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==31 August 2009==
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Sierra – you're a small company so act like one:
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*http://blog.asmartbear.com/blog/youre-a-little-company-now-act-like-one.html
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Loic – we should all be trust agents:
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*http://www.loiclemeur.com/english/2009/08/why-we-should-all-be-trust-agents.html
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Mashable – Wikipedia will use colours to add layers of trust to articles:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/31/wikipedia-colors/
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Shute – Games, googles and Hollywood (on Ugo Trade):
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*http://www.ugotrade.com/2009/08/30/games-goggles-and-going-hollywood-how-ar-is-changing-the-entertainment-landscape-talking-with-brian-selzer-ogmento/
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TC – Facebook's optimization efforts:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/30/a-look-behind-the-curtain-at-facebooks-optimization-efforts/
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Scoble – Ken Camp deconstructs Scoble's Twitter valuation:
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*http://stardustglobalventures.com/2009/08/30/its-not-att-its-not-apple-its-just-twitter/
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Rheingold – how to create persistent searches using Google alerts:
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*http://blog.earth2marsh.com/2009/08/easy-way-to-watch-web.html
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Mashable – 11 quickie rails apps:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/30/rails-rumble/
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Prokofy – denial of service attack:
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*http://prokofy.posterous.com/denial-of-service-attack-1
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Loic – use your blog to get twitter followers:
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*http://dustincurtis.com/you_should_follow_me_on_twitter.html
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Loic's favourite iPhone apps:
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*http://appsfire.com/selection.php?cid=1251652798-102377412&title=Loic%27s+selection
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Mashable – 7 ways to become a twitter analyst:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/30/analyze-twitter-content/
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O'Reilly – robotics to overhaul water infrastructure:
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*http://www.redzone.com/technology/robotics
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Loic – best sources on mobile apps:
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*http://www.loiclemeur.com/english/2009/08/best-sources-to-follow-the-mobile-apps-iphoneandroidblackberry.html
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TC – why teens don't tweet:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/30/why-dont-teens-tweet-we-asked-over-10000-of-them/
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==30 August 2009==
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Prokofy – NYTimes shows that free doesn't work:
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*http://bit.ly/2bXh05
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Prokofy – Q Linden on how they handle bug reports:
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*https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/technology/blog/2009/08/29/taking-technical-feedback-from-residents#cf
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TC – customer development methodology for start-ups:
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*http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/08/30/the-long-lost-formula-for-start-up-success-no-really/
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Tateru resigns from New Citizens Incorporated:
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*http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/New_Citizens_Incorporated
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O'Reilly – thisisindexed.com:
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*http://thisisindexed.com/
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TC – Google testing Ajax Search:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/29/ajax-search-is-google-sweating-bing-or-just-feeling-the-need-for-speed/
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Rheingold – mindful infotention:
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*http://cmapspublic3.ihmc.us/rid=1GGG55974-H3VQRB-J1D/Infotention%20Filters.cmap
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TC – Twitter conferences:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/29/twitter-conferences-continue-to-grow/
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TC – Lacy on what cleantech should learn from nanotech:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/29/what-cleantech-should-learn-from-nanotech-before-it%E2%80%99s-too-late/
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Loic – French geeks for water:
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*http://jeromechoain.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/french-geeks-for-water-charity/
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*http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=369
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Loic – Singularity sees Tech as saviour (I must register with NYTimes to read article):
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*http://bit.ly/1a0HM1
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==29 August 2009==
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Mashable – 20 creative apps for iPhone:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/29/creative-iphone-apps/
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O'Reilly – sexy data skills:
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*http://dataspora.com/blog/sexy-data-geeks/
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*also see this blog for neat "Whitespace" wordpress theme
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O'Reilly – 5 barriers to AR:
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*http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/augmented_reality_five_barriers_to_a_web_thats_eve.php
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Rubaiyat – new literacy:
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*http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-09/st_thompson
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==28 August 2009==
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O'Reilly – Quirky crowdsources product design:
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*http://www.quirky.com/home/about
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Mashable – 5 ideas for social media marketers:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/28/social-media-marketing-ideas/
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Orban – international space station 3D timeline:
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*http://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm
