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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 The first ubiquitous social encyclopedia?  Just when you were getting familiar with Wikipedia, here comes Cellphedia, a brand new service with hot prospects, already appearing in an article in Wired. Need to know some factoid? Text your question to one of several subject area groups through Cellphedia, and someone will send in an answer. Simple idea, but you know it (or something like it) will go big...
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(3) comments Tuesday, April 26, 2005 Fake cell phone calls Here's an article from Sunday's Union-Tribune on a study of cell phone use which found that many, many people confess to faking cell phone calls, for various reasons. A technorati search on another newspaper's version of the article turns up a number of bloggers who respond.  Of course, if you're looking for an authentic cell phone interruption, you can always go with monkeyphonecall.com, as suggested by this blogger. posted by Jim | 4:18 PM (1) comments Monday, April 18, 2005 Tagging & folksonomies  I've mentioned it in passing a few times, but the emergent classification method of all things NET has now been described in the mainstream media. A recent Newsweek article gives a brief overview on what tagging/folksonomy is about and mentions some of the important sites making use of this method for non-hierarchical, personal and social classification of websites (see del.icio.us), photos (see flickr), blog content (see technorati), and more.
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(2) comments Friday, April 08, 2005 SAT -> ICT? The people who bring you the SAT, Educational Testing Service, are working on a test of your ICT abilities. Read a Wired article about it here. How would you do? A couple hours later, I noticed that our very own Amanda has taken this very test and blogged about it. See what she had to say! posted by Jim | 12:19 PM (0) comments Wednesday, April 06, 2005 Why blog? If you have yet to really get the blogging thing, please check out this post. One quote: CONTENTIOUS allows me to think things through, and to connect and learn, in public. It helps me evolve my perspective. As a byproduct I believe it helps establish my credibility – even though I sometimes say things here I later change my mind about or regret. But for me, the most compelling benefit is that it allows me to open my mind and share with people who have related interests and diverse perspectives.posted by Jim | 12:36 PM (0) comments Tuesday, March 08, 2005 MoSoSos are so ... MoSoSo is short for Mobile Social Software.  MoSoSos are the mobile equivalents of online social networks like Friendster and LinkedIn. They help users find old friends, or potential new ones, on the go.Here's a good overview of the state-of-the-art in this realm. The article mentions dodgeball.com which operates in 22 cities, including San Diego. The article mentions universities as one place with great potential to make good use of such services. How would widespread usage of MoSoSo change the university experience? posted by Jim | 9:19 AM (0) comments Wednesday, March 02, 2005 Great resource Here's an excellent e-book, downloadable as a whole or by chapter, called Educating the Net Generation. If this subject is interesting to you, it's definitely worth a look. posted by Jim | 12:21 PM (0) comments Wednesday, February 23, 2005 Hypotheses Reply to this with your hypotheses about net-generation learning. posted by Jim | 5:32 PM (10) comments Making a living from blogging Ready to turn pro in the blogging world? Check out this article from Wired. An excerpt: posted by Jim | 1:38 PM (0) comments Monday, February 14, 2005 Putting heads together via the net Here's an interesting story from Wired on the phenomenon of nationwide treasure hunt-type contests and how people are using the net to collaborate on solving the clues and finding the prizes. Could the same model be put to work for people (students, researchers, workers) trying to solve big real world problems? posted by Jim | 12:24 PM (0) comments Friday, February 04, 2005 Life-changing blogs While we're on the subject, here's something timely. A blogger has asked people to tell how blogs have changed a life, for good or ill. Follow the link, then click the Comments link just underneath. A sample quote from a rather poetic comment: all in all posted by Jim | 1:02 PM (0) comments Tuesday, February 01, 2005 Blogging can get you fired Heard an interesting report this morning on NPR about a Scottish blogger who liked to comment on his employer in his personal blog (on his own time) and eventually was fired. (Here are a text-based journalism article and a blog entry on this same case). With a little web searching, it becomes evident that this guy was not the first, and certainly won't be the last to get canned over a blog. It all certainly raises interesting issues regarding freedom of speech, the extent of employers' control over employees outside of the workplace, the public nature of blogs vs. content that is often privately oriented, and perhaps the "15 minutes of fame" which is becoming more and more accessible ... posted by Jim | 1:51 PM (0) comments |
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