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Tweets
- In case, like me, you've been living under a rock recently: http://thewildernessdowntown.com/ (Thanks, Jeff!) 1 day ago
- Tomorrow is up at midnight and then bed at midnight. Blah. 4 days ago
- Napping in prep for a late night (Don Giovanni at Haus fur Mozart, then dinner), and early flight out. 4 days ago
- News item on my #Alpbach talk on ORF: http://bit.ly/bXZhDB 4 days ago
- Auditorium over full for presentation on James Bond and Physics. #alpbach #efa10 6 days ago
- Rain descends on the #efa10 in #alpbach http://twitpic.com/2ixsjn 6 days ago
- RT @floritter 'Our brain only learns things that are done with enthusiasm': Hüther #efa10 #alpbach 6 days ago
- Oops: The Der... Like The al Qaueda...RT @halavais: New term for me: the Der ... 1 week ago
- Interview for the ORF's science site (im Deutsch): http://science.orf.at/stories/1658905/ #efa10 #alpbach 1 week ago
Archives
Monthly Archives: January 2004
MacMobsters
“If you’re a bad guy and you want to frustrate law enforcement, use a Mac.”
– Dave Thomas, former chief of computer intrusion investigations at FBI headquarters, unwittingly auditions for Apple’s next “Switch” commercial. (via Silicon Valley.com)
Best weblog definition so far
I had a very earnest proto-journalist from the school paper come and interview me about weblogs today. Naturally, she asked what a weblog is. Unlike Liz & Danah, I don’t find this (or the subsequent question of what types there are) to be especially enthralling. Of course, there is the issue of working definitions for [...]
Web Analysis Intro 1.1
What makes the web special
Like many revolutionary technologies, the web is predicated on a relatively simply idea: Users can remotely request documents, and those documents contain the means to remotely request documents. The documents themselves can be just about anything, including images, audio, and computer programs. HTML holds all of these together, providing a basic [...]
Neat looking workshop
CFP: WWW2004 Workshop on the Weblogging Ecosystem: Aggregation, Analysis and Dynamics. If I’m not completely worn out by March, I need to plan to send them something. Great group of organizers, very interesting set of topics.
Via A via B via C
This is mainly a reminder so I can find it later, but Prof. Paquet over at Many-to-Many points to Mr. Blaze’s post on the rumor and citation process within the blogosphere.
While this has little to do with the larger social issues of attribution, and the communication issues of iteration and gossip, it [...]
Remaindered Links
Penguin Pounding (Via Jeremy, via MF–Oh, and 325.6 is the distance to beat ;)
Air Video (quicktime): Adding a new leg to the pipeline for directors Porn -> Music Video -> Indie -> Big budget (-> Broadway, at least for Boz). Do they get worse at each step? Not the best Air, but worth seeing, assuming [...]
Streaming Scholcom