through the fictional story of
one Mexican teenager. Discovered is the final product of a
year-long, intensive digital filmmaking program called the... |
| Rik Panganiban's Blog | Rik Panganiban | June 30th, 2009 @ 12:06PM | 0 Comments |
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| Here's my first world I created in Metaplace that I can now embed here (or anywhere on the web)! This is a pretty revolutionary way to move virtual worlds from "walled gardens" to places situated in the wider social web. Embedding can increase traffic to your world, let you more easily hang out with friends, or even host your own web-based virtual concerts, like Grace... |
| Rik Panganiban's Blog | Rik Panganiban | June 30th, 2009 @ 10:06AM | 0 Comments |
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