Data.gov Launches
I’m so excited about this, I couldn’t wait to post about it before diving in. I present proudly to you Data.gov. From the site’s home page: The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing the Undead
CNN has posted an article about a new zombie movie, called Colin, that is causing a stir at this year’s Cannes festival. But this isn’t your father’s zombie movie: Online social networking was an...
View ArticleSymfony Components – Standalone Libraries for PHP
The Symfony project has recently launched the Symfony Components sub-project and website. Its goal is to produce a collection of standalone libraries for PHP. Although these libraries were initially...
View ArticleMicrosyntax — Informally Canonizing Linguistic Evolution
A new website, Microsyntax.org is opening its doors. It aims at an attempt to offer some canonization to emergent linguistic conventions that grow organically on Twitter. Stow Boyd, the site’s founder...
View ArticleHomeless and Digital
The Wall Street Journal ran a story on 30 May, titled On the Street and On Facebook: The Homeless Stay Wired. From the article: Shelter attendants say the number of laptop-toting overnight visitors,...
View Article10 Golden Rules of Social Media
A summary from Web Worker Daily’s 10 Golden Rules of Social Media: Respect the Spirit of the ‘Net: communication and connection to people and information. Listen. Add value. Before posting a message...
View ArticleTim O’Reilly: “Government as a Platform”
Tim O’Reilly, of O’Reilly Media, Inc., discussing the idea of government as a platform vs. government as a vending machine at OSCON 2009 (20 mins): Tim’s thoughts here echo, add flesh around, and...
View ArticleRumored Apple Tablet Video
Take this sucker with huge grains of salt. Not sure how I’d feel about each app having its own keyboard, but who’s to say which details would make it into the shipping version, and which not?
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A Secret Agent Trick
I recently discovered a neat little “trick” on my iPad (and iPhone): I’ve stumbled upon a way to listen to music streaming from Internet radio stations while I do “other things,” like check my email,...
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A Google Identity Paradox
It’s like this: Google+ is a hydra. Google has clearly tried to combine everything about one’s GMail account into a cohesive single identity, but what on earth is this about?!! The pic in which I’m...
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