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Loic blogs about marketing sucks:
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*http://www.loiclemeur.com/english/2009/08/pr-marketing-and-advertising-suck-now-what.html
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Scobleizer's favourite tweets:
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*http://twitter.com/scobleizer/favorites
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Rheingold – Maury Giles on focused distraction:
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*http://consumercentric.biz/wordpress/?p=58
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Prok – Quiznos ad:
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*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZrks-BPeLQ
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Scoble: hi I'm runs high at rails rumble:
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*http://hi.im/
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*http://r09.railsrumble.com/entries
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O'Reilly – data deluge swamps science historians:
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*http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125139942345664387.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us
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Mashable – virtual farm on Facebook
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/27/farmville-facebook/
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New Facebook iPhone app:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/27/worth-the-wait-new-facebook-iphone-app-sneaks-in-some-last-minute-changes/
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/27/facebook-3-iphone/
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O'Reilly – the future of html for mobiles:
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*http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/08/why-is-html-suddenly-interesti.html
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*WHATWG = Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group: http://www.whatwg.org/
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Yelp's AR Easter Egg:
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*http://friendfeed.com/scobleizer/e6e411b4/new-yelp-iphone-app-is-also-out-there-cool-easter
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/27/yelp-augmented-reality/
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==27 August 2009==
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Shute – Mobilizy releases Wikitude3:
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*http://www.mobilizy.com/enpress-release-mobilizy-releases-wikitude-3-wikitudeme
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Mashable's list of 14 browsers:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/26/alternative-browsers/
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Mark Cuban on Webhooks and Pubsubhubbub:
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http://blogmaverick.com/2009/08/25/the-internet-is-about-to-change/
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==26 August 2009==
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Mashable – new Sony reader is a digital library:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/25/new-sony-reader/
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Scoble – the noise will get worse:
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*http://www.steverubel.com/streams-from-the-road-trends-from-friends
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TC – Disqus revamps real-time comment system:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/25/disqus-forks-into-two-products-launches-revamped-real-time-comment-system/
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Maracas – tech support cheat sheet:
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*http://xkcd.com/627/
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Scoble gets hacked:
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*http://friendfeed.com/scobleizer/27bdd999/sigh-hackers-got-into-my-blog-left-some
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tehKenny - THREE. WORD. ADVICE.
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*http://friendfeed.com/tehkenny1/1922a8db/three-word-advice
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Schwarzenegger's twitter project:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/26/the-governator-live-from-twitter-hq-today-has-his-twitter-service-already-gone-to-pot/
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*http://www.myidea4ca.com/
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Pavig - why time goes one way:
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*http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/08/arrow-of-time-no-longer-double-ended.ars
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Sierra - designing social sites:
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*http://bokardo.com/archives/designing-for-social-traction-slide-deck/
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O'Reilly – iPhone imitators as a "cargo cult":
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*http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/08/ignite-show-jeff-veen-on-great.html
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TC – Facebook's outside world:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/26/what-is-going-on-in-facebooks-outside-world/
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Sierra: So once again, I marvel at the lack of learning-as-marketing. Don't trick or persuade me to buy, teach me to make better choices.
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TC – contact management for gmail:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/26/better-contact-management-for-gmail/
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Mashable – support social good on your blog:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/26/blog-social-good/
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O'Reilly – Worldwide lexicon (translation) toolbar:
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*http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/08/world-wide-lexicon-toolbar-cha.html
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Scoble – favstar shows most favorited tweets:
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*http://favstar.fm/tweets/popular
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TC – Twitter's golden ratio:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/26/twitters-golden-ratio-that-no-one-likes-to-talk-about/
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Scoble demos Layar:
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*http://scobleizer.com/2009/08/26/the-new-way-to-look-like-a-dork-with-an-iphone-augmented-reality/
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TC – Bebo founder Michael builds social giving site for the organisation Charity Water:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/25/what-michael-birch-did-after-selling-bebo-and-how-he-thinks-you-should-celebrate-your-birthday/
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*http://mycharitywater.org/p/signIn
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Scoble – Coding Horror and a book called Code Complete:
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*http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001020.html
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Gwyneth video on OpenSim 0.6.3:
