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Tweets
- @JosephGalbo Really hard to categorize tweets based on keywords, just because there are so few of them in a tweet... 13 hrs ago
- Though it is categorizing any tweet with the word "fan" as "sports" (wrong!), but not my only tweet ever with the word "sport"‽ 13 hrs ago
- This says I tweet mainly about education, technology, and... healthy living (?)... fun topic-izer of tweets: http://165.124.128.196:8000 14 hrs ago
- @lrainie As it is, each time I start a class session with "Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin..." fewer and fewer recognize it. 3 days ago
- @lrainie It's hard for me to do anything menacingly, and I'd try it for a classroom entrance, but I suspect the reference would be lost... 3 days ago
- @lrainie That is my new goal! Channel Omar more often :). 3 days ago
- @lrainie Reducible in part to "who said it wasn't already all a game"? :) 3 days ago
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TCM Locative Reader
In preparation for talking about mobile technologies, mapping, and locative media on Monday, please take a look at the following: * TCM Locative Reader – Introduction * Mousehunter at Banff * and skim for interesting chunks on these two blogs: Mapping Hacks and the “locative” category from We Make Money Not Art.
Philip K. Dick robot
Continuing the theme of lifelike robots, BoingBoing points to a lifelike Philip K. Dick replibot, who is able to identify friends, and imitate the author’s own personality, just as Dick predicted in his own We Can Build You. Imagine having Abraham Lincoln as a guest speaker for third-grade history.
Mobile Retail
Last night we talked a bit about retail informatics. One of the things we didn’t talk about was the move from retail stores to highly mobile retail. When I got home, this commercial (wmv format) from Nextel was on. (I know we have an alektorophobe in the class who should probably avoid watching; I don’t [...]
Top 100 Blogger
I am just so pleased to have finally made it. A new method of ranking bloggers, which is clearly superior to all earlier methods, places me at number 100 of the top 100 bloggers. The method is easy to follow. You simply look for where your Alexa traffic ranking falls when compared with the Technorati [...]
Remaindered Links
Some more diamonds in the rough for your perusal: * I could write a review of Batman Begins, but instead I’ll have your read the one by Tom Coates and just urge you to go see the movie. I’m also kicking myself for not sneaking in to St. Pancras Station before my meeting at the [...]
Beyond Emergence
Yeah, I know — sounds like the title of a bad S.F. movie. Anyway, I have a short essay up in the ASIST Bulletin called Social Informatics: Beyond Emergence. It’s a very broad kind of essay, but I would be happy to have any feedback on it.
Waiter Rant