links for 2008-06-27
Written on June 27, 2008
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particularly interesting comments after the story
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“Instead of trying to solve every single ailment in a country by one magical pill (or plan), we should send “Seekers” (those who try and develop these small sustainable programs) into the countries to closely tend to one ailment at a time”
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This paper analyses the interplay between the activities of international development non-
governmental organisations (NGOs) and recent transformations to the way knowledge is
accessed, shared and diffused online, known as the ‘Web 2.0 -
psychologists claim that a whole raft of jobs is creating a “boredom boom”. What’s more, they say humdrum working lives can be more traumatic and damaging than overwork.
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New York Times on the effect that the Web is having on the prostitution industry
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“Yes—and a new Turing test might prove it”
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great interview on the use of mobile technology with Jan Chipchase, Nokia’s in-house anthropologist
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great overview of reasons why Brazil may like Linux so much: economics, disregard for copyright, anti-Microsoft sentiment, and massive alpha geek support
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new report from MobileActivie
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The Creative Commons Foundation launched a much-needed database of case studies today, highlighting CC licensed content from around the world.
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“[t]he most common abuse of the semicolon, at least in journalism, is to imply a relationship between two statements without having to make clear what that relationship is.”
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Young & Restless in China, produced by the always-estimable Sue Williams, tracks nine people through five years around China.
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funny as hell — that’s how online petitions should look like
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Wired on ROFL conference
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online research reports and white papers – like a great deal of other digital content – are becoming commoditized. Open source analyst firms understand this and are disrupting the market by offering basic content for free and shifting revenue models t
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YouTube introduced Screening Room: a program that broadcasts independent films on YouTube and gives their creators a majority share of the ad revenue generated
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Scrabulous aside, there may be an educational upside to social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace.
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At its heart, Global 2.0 means abandoning the notion of centralized control over the high-value aspects of production, adopting instead a worldsourcing network of innovation, where ideas can come from anywhere, as pools of talent emerge to meet market nee
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