December 2010
40 posts
“I have to think about how many kids are watching Jon Stewart right now and...”
– Professor Robert Thompson in this NYT news analysis about Jon Stewart: In ‘Daily Show’ Role on 9/11 Bill, Echoes of Murrow (via thedeadline)
“I didn’t hate the movie. I kind of liked it. But I think it’s a very glib and...”
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David Edelstein, explaining why The Social Network didn’t make his top films list for 2010. (via nprfreshair)
I’d also add that Sorkin’s characters always sound like Sorkin, which drives me nuts.
Equality Myth: In Which We Get a Girl Crush on... →
changetheratio:
equalitymyth:
Newsweek’s Dan Lyons interviews Mayer for our end-of-year Interview issue (also check Jess Bennett’s excellent Dan Savage/Jane Lynch piece), and gets right to the good stuff:
Why are so few women working in the technology industry?
Well, it’s something that I care a lot about changing … I guess I was very lucky. I was always good at math and science, and...
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“Internet users aged 18-33 still rule the web when it comes to social networking,...”
– Let me repeat that: 95% of 18-33 year-olds use the Internet.
Millennial Generation’s Web Dominance On The Decline , Pew Study Says
(via world-shaker)
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We can save Delicious, but probably not in the way... →
uniquehazards speaks out on what could and should happen to Delicious:
I left Yahoo over two years ago, but prior to that I spent three years running product for Delicious. Since then I’ve remained a loyal user and supporter. To this day I keep in touch with former Delicious colleagues and consider many to be friends. And though I’ve felt that Delicious has been…
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470 words about the hacking of Gawker Media →
thedeadline:
for Monday’s paper.
The outing of bad password users is probably the most useful aspect of this hack.
'Do Not Track' tool could enhance online privacy →
Federal regulators are proposing to create a “Do Not Track” tool for enhancing online privacy, so that people could prevent marketers from tracking their web browsing habits and other online behavior in order to deliver targeted advertising.
The proposal, inspired by the government’s existing “Do Not Call” registry for telemarketers, is one of a series of recommendations outlined in a privacy...
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QR Codes Improve Web Access →
In the last week I have finally had the opportunity to use Quick Response (QR) codes in my classroom. I have found them simple, straightforward and very effective in improving access to digital resources.
I have been thinking about ideas to use QR codes in the classroom for a long while and many colleagues have joined me in contributing to a shared “Interesting Ways” resource. It outlines many...
sugarandwhitebread asked: best Android phone, in your opinion?
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Manchester Airport biometric gate unilaterally... →
Manchester Airport has been testing biometric gates in one of its terminals; the gates work by scanning the passenger’s face using a camera and matching this to the image stored on the passport; if there is a match, the gates open and the passenger is allowed through, removing the need to speak to an immigration officer.
The watchdog for the U.K. Border Agency says, however, that the facial...
Online, Anonymity Breeds Contempt →
Psychological research has proven again and again that anonymity increases unethical behavior. Road rage bubbles up in the relative anonymity of one’s car. And in the online world, which can offer total anonymity, the effect is even more pronounced. People — even ordinary, good people — often change their behavior in radical ways. There’s even a term for it: the online disinhibition effect.
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New Social Software Tries to Make Studying Feel... →
Students live on Facebook. So study tools that act like social networks should be student magnets—and maybe even have an academic benefit.
At least that’s the idea behind a new crop of Web services sprouting up across higher education. Colleges, entrepreneurs, and publishers, all drawn by the buzz of social media, are competing to market software that makes sharing class notes or collaborating...
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See the Future with a Search - Technology Review →
A startup called Recorded Future has developed a tool that scrapes real-time data from the Internet to find hints of what will happen in the future.
The company’s search tool spits out results on a timeline that stretches into the future as well as the past. The 18-month-old company gained attention earlier this year after receiving money from the venture capital arms of both Google and the...
“A survey of 2,800 e-reader users doesn’t take into account how many of the 76...”
– iPad Gains on Kindle in E-Reader Race, But Does it Matter? - PCWorld
Finally….
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Streaming Media Player Showdown: Tested Picks Their Favorites
via groundedtechnophilia
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“Contactless” hardware lets phones and gadgets pay with a tap, but the coming...”
– Your Next Wallet Is Calling - Technology Review (via techspotlight)
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Report: In-Game Purchases To Blow Mobile Games... →
A new report from Juniper Research forecasts global mobile games revenues to surpass $11 billion by 2015, nearly double what they were in 2009.
All in all, it’s a fairly conservative prediction in my opinion, but what’s interesting is that the research firm also says in-game purchases will overtake the traditional pay-per-download model, with Apple’s in-app billing mechanism leading the...
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Google expects to launch e-books sales soon →
We may get to check out Google’s long-anticipated entry into the digital book sales market before the end of the year.
Google Editions, which was announced in spring and expected to launch in summer, is expected to be available in the U.S. by the end of the month, Google spokeswoman Jeannie Hornung told CNET today. In September, Hornung talked with CNET about some of the difficulties in...
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