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==19 August 2009==
Gwyneth – Extropia on Mount Improbable:
*http://gwynethllewelyn.net/2009/08/19/ray-kurzweil-and-the-conquering-of-mount-improbable-an-essay-by-extropia-dasilva/

Orban – NYT on widenoise:
*http://nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2009/08/10/10readwriteweb-widenoise-monitor-noise-levels-on-your-ipho-99615.html

Mashable – turn off annoying Facebook notifications:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/19/get-rid-facebook-notifications/

TC – Yahoo BOSS (custom search engines) might be bigger than Bing:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/18/yahoo-boss-might-be-bigger-than-bing/

O'Reilly – technological literacy:
*http://db.tidbits.com/article/10493

Get paid to recycle:
*http://www.yourenew.com/

Cshirky RT @kevinmarks: 'ID theft' is a fictional crime promoted by banks to cover up their bad security practices http://bit.ly/NkPtb
*http://epeus.blogspot.com/2008/01/identity-theft-is-not-crime.html

Rheingold saves mind map to web page:
*http://cmapspublic3.ihmc.us/rid=1GG4QC6TN-TFDMX0-CXH/Virtual%20Community%20and%20Social%20Media.cmap

Pavig – Maccessibility:
*http://maccessibility.net/

==18 August 2009==
Mashable - Wikipedia iPhone application:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/18/wikipedia-iphone-app/

O'Reilly – get cash for recycled gadgets:
*http://www.gazelle.com/

O'Reilly – data driven democracy:
*http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=0AQZizHK90wlBZGQ3MjlqZHRfMjQyZGJzbm5zZ2M&hl=en

Mashable – change the world in 15 minutes a day:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/18/change-the-world/

O'Reilly – Augmented Reality without the phone:
*http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/08/mapterritory-augmented-reality.html

Mashable – tumblr launches Facebook integration:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/18/tumblr-hashtags-facebook/

Layar version 2.0:
*http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/08/17/layar-proves-the-augmented-reality-revolution-is-not-in-silicon-valley/
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/18/layar/

TC finds Facebook privacy lawsuit to be ridiculous:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/17/new-privacy-lawsuit-throws-the-kitchen-sink-at-facebook/

Solis – 100 best social media books:
*http://blog.mellowbillow.com/2009/08/17/top-100-best-social-media-books-ever/

Chrome bookmark sync:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/17/and-google-said-let-there-be-chrome-bookmark-sync/
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/17/chrome-bookmark-syncing/

O'Reilly – Jeff Jonas on space-time data:
*http://jeffjonas.typepad.com/jeff_jonas/2009/08/your-movements-speak-for-themselves-spacetime-travel-data-is-analytic-superfood.html

Rheingold on concept maps:
*http://socialmediaclassroom.com/community/wiki/introduction-mindmapping

Rubaiyat – human interface:
*http://vimeo.com/4697849

Mkapor Best part of tr.im open source announcement is distribution of aggregate anonymized data on click-thrus to all

Rubaiyat – hacker dojo:
*http://www.geek.com/articles/news/hacker-dojo-opens-in-silicon-valley-20090817/

TC – why Coldewey doesn't twitter:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/17/why-i-dont-use-twitter/

TC – iLike deal hurts Facebook:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/17/ilike-deal-puts-facebook-in-loselose-situation/

Kapor – Tr.im to go open-source, community-owned:
*http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/trim_to_go_open_source_community_owned.php
*TC: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/17/trim-cantwont-sell-goes-open-source-blames-everyone/

Shute – layars galore:
*http://blog.brightkite.com/2009/08/17/brightkite-layar-take-you-through-the-looking-glass-to-see-your-friends-in-a-new-dimension/
*http://www.prweb.com/releases/Layar/GoWeb3D/prweb2753434.htm
*http://www.soundwalk.com/blog/2009/08/17/augmented-reality-soundwalk-with-layar/

Tateru on Rosedale's "work with us":
*http://www.massively.com/2009/08/17/philip-rosedale-try-to-work-with-us-let-go-a-bit/

O'Reilly – flex and html5:
*http://www.insideria.com/2009/08/flexs-most-serious-competition.html

