January 2012
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How much should we trust our new information... →
“The news that Twitter will be censoring tweets has reinforced for many the fact that our freedoms exist at the mercy of the companies whose networks we are using — and being used by. How much trust should we have in these new information gatekeepers? ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/wANLRA
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Twitter will censor tweets, but will try really... →
“Twitter says it has implemented a new system that will allow it to remove tweets from specific countries if required to do so by law, but that it will try hard not to do this, and will be as transparent as possible if it does. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/wN9Iwx
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Memo to media: Supply and demand are out of your... →
“Too many media giants are happy to have a little disruption, provided it doesn’t change the supply-demand equation they have always relied on. But the reality is that this equation has already been blown to smithereens, and they had better figure out how to adapt. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/yyImPQ
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Google's new privacy policy: Should you be... →
“Is Google’s new privacy policy another sign it has broken its promise and is becoming more evil? Or is the fuss over the new version — which will allow the search giant to share data among its various services — a tempest in a privacy teapot? ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/zMw2FK
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Why Google and Twitter need to kiss and make up →
“The back-and-forth between Google and Twitter over Google’s new social-search results is only the latest manifestation of a much deeper problem with the relationship between the two former partners. The reality is that both sides need each other more than they would probably like to admit. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/zCslsr
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Joe Paterno's death and the reality of news as a... →
“There’s been a lot of journalistic finger-wagging over a student website that filed an erroneous report on the weekend saying Penn State coach Joe Paterno had died. But that student site behaved better than some other traditional news sources, both before and after the report. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/w1I0tY
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Facebook picks fight with Google over who is more... →
“A team of developers led by Facebook’s Blake Ross has launched a browser plugin called “Don’t be evil” that they claim presents Google’s search more fairly — but is this a war that Facebook can win, or just a chance to make cheap PR points against Google? ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/xy6cZt
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Megaupload case proves we don't need SOPA or PIPA →
“Not only were the authorities able to shut down Megaupload and arrest its founders without either SOPA or PIPA, but the facts of the case raise even more red flags about what the government would be able to do to similar services under those proposed laws. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/zxmIOd
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Twitter acquisition confirms that curation is the... →
“Twitter’s purchase of Summify, which delivered an email summary of interesting links from a user’s social networks, shows that Twitter is trying to get smarter about how it filters the flood of information users are exposed to. It’s a challenge that is only going to grow. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/AnCmVb
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Do we want textbooks to live in Apple's walled... →
“Apple’s new textbook offering and book-authoring software are attractive, and the idea of digital textbooks makes sense, but they are both locked to Apple’s walled-garden ecosystem. That may be fine for music and movies and games like Angry Birds, but is it appropriate for educational material? ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/zxGxFT
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How the social web saved a young entrepreneur's... →
“Thanks to an almost unprecedented grass-roots awareness campaign conducted by his friends through Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter and other social media over the past three months, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Amit Gupta was able to find a compatible bone-marrow donor whose cells could help him conquer acu… ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/yiOJ3h
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What does a kid's birthday cake have to do with... →
“In a presentation about SOPA and PIPA, author and media theorist Clay Shirky starts with an anecdote about a mom-and-pop bakery in his old neighborhood that made custom birthday cakes for children. What does that have to do with piracy? More than you might think. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/yz71gw
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Has Wikipedia broken faith with users by going... →
“Critics of Wikipedia’s decision to shut the encyclopedia down as a protest against U.S. anti-piracy legislation say the site shouldn’t be taking an advocacy position on such an issue, but if anything that decision is a great illustration of how Wikipedia functions and why it’s important. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/x5DSdc
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House shelves SOPA, but blackout protests continue →
“Although the House has said that it will shelve the much-criticized SOPA anti-piracy act until there is consensus on the legislation, critics — including Reddit and Wikipedia — say they plan to go ahead with blackouts to protest the law and its Senate counterpart, known as PIPA. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/w6RbkE
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Murdoch shows he doesn't understand how content... →
“News Corp. founder Rupert Murdoch’s comments about piracy reinforce the sense that the billionaire media and entertainment mogul doesn’t understand how content works in a digital era, and that he is continuing to try and impose the scarcity that media companies have had in the past. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/wqjfMx
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Has Google broken its promise to users? →
“With its new “Search plus Your World” personalized results, Google may argue it is enhancing its service, but it’s also coming dangerously close to reneging on the promise it made to users in 2004: to provide unbiased links to those who are searching for information. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/zIWqLQ
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Ombudsman's gaffe is a sign of deeper problems in... →
“The firestorm of criticism that erupted over the New York Times public editor’s question about whether reporters should be “truth vigilantes” is a sign that there is still a huge gap between what the mainstream media thinks its job is and what readers think. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/yjJ0yr
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ICANN unleases the mother of all domain-name land... →
