Confused Of Calcutta » Blog Archive » Three lies about social software: Lie 3: Social software destroys privacy There are many reasons why I believe that privacy, as the West knows it, is dead. Some of it is to do with the web. Some of it is to do with social software, I guess. Some […]

Library as Cultural Memory: I realized that the thing I enjoy about the library is that it exists as a cultural memory. —- SUbject/object is one of the best library blogs out there. The library does not exist as a cultural memory though. One function of a library is to distribute cultural memories and their […]

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Andy Ihnatko :: Avoid the loony Zune : The Zune is a complete, humiliating failure. Toshiba’s Gigabeat player, for example, is far more versatile, it has none of the Zune’s limitations, and Amazon sells the 30-gig model for 40 bucks less. Throw in the Zune’s tail-wagging relationship with music publishers, and it […]

DevilDucky – Car vs Trailer: Car vs Trailer —– common sense is lacking…

Library 2.0: An Academic’s Perspective: What They Should Teach in Library School: How are graduate schools of library and information science preparing students for Library 2.0? I’ve got a few suggestions. These suggestions are along the lines of what I’ll call foundation skills that can prepare students for working in a Library 2.0 world. In […]

U.S. Copyright Office – Anticircumvention Rulemaking: 1. Audiovisual works included in the educational library of a college or university’s film or media studies department, when circumvention is accomplished for the purpose of making compilations of portions of those works for educational use in the classroom by media studies or film professors. 2. Computer programs and […]

Eat Over Your Sink: Wow. There’s a day for everything. And today, November 24, 2006, is Sinkie Day, sponsored by the folks at www.sinkie.com. They’re also known as the “International Association of People who Dine Over the Kitchen Sink,” established in 1991. Yep, SInkie Day is a day to eat standing over your sink. Not, […]

Buy Nothing Day – ADBUSTERS.ORG: Every November, for 24 hours, we remember that no one was born to shop. If you’ve never taken part in Buy Nothing Day, or if you’ve taken part in the past but haven’t really committed to doing it again, consider this: 2006 will go down as the year in which […]

Worldmapper: The world as you’ve never seen it before: Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. Maps and extra information will be added during 2006. Use the menu above or click on a thumbnail image below to view a map. ——– seen […]

EU Bookshop: From science and society to science in societyTowards a framework for ‘co-operative research’ This report arises from intensive discussions at an innovative two-day ‘Gover’Science’ Seminar organised by the Governance and Scientific Advice Unit of DG RTD in November 2005. The Seminar focused on a variety of complex and hotly contested questions that are […]