Kapor – open source GSM network:
*http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2009/08/14/#20090814-har2009_gsm_network

TC – news about GDGT:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/17/cbs-amazon-already-sniffing-around-gdgt/

Mitch Wagner – virtually speaking ning:
*http://virtuallyspeaking.ning.com/

LongNow – Lolcat Bible:
*http://blog.longnow.org/2009/08/14/in-teh-beginz-is-teh-meow-lolcat-bible/

Mashable – Microsoft's plan for search:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/16/bing-microsoft-plan/

Pavig – terraforming of Mars:
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars

Hrheingold For my purposes, concept mapping looks a great deal more powerful than mind-mapping: verbs can connect nodes, hierarchy isn't enforced

Orban – how to win a hack-a-thon:
*http://singularityu.org/bloggers/2009/08/5-tips-to-winning-a-hack-a-thon-competition/

Tateru – Linden announces support for media plug-ins:
*http://www.massively.com/2009/08/16/linden-lab-s-tom-hale-announces-second-life-support-for-media-pl/

O'Reilly – Dharmatech brings tech to non-profits:
*http://dharmatech.org/about

Mashable – Facebook songs:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/16/facebook-songs/

Sierra – Information addiction:
*http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2009/08/information.php

==17 August 2009==
TC – best iPhone apps:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/15/the-35-best-iphone-apps-of-the-year-so-far/

Shirky – Wikipedia Signpost:
*http://twitter.com/wikisignpost
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/About

Tateru – lets BOINC:
*http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/2009/08/15/lets-boinc/

O'Reilly – EFF on locational privacy:
*http://www.eff.org/wp/locational-privacy

Orban – Amazon physically ships you your data:
*http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2009/08/adding-the-export-to-aws-importexport.html

O'Reilly – iPhone apps for creativity:
*http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/11/bebot-applications-mobile-techology-breakthroughs-iphone.html

Rheingold – wecommune:
*http://wecommune.com/

Tateru – Linden Lab tightens XStreet rules:
*http://www.massively.com/2009/08/14/linden-lab-tightens-xstreet-sl-rules/

TC – man TweetShell:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/14/man-tweetshell-a-browser-based-terminal-for-twitter/

TC – Google's Webfinger:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/14/google-points-at-webfinger-your-gmail-address-could-soon-be-your-id/

O'Reilly – Google in physical retail:
*http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10310017-16.html

Mashable – crasher squirrel:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/14/top-10-crasher-squirrels-pics/

KathySierra don't just *think* about [z], help users get GOOD at [z] thru support, community, marketing, open APIs... [z] is the bigger, cooler thing.

KathySierra* @brynn I have problem [x], you have solution [y], & as result of [y] I can NOW do more compelling thing [z]. I'm saying, think also of [z]

Mashable – use Facebook for professional networking:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/14/facebook-networking/

Rockmelt, a Facebook browser:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/14/rockmelt/
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/14/the-rockmelt-mystery-is-it-just-a-facebook-browser-or-will-it-break-the-mold/

TC – you can make FriendFeed as ugly as you want:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/13/i-can-now-make-friendfeed-as-ugly-as-i-want/

==14 Aug 2009==
O'Reilly – real-time structured data analytics:
*http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/08/big-data-and-real-time-structured-data-analytics.html

Mashable – AP to dominate Google rankings?
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/13/ap-landing-pages/

Lessig – Google books uses Creative Commons:
*http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2009/08/bringing-power-of-creative-commons-to.html

O'Reilly – Pogue's campaign to take back the beep:
*http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/take-back-the-beep-campaign-an-update/?hp

Mashable – docstoc launches an iTune for docs:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/12/docstore/

Mashable – Facebook's new privacy features:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/12/facebook-privacy-features/

iGoogle's social gadgets:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/12/igoogle-releases-social-gadgets/
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/12/igoogle-social-network/

Sarahcudah (via Rheingold) – Dvorak asks if Kundra Chopra is a phony:
*http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/08/12/special-report-is-us-chief-information-officer-cio-vivek-kundra-a-phony/
*An answer: http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2009/08/on_kundras_college_records.php

Mashable – earn your public's trust:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/12/earn-public-trust/