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*http://vodpod.com/watch/2107298-opensim-0-6-3?pod=gwynethllewelyn
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Gwyneth – Linden Lab releases to let you create plug-ins to display media in SL:
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*http://gwynethllewelyn.net/2009/08/26/your-desktop-inside-second-life/
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Mashable (and others) – a twitter exploit (very hard to understand this one…):
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/25/twitter-exploit-more/
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/26/massive-twitter-security-problem-not-resolved-just-yet/
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*http://news.softpedia.com/news/Critical-Twitter-Bug-Discovered-120103.shtml
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Rheingold retweets Social Media Revolution:
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*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8&feature=fvst
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Rheingold – overcoming the tragedy of the commons:
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*http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327225.700-triumph-of-the-commons-helping-the-world-to-share.html
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==25 August 2009==
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O'Reilly – augmenting your brain with smartphones:
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*http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3253
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O'Reilly – social sharing and national security:
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*http://www.federaltimes.com/index.php?S=4245792
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Mashable – tracking clickstreams:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/25/clickstreams/
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Mashable – did Chrome kill Android for netbooks:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/25/chrome-os-android-netbooks/
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TC - Opera, yet another web browser:
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*http://www.opera.com/
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TC – Apigee wants to be Google Analytics for APIs:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/25/apigees-ambition-is-to-be-the-google-analytics-for-apis/
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TC – Google's official blogger buzz:
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*http://buzz.blogger.com/
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TC - Joe Hewitt (Facebook) asks Apple to tear down the wall:
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*http://joehewitt.com/post/innocent-until-proven-guilty/
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Scoble, Wagner, playing FourSquare:
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*http://playfoursquare.com/
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Shute – AR meets brain-computer interface:
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*http://www.urbeingrecorded.com/news/2009/08/24/augmented-reality-meets-brain-computer-interface/
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Rheingold's first Prezi:
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*http://prezi.com/158998/
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TC – Yahoo adds "status-casting" to mail:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/24/welcome-to-the-stream-yahoo-adds-status-casting-to-mail-and-messenger/
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Rheingold – the wired campus:
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*http://chronicle.com/blogPost/How-Students-Professors-and/7787/?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en
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Kapor – Wikipedia to limit changes to articles about living people:
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*http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/technology/internet/25wikipedia.html?_r=2&hp
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==24 August 2009==
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TC – Yahoo focusing on People Search:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/24/what-matters-most-to-yahoo-is-taking-away-people-search-from-google/
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Orban - Time's 50 best websites:
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*http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1918031,00.html
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TC – Yahoo's "What Matters Most" event:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/24/live-from-yahoos-what-matters-most-event/
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O'Reilly – FluidDB for truly social data:
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*http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/fluidDB/2009/08/24/truly-social-data/
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*http://fluidinfo.com/fluiddb
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TC – Linkative, a social network for site links:
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*http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/08/24/linktive-tries-to-end-the-seo-gaming-with-a-social-network-for-site-links/
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Gwyneth – social network for CDS:
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*http://social.slcds.info/
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Rheingold – 15 tools for visual knowledge management:
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*http://eric-blue.com/2009/05/10/15-effective-tools-for-visual-knowledge-management/
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Mashable – rehab center for Internet addiction:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/23/restart-internet-addiction/
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Shute – Maker's ultimate tools:
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*http://www.saulgriffith.com/Make/Make03.pdf
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AlKronos – Vastpark free OS virtual world software:
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http://www.vastpark.com/
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TC – ultimate iPhone application organizer:
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*http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/08/23/ultimate-iphone-app-organizer-hits-the-web/
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Mashable – on YouTube, Fred dethroned by Nigahiga:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/23/fred-dethroned-youtube/
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O'Reilly – summary of Sierra video session on Creating Passionate Users:
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*http://adam.goucher.ca/?p=1139
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Gwyneth: Avatars United is a Facebook for SL:
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*http://www.avatarsunited.com/avatars/gwyneth-llewelyn
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==23 August 2009==
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Rheingold – social capital:
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*http://socialmediaclassroom.com/host/vircom/wiki/social-capital
