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Brad Twining

The importance of Web 2.0 - 0 views

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digiciv web2.0 media social

shared by Brad Twining on 28 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Brad Twining on 28 Sep 10
     
    I just posted a blog post on this, so I thought I'd share it with everyone! It basically shows the importance of this class in a nutshell. Check it out!
Katherine Chipman

The Law of the Internet | OER Commons - 0 views

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internet

shared by Katherine Chipman on 29 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Concurrently, we encounter problems that no one anticipated as we collectively built the internet as we know it today. This seminar will consider some of the most intriguing of the issues to which the advent of the internet has given and continues to give rise. It will focus on a cluster of topics about which any computer user likely knows a good deal already: spam, spyware, peer-to-peer file sharing, personal privacy, and e-commerce. It will also venture into a few issues-like blogging, RSS (Really Simple Syndication), social software, and internet filtering-that may be less familiar.
Andrew DeWitt

Comic | The Public Domain | - 2 views

www.thepublicdomain.org./comic

copyright law legal rights censorship DMCA fair use commons creative public

shared by Andrew DeWitt on 13 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Andrew DeWitt on 13 Oct 10
     
    What we learned in class about copyright, put into comic book form.  Very easy to follow.
  • Bri Zabriskie on 14 Oct 10
     
    Wow, thanks for sharing. That's a great way to show how crazy copyright law is.
Jeffrey Chen

Mormon Church Enters California Gay Marriage Fight - 0 views

www.foxnews.com/...0,2933,370582,00.html

gay marriage digiciv mormon california

shared by Jeffrey Chen on 21 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Jeffrey Chen on 21 Oct 10
     
    An article sharing on how Mormon's fought against gay marriage through many means.
Andrew DeWitt

Honors Fall 2010 Semester Courses - 0 views

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courses digiciv guide honors

shared by Andrew DeWitt on 28 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • In this course we will view western civilization through the lens of the digital revolution, learning both what the past has to say about how we produce and share knowledge, and what our experiences with modern technology lead us to discover about the past.
  • Students will become fluent with the concepts and tools needed to be lifelong learners and active participants in a world where technological innovations change rapidly.
  • Andrew DeWitt on 28 Sep 10
     
    Guide to the courses offered in the BYU Honors program for Fall 2010
  • Andrew DeWitt on 28 Sep 10
     
    Check out our course description as shown on the Honors website.
Madeline Rupard

Encounters at the End of the World - 0 views

www.imdb.com/tt1093824

science technology documentary film review

shared by Madeline Rupard on 05 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Madeline Rupard on 05 Oct 10
     
    Well, there's snow on the mountains finally. I am one of the few people who smiles at the sight of white. I have this weird obsession with Antarctica and I want to say how greatly I adore this film I watched the other day. If you have any interest in cold places as I do, I HIGHLY recommend this beautiful film by Werner Herzog (director of Grizzly Man). Its not a simple Planet Earth documentary, but examines why all of these different people end up at the bottom of the world. And some of the under ice scuba diving is simply breathtaking. FYI, it's on instant view on netflix.
  • Katherine Chipman on 05 Oct 10
     
    Wow! The pictures look amazing! I'm definitely going to look into it! Thanks for sharing!
Katherine Chipman

Newsroom - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - 0 views

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lds technology

shared by Katherine Chipman on 21 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Today we have a modern equivalent of the printing press in the Internet and all that it means. The Internet allows everyone to be a publisher, to have their voice heard,
  • HomeThe Newsroom BlogMultimediaPhotosVideoAudio
  • New Media is facilitating a world-wide conversation on almost every subject including religion, and nearly everyone can participate. This modern equivalent of the printing press is not reserved only for the elite.
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  • may I ask that you join the conversation by participating on the Internet, particularly the New Media, to share the gospel and to explain in simple, clear terms the message of the Restoration
  • we have a major responsibility as Latter-day Saints to define ourselves, instead of letting others define us
  • Every disciple of Christ will be most effective, and do the most good by adopting a demeanor worthy of a follower of the Savior of the world.
  • This is your world, the world of the future, with inventions undreamed of that will come in your lifetime as they have in mine. How will you use these marvelous inventions? More to the point, how will you use them to further the work of the Lord?
  • The printing press and other media have allowed us to take the Lord’s message to almost every corner of the earth.
  • Make sure that the choices you make in the use of new media are choices that expand your mind, increase your opportunities, and feed your soul.
Morgan Wills

