Archive for March, 2009

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Database State

Database State

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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

AP v The Guy That Made The Obama Poster

AP v The Guy That Made The Obama Poster

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Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Story Corps: The American Mass Observation?

Story Corps: The American Mass Observation?

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Saturday, March 14th, 2009

“When someone demands to be told how we can replace newspapers, they are really demanding to be told…”

“When someone demands to be told how we can replace newspapers, they are really demanding to be told that we are not living through a revolution. They are demanding to be told that old systems won’t break before new systems are in place. They are demanding to be told that ancient social bargains aren’t in peril, that core institutions will be spared, that new methods of spreading information will improve previous practice rather than upending it. They are demanding to be lied to.”

- Clay Shirky - Newspapers and thinking the Unthinkable.

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Saturday, March 14th, 2009

Detroit’s Beautiful, Horrible Decline

Detroit’s Beautiful, Horrible Decline

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Friday, March 13th, 2009

“In his prospectus of 1793 he called it “Illuminated Printing” and announced that he had “invented a…”

“In his prospectus of 1793 he called it “Illuminated Printing” and announced that he had “invented a method of Printing both Letter-press and Engraving in a style more ornamental, uniform, and grand, than any before discovered, while it produces works at less than one fourth of the expense”.”

- William Blake - Print geek.

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Thursday, March 12th, 2009

“Wired’s Threat Level blog has the story of Torrent Droid, a new Android app that lets you scan…”

“Wired’s Threat Level blog has the story of Torrent Droid, a new Android app that lets you scan DVD-case bar-codes with your phone, looks up the title, and remotely starts a torrent download of the title on your home machine.”

- http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/03/how-to-get-free.html

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Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

“Social Media is Here to Stay… Now What?”

“Social Media is Here to Stay… Now What?”:

danah boyd

Microsoft Research Tech Fest,

Redmond 26 February 2009

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Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Christopher Locke’s - Heartless Machine Get your…

Christopher Locke’s - Heartless Machine

Get your fossilized floppies here.

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Thursday, March 5th, 2009

SUSAN COLLIS On Vacation (DETAIL) 2008 20 x 11 x 24 inches…

SUSAN COLLIS On Vacation (DETAIL) 2008 20 x 11 x 24 inches Biro inks and pencil on paper

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