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In a recent Wired article Clive Thompson discussed the impact of the internet on literacy and young people. In the article Thompson referenced a study scrutinizing college students’ prose called the Stanford Study of Writing conducted by Andrea Lunsford, a professor of writing and rhetoric at Stanford University. In the study Lunsford concludes “I think [...]
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Following the announcement this weekend that Tr.im will shut down it’s URL shortening services, even with Bit.ly stepping in host Tr.im’s URL-mappings indefinitely, or 301works (an archive of URL mappings), there are long-term implications using URL shorteners.
According to TechCrunch, Tr.im accounted for approximately 2-3 percent of the short URLs on Twitter, with bit.ly, the default [...]
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In a recent article “The Case Against Apple–in Five Parts” Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com, outlined his personal issues with Apple’s current product line, one in which he believes stifles the industry, consumer choice, and pricing.
What transpired, 190 comments (and counting) about the opinion article, a number of blog posts lambasting and deconstructing Calacanis’ position, [...]
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I am a regular visitor to Kevin Kelly’s blog, his articles are both informative and thought provoking. In June 2009, Kelly started a personal project he called the The Internet Mapping Project in which he asked people to draw a map of the internet as they saw it.
“Yet everyday we navigate through this ethereal realm [...]
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Off topic post.
The First amendment explicitly states your right as a United States Citizen.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a [...]
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I follow news about emerging technologies, startups, and more established companies that build products and services that shape the way in which we engage, participate, and share information. I follow companies on Crunch Base, read interviews on Venture Blog, Venture Beat, and SL to name a few. I peruse Mashable’s exhaustive list of beta invites [...]
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Released! John Graham-Cumming’s The Geek Atlas 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive. Obvious tourist traps aside – i.e. Kennedy Space Center, this book is a travelers dream guide for the super and not super geek. 128 destinations around the world where discoveries in science, mathematics, or technology occurred or is happening right now. [...]
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by Ben Taylor on July 29, 2009 · Comments in Editorial Tagged as: AVC • Boston Globe • comments • Disqus • Douglas Bailey • Fred Wilson • New York Times • online discussion • Paul Krugman
Recently Douglas Bailey, President of DBMediaStrategies, published an opinion piece on Boston.com (Boston Globe) titled “Got a comment? Keep it to yourself” suggesting we abandon comment forums at the end of articles on newspaper websites. I encourage you to read the full article and judge for yourself. Frankly, it was a challenge for me to [...]
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