“The agency that controls the domain name system — the central directory for the internet — has launched a program that could create hundreds of new domains. But critics, including the FTC, say there is no need, and the only outcome will be chaos and lawsuits. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/wUxp1m
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Media memo: Google just upped the ante on being... →
“With new changes that offer personalized search results — most of which are being taken from its own Google+ social network — Google has just made social connections and links the new search-engine optimization strategy, and media companies need to learn how to adapt to that. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/xh8Ezc
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Nick Kristof on Occupy and the rise of citizen... →
“Many traditional journalists see “citizen journalism” as a negative thing, an untrustworthy source of information that diminishes their role as gatekeepers of the news — but New York Times foreign correspondent and author Nick Kristof says that he sees the value of the phenomenon. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/xoUv6F
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Be The First of Your Friends To Like This Post →
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Who loses in the war between Google and Twitter?... →
“Google and Twitter are sniping at each other over social search, but the reality is that both sides are being disingenuous. The real issue is about control over social content, and users of both services are the ones who wind up losing in the end. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/AhfGrn
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Is adding Google+ to search a red flag for... →
“Google is promoting its new “personalized search” features as an enhancement for users, but Twitter and others say the integration of Google+ results uses the company’s dominance in search to promote its own service, an argument that could turn up the antitrust heat in Washington. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/wP8i24
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Pseudonyms, trolls and the battle over online... →
“Data from Disqus, which offers a comment-hosting service for websites, seems to show that the use of pseudonyms not only produces more comments, but also comments of higher quality. As interesting as the data is, however, it’s unlikely to settle the ongoing debate over online identity. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/xsT5ih
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Looks like there's no Pulitzer for Twitter... →
“A spokesman for the board that oversees the Pulitzer Prize awards for journalism says live reporting of a news event using Twitter would not qualify for a Pulitzer unless it also appeared on a traditional news website. But does that definition fit how journalism works now? ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/AF725x
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Dear WaPo: Innovating too quickly is not the... →
“Contrary to the concerns expressed by the Washington Post’s ombudsman, the last thing the Post — or any newspaper — needs to worry about is whether it is moving too quickly. If anything, the pace of change in media is speeding up rather than slowing down. ” — My Comments : http://gigaom.com/2012/01/09/dear-wapo-innovating-too-quickly-is-not-the-problem/
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Do authors have to be social? No, but it helps →
“While some authors continue to remain aloof from their audience, others are discovering the benefits of connecting with readers via Twitter and other tools. And in a world where publishers are becoming less relevant every day, being comfortable with those tools seems like a wise strategy. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/AAIcz3
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NewsRight: A carrot, or a stick to beat... →
“The Associated Press and a consortium of major media owners such as the New York Times have launched a “news registry” called NewsRight. The entity says it is about tracking and licensing content, but where will it draw the line on “over-aggregation” and fair use principles? ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/wKdK6k
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Can newspapers also be tech incubators? →
“The Philadelphia Media Network has launched a tech incubator and the Digital First Media chain have both announced plans to invest in startups. While both of these efforts may fail, it’s nice to see traditional media companies doing something other than simply putting up a paywall. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/wCxRAu
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Is internet access a fundamental human right? →
“Vint Cerf is one of the fathers of the internet, but he argues that internet access should not be seen as a fundamental human right — simply as a tool that enables other rights. But is this true? And what are the implications if he is wrong? ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/xd0z5S
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Yes, blog comments are still worth the effort →
“Writer-turned-venture-capitalist MG Siegler recently reignited a long-standing debate over whether blogs should have comments or not. Critics argue that comments are mostly noise and are a waste of time, but blogs that don’t have them risk being seen as just a soap-box for their authors. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/ySpxxe
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Like it or not, the reputation graph is here to... →
“Klout, the reputation-ranking service that recently confirmed a new round of funding, may not win the race to create a “PeopleRank” for the social web, but someone is going to do it — because the need to measure online influence is only going to increase. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/yUqtHb
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Why Twitter's "verified account" failure matters →
“It may have been simple error that saw Twitter mark a fake account as “verified,” but the fact that the company won’t even say how its verification process works means it still has a lot of work left to do in the trust department. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/AtcFk1
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Hey Google -- you can't have your cake and eat it... →
“Controversy over a Google marketing program for Chrome that involves spammy web content and the removal of an “offensive” Google+ avatar photo reinforce how hard it is for the search giant to run multiple businesses without tripping over itself and its own guidelines. ” — My Comments : http://bit.ly/y4mC9h
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Buckhorn Lake →
“mathewi’s photo on Instagram ” — My Comments : …but I have promises to keep @ Buckhorn Lake
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Lower Buckhorn Lake →
“mathewi’s photo on Instagram ” — My Comments : Poor visibility @ Lower Buckhorn Lake
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My wife and 1 year old and i went to dinner and... →
“Imgur is used to share photos with social networks and online communities, and has the funniest pictures from all over the Internet. ” — My Comments :