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A link to links for a book

This is kind of “neat”. Clay Shirky notes that someone has taken “Here comes everybody” and created a set of links that annotate concepts/examples he discusses (see my previous post on this resource). The list is complete and the links I checked (e.g., a nice summary of the Tragedy of the Commons) were appear to [...]

Posted 08 May 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Expert Search – New Idea

I wrote about the return of expertise a couple of days ago and today I encounter a new search engine roughly based on “human” expertise. Topicle is a new search site that allows participants to create their own search engines. You can search using existing search topics or create your own. There was not topic [...]

Posted 11 March 2008 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

PEW Report on Adolescent Use of Social Media

The PEW Internet and American Life Project has released another report on Teens and Social Media. The report released just a few days ago is based on data collected in 2006 and allows comparisons with similar surveys from 2004 and 2000.The report indicates: 93% of adolescents report using the Internet (hence the data reported on [...]

Posted 21 December 2007 † grabe § Research ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Wikipedia Alternatives

Wikipedia has clearly become a destination for those seeking information online, but this category of web resource still attracts some competitors. Perhaps concerns regarding the quality of content allow opportunities for challengers. Some offer an alternative based on a potentially superior way of organizating and sharing information (e.g., Freebase) and others an approach that address [...]

Posted 27 March 2007 † LuellaHuffman35 § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Selecting a Bookmarking Service

I decided to set for myself the task of recommending a bookmarking service. After exploring a bit, I alterd my goal. Promoting a specific application would be presumptious on my part. I do not have enough experience with the options and the decision really comes down to personal preferences. A few comments and several links [...]

Posted 13 July 2006 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: