February 2012
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Everything and nothing →
A whole lot of everything and nothing »
When I visit the beach I come back with pictures of the kids and sand in my shoes. When Kevin Kelly visits the beach he comes back with blog posts like this one, A Whole Lot of Nothing:
Water is made of oxygen and hydrogen. What is a oxygen atom made of? Not oxygen, but of smaller particles, like protons and electrons. And what are they made of?...
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Tumblr Staff: A New Policy Against Self-Harm Blogs →
staff:
One of the great things about Tumblr is that people use it for just about every conceivable kind of expression. People being people, though, that means that Tumblr sometimes gets used for things that are just wrong. We are deeply committed to supporting and defending our users’ freedom of speech…
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The big lies people tell in online dating →
Nerds. As we all know, the Internet is a great place to pretend to be someone you’re not. […] Anyhow, in many online situations, self-misrepresentation is totally harmless. Like, who cares if your Halo 3 avatar is taller than you are in real life? Or if flickr thinks you’re single when you’re really married? But in online dating, where the whole goal is to eventually meet...
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“Last time I checked, the digital universe was expanding at the rate of 5...”
– George Dyson (via chrbutler)
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“There are a number of professions in which workers are paid, in part, with a...”
– Adam Davidson, Why Are Harvard Graduates in the Mailroom?
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“Money is one of the fundamental underpinnings of the economy, yet we largely...”
– Albert Wenger
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“The definition of a revolution: it destroys the perfect and enables the...”
– Seth Godin, Seth’s Blog: Perfect and impossible
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Watchripperdoc:
Fantastic work, chilling - and soon reality.
someoneiswatchingyou:
Camera systems have been programmed to predict human behavior and recognize the risk potential of individuals. Forget artificial intelligence, this is artificial judgment, and its for your own security.
Special Thanks to surrogateself for submitting this.
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Superstar reporter Jason Kincaid Leaves TechCrunch →
Paul Carr
“Holy shit. Jason Kincaid is leaving TechCrunch. […] Whatever Jason does next, I hope he doesn’t take too much of a break from writing. And while we’re all waiting for our next Kincaid fix, I urge you to start following his personal blog here…”
First I must forward my best wishes for Jason for his future plannings. Now, the real and interesting part of this...
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Are aggregation and curation journalism? Wrong... →
courtenaybird:
“There seems to be a growing obsession with defining what journalism is, and who deserves (or doesn’t deserve) to be called a journalist. Is the man who live-blogged the Osama bin Laden assassination a journalist? Is National Public Radio’s Andy Carvin, who has been using Twitter as a one-man newswire during the Arab Spring, a journalist? Some mainstream...
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“Pinterest isn’t just for saving things. It’s curating things....”
– Damien Basile (via courtenaybird)
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“Technology stories involve blinking lights, whirring sounds, and someone...”
– Mike Daisey’s response to David Pogue’s dispatch on Apple/Foxconn is very much worth reading. (via cnnmoneytech)
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Finally, the creator of @Horse_ebooks has been... →
Hours after Adrian Chen contacted Alexey Kouznetsov on Sunday, @horse_ebooks tweeted »
Events developed
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“Slowness, in this age of constant connectivity, is its own kind of value. Most...”
– “The Future of Email” … Looks a Lot Like Twitter (via courtenaybird)
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Parenting advice from the future →
I went straight to the bottom »
Look, your kids are going to start messing around with dirty bombs — that’s just a fact. Better that they do it at home, where you can keep an eye on them. And then later die as a family.
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HOW SOCIAL MEDIA CAN HELP COLLEGE STUDENTS →
You can use your digital portfolio as proof that you can do what you claim in your resume. Make prospective employers see you as a leader before you graduate; social media can help you establish a name for yourself without leaving your dorm room.
If you’re just graduated with a graphic design degree — congratulations! Using Twitter’s photo sharing facility you can build your...
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“Every time I hear someone on a podcast say that RSS is dead I can’t help...”
– Brent Simmons
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“While social media has significantly shaped how we communicate and connect in...”
– Ethan Mcarty in Social Media Week Shines a Light on Social Business (via ibmsocialbiz)
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NY TIMES: "People who constantly reach into a... →
inothernews:
THE FUTURE IS SO BRIGHT YOU GOTTA WEAR SHADES?
A pair of Google-made glasses? Oh, really?? When will Google cease to deliver such confusing surprises?!
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