Bruce Springsteen is angry
Guardian UK has a review of Bruce Springsteen’s new album, “Wrecking Ball,” described as “as angry a cry from the […]
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Social Media
U.S. Army guide to Pinterest
Pinterest is the rave du jour for Inernet mavens. You know it’s mainstreamed when the U.S. Army produces a guide:
Augmented Reality
AR glasses coming from Google
Google glasses (or maybe we should all ’em Google Goggles) will be an interesting AR advance, more science friction happening
Networks, Teaching and Learning, Technology
Howard Rheingold: Net Smart
In 2009, Howard Rheingold created an excellent mini-course in network literacy, a substantial resource for those who want to learn
Community, Social Media, Technology
Bots can shape social interaction
Scientists experimenting with Twitter bots found that the bots could “shape” activity on Twitter to some extent. They’re continuing their
Copright, Copyleft, IP
PIPA and SOPA explained
Clay Shirky has the best overview I’ve seen/heard/read of PIPA and SOPA and the context from whence they emerged: Bottom
Copright, Copyleft, IP
JOHO: Messages from the Dark
At “JOHO the Blog,” David Weinberger has a simple and very cool summary of the meaning of yesterday’s SOPA-induced blackout.
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SOPA, PIPA, and the Web Strike: What’s It All About?
Originally published at Texas Enterprise A web strike has been called, and many web pages will go black, in response
Body
“Quantifed Self” Art
As a follower of the “Quantified Self” work catalyzed by Kevin Kelly et al, I was eager to see Laurie
Futures, Global
State of the World 2012
Bruce Sterling and I are holding forth in our annual State of the World conversation on the WELL. Here’s the
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Gothic High Tech
New short story collection from Bruce Sterling. “He’s the legendary Cyberpunk Guru. He roams our postmodern planet, from the polychrome
Freedom to Connect, Networks, Technology
Internet Code Ring! (Interview with Phil Zimmermann, circa 1993)
Discovered that this interview is no longer findable online, so I’m republishing it here. A version of this was published