links for 2007-12-05
Written on December 5, 2007
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"The e-democracy project with the biggest media and political impact over the past year has been the No 10 e-petitions project ... but we may never know whether it made much difference to democracy"
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Swotter reads books to Twitter, and via Twitter to the world. You can listen to Swotter via the web, via Instant Messenger, or via SMS messenger on your mobile phone
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a quick round-up of lit-related action on Twitter, in no particular order:
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In Japan, half of the top ten selling works of fiction in the first six months of 2007 were composed on mobile phones.
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"I started writing novels on my mobile when I was in junior high school and I got really quick with my thumbs, so after a while it didn't take so long. I never planned to be a novelist... so I'm still quite shocked at how successful it's turned out."
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status spheres; premiumization; snack culture; online oxygen; eco-ionic; brand butlers; MIY (make it yourself); crowd mining
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conflict of interests at Wikipedia/Wikia/WMF
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The Bowl is a simple media player that can be used by ... young children. A bowl sits on the living room table and range of physical objects can be placed within it. When an object is placed in the bowl related media is played back on the TV.
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an update on Afrigator
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The foundation that runs Wikipedia has finally agreed to pay contributors to the online encyclopedia a modest fee for their work
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co.labr8.com is a collaborative idea & brainstorming platform that allows anyone to request and contribute ideas across all types of industries and categories.you can use your brain and idle time to help others design things
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45 social entrepreneurs changing the world from Fast Company
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Change.org allows organizations to transform their basic profile into a custom social network complete with its branding and a suite of tools to better engage their supporters, recruit new members, and spread viral advocacy campaigns across the web.
Filed in: design.

