Web/Tech
I found this wonderful map over at Confused of Calcutta (the original is here), where JP Rangaswami has some interesting reflections about it. Here's a few highlights, but do read in full: One, it represents many generations, but the generations are often isolated. Two, there are some dogs
Blogging
I know using a social bookmarking site would make it a lot easier to keep up with things, but since my laptop is instrumental to how I earn my living, I am, perhaps irrationally, paranoid about setting my security settings to accept all cookies (which these sites demand). I am
Blogging
If you enjoyed Doc Searl's recent post on Giant Zero Journalism, this podcast (via Adriana's Furl feed), which I of course only found time to listen to this weekend, provides further food for thought: Craig Burton has said that the best geometric representation of the net&
Web/Tech
Adriana Lukas sums up the impact of the web in three levels, touching on democracy, authority, the individual, technology. As always, it's worth reading in full, but here's a highlight: ...people are learning something: They are learning self-determination and unlearning decades of one-way communication and mass
Web/Tech
Some interesting developments on the social networking front: The New York Times (NYT) (via Adriana's Furl feed): '...the recent purchase of a social network design firm, Five Across, will give Cisco the technology to help large corporate clients create services resembling MySpace or YouTube to bring their
Web/Tech
I must admit I quite like the sound of this, but as a standalone reader it would just be yet another item to add weight to my backpack – and I'm doing quite alright as it is with a mobile phone/ -broadband and laptop. An integrated reader/mobile phone
Web/Tech
In five amazing YouTubed minutes (via Jackie Danicki).
Web/Tech
It's my worst nightmare: that I should turn on my laptop and get a blue screen or some cryptic error message. Now it seems the Japanese have turned these potential death sentences into poetry, more specifically Haiku poetry (I rely so heavily on my laptop for my livelihood
Web/Tech
"The internet could become even more difficult for governments to regulate with a new website, Wikileaks, promising to provide a safe haven for whistleblowers to upload confidential documents," writes The Sydney Morning Herald. According to the FAQ: "Wikileaks was founded by Chinese dissidents, mathematicians and startup company
Current Affairs
It was only a matter of time ...with the corporate world flocking to virtual worlds to evangelise about its products, and big media following close on the heels, the politicos were bound to arrive at some point. "Violent clashes have erupted" after Le Pen's National Front
Current Affairs
Imagine a world where you could get your Harvard education via your computer in Timbuktu, or vote and propose new amendments in the virtual city hall, without ever having to leave your armchair. Those were the key sentiments I took away from this talk (picture below) on how virtual worlds
Current Affairs
Virtual worlds are not normally something I'd have the time or inclination to play around with, but tonight I'm attending a seminar about The New Virtual Frontier in Second Life. The place has received a lot of media coverage recently, especially after Reuters set up shop