via ted.com The Web is a lot of things. Jonathan Zittrain @zittrain tells why he sees the Web also as acts of kindness -- a calling even from some -- and how our interaction can help ensure that it stays open and participative. Posted via web from Timi will share... … [Read more...]
Crossroads of globalisation and technology
I met my husband in a multi-user dungeon in 2000. Plain speak: an online text-based game. It was the Two Towers MUD. He was a Sindarin wizard and so was I. (This story deserves its own post and will get it ;-) ) When I informed everyone I had a boyfriend (but no, we haven't met face-to-face yet), my … [Read more...]
Keyboard Cat is our salvation (and the bane for politicians)
in your darkest day, in your darkest hour, when the fail is epic and relentless and no crisis can be bigger do not despair -- keyboard cat will offer redemption. --me Fatso, a.k.a. Keyboard Cat, has changed the way I look at failure. Sure, it hurts to make a mistake or show the world how much of a … [Read more...]
Animoto: soon to launch video upload and 3D viewing
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv8JTGsbVkw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca&border=1] Animoto -- the easy, fast and cool way to create video slideshows that actually don't look like slideshows -- is about to become even cooler. It will soon launch some amazing new features: aside … [Read more...]
TED Talks – Clay Shirky: How social media can make history
[ted id="575"] Clay Shirky talks about how social networks like Twitter, Facebook are changing the landscape of news production and reporting, and how this change in top-down control of news concurrently changes politcal dynamics. … [Read more...]