Freud, "Civilization and its Discontents," 1930 (excerpt) - 0 views

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shared by Morgan Wills on 30 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • If private property were abolished, all wealth held in common, and everyone allowed to share in the enjoyment of it, ill-will and hostility would disappear among men.
  • But I am able to recognize that the psychological premises on which the systems based are an untenable illusion.
    • Megan Stern
      Megan Stern on 30 Oct 10
       
      Freud says something worthwhile.
  • It is always possible to bind together a considerable number of people in love, so long as there are other people left over to receive the manifestations of their aggressiveness
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  • horrors of the recent World War
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 01 Nov 10
       
      Something people would like to forget, but which shapes their world views. 
    • Morgan Wills
      Morgan Wills on 02 Nov 10
       
      definitely. Looking at much of Europe's reticence to join the US in armed conflict is a case in point.
  • s the factor which disturbs our relations with our neighbor and which forces civilization into such a high expenditure [of energy]
  • civilized society is perpetually threatened with disintegration
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 01 Nov 10
       
      Tyranny to Anarchy to Tyranny
  • instinctual passions are stronger than reasonable interests.
  • commandment to love one's neighbor as oneself -- a commandment which is really justified by the fact that nothing else runs so strongly counter to the original nature of man
  • liverance from our evil
  • The communists believe they have found  the path to de
  • Since everyone's needs would be satisfied, no one would have any reason to regard another as his enemy; all would willingly undertake the work that was necessary.
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 01 Nov 10
       
      The problem is that people have more than needs. 
  • but we have in no way altered the differences in power and influence which are misused by aggressiveness, nor have we altered anything in its nature. Aggressiveness was not created by property
  • If we were to remove this factor, too, by allowing complete freedom of sexual life and thus abolishing the family, the germ-cell of civilization, we cannot, it is true, easily foresee what new paths the development of civilization could take; but one thing we can expect, and that is that this indestructible feature of human nature will follow at there.
  • We can now see that it is a convenient and relatively harmless satisfaction of the inclination to aggression, by means of which cohesion between the members of the community is made easier
  • n this respect the Jewish people, scattered everywhere, have rendered most useful services to the civilizations of the countries that have been their hosts;
  • find its psychological support in the persecution of the bourgeois
  • s Civilization imposes such great sacrifices not only on man's sexuality but on his aggressivity, we can understand better why it is hard for him to be happy in that civilization.
  • primitive man was better off in knowing no restrictions of instinct.  To counterbalance this, his prospects of enjoying this happiness for any length of time were very slender.
  • Civilized man has exchanged a portion of his possibilities of happiness for a portion of security.
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 01 Nov 10
       
      John Locke
  • But I shall avoid the temptation of entering upon a critique of American civilization; I do not wish to give an impression of wanting myself to employ American methods.
Braquel Burnett

LDS.org - Friend Article - Bringing the Book of Mormon to Life - 0 views

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lds

shared by Braquel Burnett on 27 Oct 10 - No Cached
    • Braquel Burnett
      Braquel Burnett on 27 Oct 10
       
      What a cool idea. It can be a great way to learn the gospel and to bear your testimony.
  • You Can Do It Too!
  • It’s a gray, drizzly Saturday morning, but the children of the Danbury Connecticut Ward aren’t in their pajamas watching cartoons or playing video games. They’re busy making videos of their own. And their videos will help thousands of people learn about the Book of Mormon! It all started when their bishop had a great idea. Bishop Summerhays is a media expert who teaches children from many countries how to use technology to create positive messages. Why not teach the children in his ward the same thing? Now the children, joined by children from the Newtown Ward, are sitting at five long tables in the Primary room. Stacks of construction paper and poster board, pens, and scissors are on the tables. Each group will be making an animated video of a different Book of Mormon story:
Andrew DeWitt

BYU Devotional: The Most Important Three Things in the World - Brett G. Scharffs - 0 views