Rubaiyat – 200 character sketch:
*http://vagueterrain.net/content/2009/08/tiny-sketch-200-character-processing-competition

Shute – RWW on Gartner hype cycle:
*http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/gartner_hype_cycle_2009.php
*and on the Real-Time Web: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/introduction_to_the_real_time_web.php

Pavig – blender video:
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Si5-Xjf8xE

Mashable – Microsoft banned from selling word:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/12/word-patent/

Facebook lite:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/11/facebook-begins-testing-facebook-lite-a-faster-simpler-version-of-the-service/
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/11/facebook-lite/

==12 Aug 2009==
TC – the New Media School:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/11/the-new-media-school-because-college-didnt-teach-you-a-thing-about-the-digital-economy/

Mashable – FriendFeed alternative Streamy:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/11/streamy-friendfeed/

TC – web application survey:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/11/help-us-by-taking-the-2009-web-application-survey/

hrheingoldMigrated from Netnewswire to Bloglines to Google Reader and now to Netvibes, so far my favorite.

Facebook mailbox api:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/11/facebook-launches-one-way-mailbox-api-woo-hoo/
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/11/facebook-mailbox-api-2/

Mashable – Google Facebook Search:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/10/google-facebook-search/

Mashable – delicious founder regrets selling to Yahoo:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/10/delicious-founder/

==09 August 2009==
Kapor – socially responsible engineering:
*http://www.amazon.com/Citizen-Engineer-Handbook-Responsible-Engineering/dp/0137143923/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1249912395&sr=1-1

Kapor – Eric Ries updates software manifesto:
*http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com/2009/07/revisiting-software-design-manifesto.html

Shute – diagram of Google web protocols:
*http://cubiclemuses.com/cm/articles/2009/08/09/waves-web-of-protocols/

Mashable – scientific job search:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/09/intelligent-job-hunt/

Mashable – geek videos:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/09/geeks4good-videos/

==08 August 2009==
TC- apps  for sharing large files:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/08/16-apps-that-make-sharing-large-files-a-snap/

TC – blind search:
*http://blindsearch.fejus.com/

O’Reilly – Anil Dash on why Google Wave will fail:
*http://dashes.com/anil/2009/08/what-works-the-web-way-vs-the-wave-way.html
*Also see: http://dashes.com/anil/2009/07/the-pushbutton-web-realtime-becomes-real.html

Shute – RWW on Augmented Reality hype:
*http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/prepare_yourselves_augmented_reality_hype_on_the_r.php

Mashable – Google Voice for iPhone to re-emerge as a web page:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/07/google-voice-iphone-web-app/

Mashable – friending your employees:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/07/friending-your-employees/
*http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/01/28/cb.facebook.boss.friend/index.html

Gwyneth's name usurped by copybot spammers:
*http://gwynethllewelyn.net/2009/08/07/spammers-are-disseminating-a-new-illegal-sl-client-under-my-name/

TC – Gillmore blames Friendfeed:
*http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/08/06/blame-friendfeed-ii/

O'Reilly – data mining with the Facebook ad info interface:
*http://www.creativedistraction.com/data/facebooks-reach-mining-the-facebook-ad-platform-for-data/

Rheingold – Manifesto for the reputation society:
*http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1158/1078

Rheingold – Yahoo pipes:
*http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=5f085053d0a2f2a6c065b3fb9376f02f

hrheingold Yesterday devoted to learning Netvibes. Day before, Postrank. Today, getting started on Pipes. my @rww curriculum. Thank you!

Mashable – Team Apart for virtual meetings:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/06/team-apart/

==07 August 2009==
Mashable – blog productivity tips:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/06/blogging-productivity-tools/

==06 August 2009==
O'Reilly – preparing for Augmented Reality:
*http://schulzeandwebb.com/blog/2009/07/30/preparing-us-for-ar-the-value-of-illustrating-of-future-technologies/

TC – Google Reader speeds up with PubSubHubbub:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/05/google-reader-speeds-up-sharing-with-pubsubhubbub/

Orban – Space Collective:
*http://spacecollective.org/

Download Mashable's Twitter book:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/05/twitter-guide-book-download/

