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Monthly Archives October 2006

links for 2006-10-14

The Google YouTube Tango
Is this damaging and pro-monopoly? I can’t tell.
(tags: youtube google personaldemocracy)

Posted 13 October 2006 † Josh § links ‡ Comments (0) °

A Googleopoly; or, Viva YouTube!

Google’s buyout of YouTube may or may not be troubling; it’s still too early to tell. I’m always suspicious of huge companies gobbling up other huge companies (even if gobbled-up companies like YouTube don’t make any money), so in one sense I look at this acquisition as an unhealthy diversity-squashing move.

In another sense, though, [...]

Posted 13 October 2006 † Josh § media ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: ,

links for 2006-10-12

U.S. Group Reaches Deal to Provide Laptops to All Libyan Schoolchildren - New York Times
This is good news, I think.
(tags: technology education digital-divide)

…My heart’s in Accra » A day/night doubleheader
Another great post from Ethan. We should definitely rename Web 2.0 the “chmod 777 Web”
(tags: personaldemocracy technology development)

Posted 11 October 2006 † Josh § links ‡ Comments (0) °

links for 2006-10-11

MercuryNews.com | 10/08/2006 | Connected Age gives power to people
Allison Fine on how the web can help change political discourse.
(tags: personaldemocracy)

A new set of icons for Smultron - Shinze
Better Smultron icons.
(tags: software)

Posted 10 October 2006 † Josh § links ‡ Comments (0) °

Blank pages, absence, projects, anonymity

Holy Moses am I sorry for not being around here much. I was reminded of it today when Rosanne pointed out to me that there was actually no content on my front page. Could there be a better reminder of my failure to post?

It isn’t because there’s nothing to say. In fact, [...]

Posted 10 October 2006 † Josh § general ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

links for 2006-10-07

Smart Mobs: Registering voters via MySpace
(tags: personaldemocracy social-networking politics)

Posted 06 October 2006 † Josh § links ‡ Comments (0) °

links for 2006-10-06

i d e a n t: Civic Engagement and Social Media - Question #1
“To what extent should we be concerned that young people are less inclined than earlier generations to engage with former touchstones of citizenship such as voting and following news about public affairs? If these shifts should concern us, how might onlin
(tags: politics [...]

Posted 05 October 2006 † Josh § links ‡ Comments (0) °

links for 2006-10-05

Web 2.0 Meets SmartMobs: Howard Rheingold Views On Web 2.0
Rheingold talks about Web 2.0 and separates the business from the social phenomenon
(tags: web2.0 social_software social-media)

Posted 04 October 2006 † Josh § links ‡ Comments (0) °