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mormon lds faith byu devotional

shared by Andrew DeWitt on 03 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Dr. Haught introduced theologian Paul Ricoeur’s concept of the three stages of religious faith
  • The first stage, childlike faith, may be likened to the clear, unimpeded view that one enjoys standing atop a tall mountain.7 As children, our faith is simple and uncritical, and we can see clearly in every direction.
  • The second stage Ricoeur calls the desert of criticism. At some point, often during adolescence, we descend from the mountain of childlike faith and enter the critical world. We might label this world “high school” or, better yet, “college.” Here we find that others do not share our faith. In fact, some openly disparage what we hold dear. We learn that the very idea of faith is thought by many to be childish or delusional. We may become skeptical, perhaps even cynical.
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  • The desert of criticism is akin to being in the midst of a blinding sandstorm, where you are forced to lean into the wind and take one step at a time without a clear view of where you are going. Walking by faith becomes difficult. Some of our former beliefs cannot survive the desert of criticism.
  • Ricoeur did not malign the desert of criticism, for some childish beliefs are incorrect and should be abandoned
  • Furthermore, it is only in coming down from the mountain that we are able to enter into the world and engage others who are different from us. To a great extent this is where life is lived and where we can make a difference in the world. Some people never leave the desert of criticism, and in time the memory of their childlike faith may dim. After prolonged exposure to the desert of criticism, some even lose their faith altogether. Ricoeur maintained that once one has entered the desert of criticism, it is not possible to return to the mountain of childlike faith. It is a little like leaving Eden. Something has been lost; life and faith can never be quite so simple again
  • But he held out the possibility of a third stage of religious faith. On the other side of the desert of criticism lies another mountain, not as tall as the mountain of childlike faith, with views that are not quite as clear and unobstructed. But we can, as Dr. Haught explained it, remove ourselves periodically from the desert of criticism and ascend this somewhat less majestic mountain. Ricoeur calls this possibility of a second faith “postcritical” naveté or a “second naveté.”
  • Here the truths and realities of our childlike faith can be reaffirmed or revised
  • Our faith will not be as simple as it once was, but it need not be lost. In fact, I believe our faith may become more powerful than before, for it will have weathered and survived the assaults of the desert of criticism.
  • Andrew DeWitt on 03 Nov 10
     
    My favorite part of this talk is his description of the three stages of faith which I have highlighted.
Andrew DeWitt

open link in new tab html code - 1 views

forums.techarena.in/...1184576.htm

open link html code anchor digiciv forum

shared by Andrew DeWitt on 28 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Andrew DeWitt on 28 Oct 10
     
    I enjoy writing parts of my blog using html code, and I have been frustrated with my own blog that my links do not open up new tabs/windows so I thought I'd so some research on the subject.  Well, this is how!
  • Sarah Wills on 28 Oct 10
     
    thanks for sharing! that annoys me too.
Erin Hamson

Entertainment: More people are watching movies online, but few are buying them - latime... - 0 views

www.latimes.com/...nloads-20101019,0,558719.story

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  • tudio executives say they're optimistic that particular headache will be resolved soon. But the pay channels are unlikely to allow movies to be sold online while they have the rights unless they negotiate a reduction in rights fees worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year.
    • Erin Hamson
      Erin Hamson on 08 Nov 10
       
      Everyone wants their share of the money.
Brandon McCloskey

BBC News - The business of innovation: Steven Johnson - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...business-11706476

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shared by Brandon McCloskey on 08 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • The lone genius, beavering away in the seclusion of his lab is how most of us imagine the great moments of innovation have come into being. But is this really the whole story?
  • "[Good ideas] come from crowds, they come from networks. You know we have this clichéd idea of the lone genius having the eureka moment.
  • "And so much of that is because it's wonderfully set up for other people to build on top of other people's ideas. In many cases without asking for permission.
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  • "One of the lessons I've learned is that so many of these great innovators, Darwin is a great example of this, one shared characteristic they all seem to have is a lot of hobbies."
  • So what should companies be doing to foster innovation in their workforces?
  • "I think there's this abiding belief that markets drive innovation, corporations drive innovation, entrepreneurs driven by financial reward drive innovation, and while that's certainly true in many cases there's also this very rich long history of important world-changing ideas coming out of the more or less intellectual commons of the universities.
  • "Go for a walk; cultivate hunches; write everything down; but keep your folders messy; embrace serendipity; make generative mistakes; take on multiple hobbies, frequent coffee houses and other liquid networks; follow the links; let others build on your ideas; borrow, recycle, reinvent."
  • Brandon McCloskey on 08 Nov 10
     