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Tateru – Botgirl is a man:
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*http://fourworlds.tumblr.com/post/165760644/my-secret-love-affair-with-the-avatar-botgirl-questi
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*http://botgirl.blogspot.com/2009/08/emancipation-day.html
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O'Reilly – the shrinking boomer economy:
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*http://peakwatch.typepad.com/peak_watch/2009/08/the-incredible-shrinking-boomer-economy.html
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==22 August 2009==
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Arrington – FriendFeed is over:
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*http://blog.areyoupayingattention.com/2009/08/friendfeed-is-over-time-for-a-blog-revolution/
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O'Reilly – Linux kernel vulnerabilities in the cloud:
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*http://www.elasticvapor.com/2009/08/fixing-major-linux-kernel.html
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TC – Gillmore interviews Burchheit about FriendFeed:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/22/the-would-be-ffugees-shouldnt-pack-up-and-find-a-new-home-just-yet/
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O'Reilly – top software developers:
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*http://www.noop.nl/2009/02/twitter-top-100-for-software-developers.html
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Shute – Ori Inbar on Ogmento:
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*http://www.ugotrade.com/2009/07/28/augmented-realitys-growth-is-exponential-ogmento-reality-reinvented-talking-with-ori-inbar/
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TC – 100 technology experts on Twitter:
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*http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=22754
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Rheingold – crowdsourcing for social good:
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*http://www.socialbrite.org/2009/08/21/harnessing-the-crowd-for-social-good/
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Mashable – cuil comes back as a real-time search engine:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/21/cuil-real-time/
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Rheingold – tiny threads:
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*http://a.tinythread.com/IklUpGkp9T
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O'Reilly – This is Your Brain on Neurotechnology:
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*http://hplusmagazine.com/articles/neuro/your-brain-neurotechnology
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==21 August 2009==
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Twitter provides location service:
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*http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/08/twitter-your-new-location-serv.html
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/20/twitter-can-now-know-where-you-tweet/
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/20/twitter-local-twitter-to-attach-locations-to-your-tweets/
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Mashable – 13 things to do on Twitter besides tweet:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/21/13-twitter-tools/
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O'Reilly – Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg:
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*http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0907/power-women-09-facebook-sheryl-sandberg.html?partner=technology_newsletter
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Mashable – 6 Facebook visualizations:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/21/gorgeous-facebook-visualizations/
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TC – Wolfram Alpha strikes deal with Bing:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/21/what-wolfram-alpha-really-did-this-summer-struck-a-deal-with-bing/
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Gwyneth – Coda, one-window web development:
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*http://www.panic.com/coda/
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Tateru – Snowglobe causes traffic flooding:
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*http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SNOW-115
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Syndicate Facebook Page updates to Twitter:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/20/facebook-syndicates-updates-from-pages-to-twitter-still-holds-user-updates-hostage/
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/20/facebook-twitter-app/
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TC – Lifehacker founder helps you hack your tweets:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/20/lifehacker-founder-wants-to-hack-your-life-with-a-new-twitter-app/
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Orban - GoogleVoice outside the US via Gizmo:
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*http://www.michaelrobertson.com/archive.php?minute_id=300
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TC – a search engine that gives new results each time you add a letter:
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*http://www.istartedsomething.com/livesearch/
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Sierra – Zeus on conversational UX (user experience) design, with examples from posterous:
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*http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/2009/conversational-ux-design/
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Mashable – posterous iPhone application:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/20/picposterous/
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Pavig – Au on LL-media plugin:
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*http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2009/08/open-forum-on-ll-api.html
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Mashable – selling in any economy:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/20/sales-tips/
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Rheingold – Dana Boyd on technophilie:
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*http://wp.nmc.org/future/ideas/danah-boyd/
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Massively – Linden launches Avaline:
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*http://www.massively.com/2009/08/20/linden-lab-launches-avaline/
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==20 August 2009==
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Mashable – functional copy of Pirate Bay:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/20/copy-pirate-bay/
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Shute – Wrobel's proposal for an Augmented Reality network:
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*http://www.ugotrade.com/2009/08/19/everything-everywhere-thomas-wrobels-proposal-for-an-open-augmented-reality-network/
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TC – Lunch, a review site to change the world:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/19/lunchcom-launches-micro-reviews-reveals-its-quest-to-make-the-world-a-better-place/