Rheingold – Nancy White on using social media:
*http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/2009/08/04/how-i-use-social-media/

Rheingold – Media Cloud:
*http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/arts/05cloud.html?_r=3
*http://www.mediacloud.org/

Ev – Brizzly web-based twitter client:
*http://brizzly.com/

timoreilly #Women2Follow: @pahlkadot @padmasree @caseycoleman @rashmi @liza @nilofer @charleneli

Mashable – tumbler on the rise:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/05/tumblr-takeover/

Tateru – SL roadmap for content management:
*http://www.massively.com/2009/08/05/a-second-life-roadmap-content-management-intellectual-property/

TC – Listia to give away free stuff:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/05/listia-is-an-awesome-way-to-give-and-get-free-stuff/

Rubaiyat – printed buildings:
*http://www.d-shape.com/pg2.htm

Mashable – free multimedia for your blog:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/04/free-blog-media/

O'Reilly – interviewed by IBM:
*http://www.massively.com/2009/08/04/snowglobe-viewer-1-1-released-for-second-life/

Tateru - Snowglobe:
*http://www.massively.com/2009/08/04/snowglobe-viewer-1-1-released-for-second-life/

Rheingold - serendipity:
*http://www.stevenberlinjohnson.com/2006/05/can_we_please_k.html

O'Reilly - Steve Jobs hates the iPhone:
*http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/08/01/steve-jobs-hates-the-appstore/

Sierra – marketing and innovation (she disagrees):
*http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10300583-44.html?tag=rtcol;relnews

O'Reilly – don't forget your day job;
*http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/07/the-productivity-myth-step-away-from-the-twitter.html

Orban - Gobbledygook:
*http://www.davidmeermanscott.com/documents/3703Gobbledygook.pdf

Orban – the new replicator:
*http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327191.500-evolutions-third-replicator-genes-memes-and-now-what.html?full=true

Rubaiyat – research on avatar design:
*http://heliosense.blogspot.com/2009/07/avatar-design-research-call-for.html

O'Reilly – Dyson on von Neumann, games and economics:
*http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge295.html

Tateru – SL user's guide to tier:
*http://www.massively.com/2009/08/01/a-second-life-user-s-guide-to-tier/

Eric Ries on the Steve Jobs method:
*http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com/2009/08/steve-jobs-method.html

O'Reilly – open source on the battlefield:
*http://onepeople.org/node/1600

==05 August 2009==
Mashable – wtf is social media:
*http://www.slideshare.net/mzkagan/what-the-fk-social-media

Rheingold – welcome to my brain:
*http://webbrain.com/brainpage/brain/3D80058C-14D8-5361-0B61-A061F89BAF87/thought/112253

Shute – O'Reilly and Battelle on web squared:
*http://www.web2summit.com/web2009/public/schedule/detail/10194

Shute – Augmented Reality for mobiles:
*http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7452/1.html
*http://www.ugotrade.com/2009/08/03/augmented-reality-bigger-than-the-web-second-interview-with-robert-rice-from-neogence-enterprises/

O'Reilly – DoD web guidance forum:
*http://web20guidanceforum.dodlive.mil/2009/08/02/understanding-web-20-near-future-direction-and-impacts/

Mashable – build your company on linkedin:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/03/linkedin-company-profile/

Mashable – download your Facebook data:
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/03/socialsafe/

==06 August 2009==
Rheingold - serendipity:
*http://www.stevenberlinjohnson.com/2006/05/can_we_please_k.html

O'Reilly - Steve Jobs hates the iPhone:
*http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/08/01/steve-jobs-hates-the-appstore/

Sierra – marketing and innovation (she disagrees):
*http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10300583-44.html?tag=rtcol;relnews

O'Reilly – don't forget your day job;
*http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/07/the-productivity-myth-step-away-from-the-twitter.html

Orban - Gobbledygook:
*http://www.davidmeermanscott.com/documents/3703Gobbledygook.pdf

Orban – the new replicator:
*http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327191.500-evolutions-third-replicator-genes-memes-and-now-what.html?full=true

Rubaiyat – research on avatar design:
*http://heliosense.blogspot.com/2009/07/avatar-design-research-call-for.html

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