    How the progress of technology and the economy are affected by creativity. Also the importance of isolation vs collaboration
Brandon McCloskey

BBC News - Why companies watch your every Facebook, YouTube, Twitter move - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...business-11450923

socialmedia business digiciv

shared by Brandon McCloskey on 08 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • These days one witty Tweet, one clever blog post, one devastating video - forwarded to hundreds of friends at the click of a mouse - can snowball and kill a product or damage a company's share price.
  • It's a dramatic shift in consumer power. But what if companies could harness this power and turn it to their advantage?
  • At the most basic, these tools measure the volume of social media chatter. Researchers at Hewlett Packard showed that they can accurately predict a Hollywood movie's box office takings by counting how often it is mentioned on Twitter before it opens.
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  • One European clothing company, popular with inner city youth in the United States, admits privately that its social media team is baffled by its customers' ever changing slang, and even the online Urban Dictionary provides little help.
  • Social media is quickly becoming a customer relationship management system, as companies have "for the first time access to people's minds in real-time," says Jorn Lyseggen. The tools on offer provide companies with dashboards that show trends, hot topics, the reach of brands, customer mood and how competitors are doing.
  • Social media may be all the buzz, but in reality "only a few firms get it [and use it], it's of peripheral interest for most", says Tom Austin at technology consultancy Gartner. Few realise that using social media has become much more than customer service and reputation management.
  • many social media tools are poorly integrated into the corporate workflow
  • But there are dangers. Financial Times columnist Lucy Kellaway warns that the obsession with social networking can make management lose focus.
  • To survive the world of social media, companies have to throw away their old marketing playbook.
  • "don't push... and don't pretend you are hip"
  • "Once companies have worked out that they should do something with social media, they usually don't know how to do it,"
  • "If you want to influence the people who influence your customers, that's a very powerful game, but it's also very dangerous if you get it wrong."
  • it's not about how many friends or followers somebody has, but whether they make an impact.
  • When Virgin America recently launched new routes from California to Toronto, it used Klout to identify a small group of social media "influencers" and gave them free flights. This generated thousands of tweets, triggered press coverage and delivered more immediate impact than traditional advertising.
  • "Consumers are spending their attention on social media," he says, but firms don't know how to repay them properly. "There's no manual for that yet."
  • Social media are dynamic, and today's Twitter may be tomorrow's forgotten website. "Don't assume that what works today will work tomorrow," says Tom Austin at Gartner. "Your model has to be continually adapted."
Megan Stern

Three Special Events in the History of Technology for Creating, Organizing, and Sharing... - 0 views

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shared by Megan Stern on 05 Nov 10 - Cached
  • Megan Stern on 05 Nov 10
     
    Captures the whole spirit of our class.
Jeffrey Whitlock

I traded Michael for 1/10th of a Whopper! | Flickr - Photo Sharing! - 3 views

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    • Jeffrey Whitlock
      Jeffrey Whitlock on 30 Nov 10
       
      I am curious why they did this?
Brandon McCloskey

Web 2.0 for all? - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...web_20_for_all.html

web2.0

shared by Brandon McCloskey on 30 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • a lot of work around standards for Web 2.0 work has yet to properly started, let alone finished.
  • Some of this work has happened. Things like RSS feeds, XML etc have made it simpler for computers to share complicated bits of data. But it hasn't gone far enough and it's not just data.
Katherine Chipman

Clay Shirky: How social media can make history | Video on TED.com - 0 views

www.ted.com/...facebook_can_make_history.html

social media

shared by Katherine Chipman on 24 Nov 10 - Cached
  • Katherine Chipman on 24 Nov 10
     
    An interesting video looking at how media today is changing things. Also, talks about how information travels faster through new media than even expensive official methods of sharing information (such as on the News).
David Potter

Tinderbox: The tool for notes - 0 views

www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox

digiciv media

shared by David Potter on 19 Nov 10 - Cached
  • David Potter on 19 Nov 10
     
    Tinderbox is a personal content assistant that helps you visualize, analyze, and share your notes
Jeffrey Chen

Wikipedia article introducing the idea of open science - 0 views

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Science 2.0 open digiciv

shared by Jeffrey Chen on 13 Dec 10 - Cached
  • Jeffrey Chen on 13 Dec 10
     
    Open science is a movement towards sharing scientific data and discoveries with others as a way to improve quality of research and science culture
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