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*See also Yelp: http://www.yelp.com/
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Mashable : Chatterbox = Facebook + Twitter + Chat:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/19/fanchatter-chatterbox/
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O'Reilly – brand building by supporting customer evangelists:
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*http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/14/branding-twitter-facebook-breakthroughs-marketing.html
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Mashable – simple screencasting for twitter users:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/08/19/screenr/
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Arrington – dolphins blow bubbles:
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*http://video.telegraph.co.uk/services/player/bcpid1137883380?bctid=16409116001
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TC – Facebook's new inbox:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/19/pics-facebooks-sexier-new-inbox-starts-rolling-out/
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TC – SF crimespotting:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/19/crimespotting-crime-has-never-looked-so-good/
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TC - Chat widget for site owners:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/19/olark-is-a-dead-simple-chat-widget-for-site-owners/
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Mashable – nearly one out of two employers screen social media:
 +
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/19/social-media-screening/
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TC – Google continues to feed PubSubHubbub:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/19/google-continues-to-feed-the-pubsubhubbub-google-alerts-now-in-real-time/
 +
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Pavig – Patrick Boivin's channel on YouTube:
 +
*http://www.youtube.com/user/PatrickBoivin
 +
 +
TC – Google maps goes wiki style:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/19/google-doubles-its-cartographers-as-maps-continues-to-go-wiki-style/
 +
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Sierra – Rowan Simpson of Trade Me:
 +
*http://rowansimpson.com/trade-me-manifesto/
 +
*http://www.trademe.co.nz/
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TC – retweeting of comments:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/19/what-if-comments-could-be-retweeted-tweetmeme-is-working-on-it/
 +
 +
Au – WSJ article on Second Life:
 +
*http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB125064110693841789-lMyQjAxMDI5NTEwOTYxNDkxWj.html
 +
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Shute – Interaction Design for Augmented Reality:
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*http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2009/08/inside-out-interaction-design-for-augmented-reality.php
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Margulies – American time-use survey:
 +
*http://www.bls.gov/tus/
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Maracas – how people spend their day:
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*http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/31/business/20080801-metrics-graphic.html?emc=eta1
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==19 August 2009==
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Gwyneth – Extropia on Mount Improbable:
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*http://gwynethllewelyn.net/2009/08/19/ray-kurzweil-and-the-conquering-of-mount-improbable-an-essay-by-extropia-dasilva/
 +
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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/
 +
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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/
 +
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==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/
 +
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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.
 +
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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/
 +
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==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/
 +
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Lessig – Google books uses Creative Commons:
 +
*http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2009/08/bringing-power-of-creative-commons-to.html
 +
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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
 +
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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/
 +
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==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/
 +
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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/
 +
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hrheingoldMigrated from Netnewswire to Bloglines to Google Reader and now to Netvibes, so far my favorite.
 +
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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/
 +
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==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
 +
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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/
 +
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==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/
 +
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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
 +
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Shute – RWW on Augmented Reality hype:
 +
*http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/prepare_yourselves_augmented_reality_hype_on_the_r.php
 +
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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:
 
Mashable – friending your employees:
 
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/07/friending-your-employees/
 
*http://mashable.com/2009/08/07/friending-your-employees/
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*http://heliosense.blogspot.com/2009/07/avatar-design-research-call-for.html
 
*http://heliosense.blogspot.com/2009/07/avatar-design-research-call-for.html
  
*
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O'Reilly – Dyson on von Neumann, games and economics:
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*http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge295.html
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Tateru – SL user's guide to tier:
 +
*http://www.massively.com/2009/08/01/a-second-life-user-s-guide-to-tier/
 +
 
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Eric Ries on the Steve Jobs method:
 +
*http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com/2009/08/steve-jobs-method.html
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O'Reilly – open source on the battlefield:
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*http://onepeople.org/node/1600
  
 
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Rubaiyat – research on avatar design:
 
Rubaiyat – research on avatar design:
 
*http://heliosense.blogspot.com/2009/07/avatar-design-research-call-for.html
 
*http://heliosense.blogspot.com/2009/07/avatar-design-research-call-for.html
 
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