Group items tagged web - Digital Civilization

Op-Ed Contributor - How the Internet Got Its Rules - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...07crocker.html

protocols internet history RFC open standards

shared by Gideon Burton on 15 Aug 12 - Cached

We thought maybe we’d put together a few temporary, informal memos on network protocols, the rules by which computers exchange information
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Our intent was only to encourage others to chime in, but I worried we might sound as though we were making official decisions or asserting authority.
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Still fearful of sounding presumptuous, I labeled the note a “Request for Comments.”
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the R.F.C.’s themselves took root and flourished. They became the formal method of publishing Internet protocol standards
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Less important than the content of those first documents was that they were available free of charge and anyone could write one. Instead of authority-based decision-making, we relied on a process we called “rough consensus and running code.”
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It probably helped that in those days we avoided patents and other restrictions; without any financial incentive to control the protocols, it was much easier to reach agreement.
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This was the ultimate in openness in technical design and that culture of open processes was essential in enabling the Internet to grow and evolve as spectacularly as it has
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we always tried to design each new protocol to be both useful in its own right and a building block available to others. We did not think of protocols as finished products, and we deliberately exposed the internal architecture to make it easy for others to gain a foothold.
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Gideon Burton on 15 Aug 12

Stephen D. Crocker explains the early planning documents ("Requests for Comments") and how they exemplified and made possible the open nature of the web.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Stephen D. Crocker explains the early planning documents ("Requests for Comments") and how they exemplified and made possible the open nature of the web.</div>

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NationBuilder - the Community Organizing System - 1 views

nationbuilder.com

open government advocacy cms social media

shared by Gideon Burton on 21 Feb 12 - Cached

Gideon Burton on 21 Feb 12

An excellent integrated tool for advocacy, campaigns, and creating change. This organizes supporters and integrates the live web and social media, events, fundraising, etc.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An excellent integrated tool for advocacy, campaigns, and creating change. This organizes supporters and integrates the live web and social media, events, fundraising, etc.</div>

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Enhanced Linkrolls - 0 views

www.diigo.com/linkrolls

social diigo web annotation web2.0 tools digiciv

shared by Andrew DeWitt on 28 Sep 10 - Cached

Andrew DeWitt on 28 Sep 10

Add your bookmarks to you blog with this. Choose your options, click create script, then add a hyper-text widget to your blog design. Works great for me!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Add your bookmarks to you blog with this. Choose your options, click create script, then add a hyper-text widget to your blog design. Works great for me!</div>

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Prezi - The Zooming Presentation Editor - 0 views

prezi.com

presentation presentations tools prezi animation tool web 2.0 web2.0

shared by Andrew DeWitt on 18 Sep 10 - Cached

Netvibes - Dashboard Everything - 0 views

www.netvibes.com/en

consume dashboard web2.0 aggregator news homepage real-time web

shared by Gideon Burton on 15 Sep 10 - Cached

Anthropological history of YouTube - 0 views

www.youtube.com/watch

digiciv web2.0 media social

shared by Brad Twining on 28 Sep 10 - Cached

Brad Twining on 28 Sep 10

Presented at the Library of Congress by a professor from Kansas State. It is almost an hour long, but a great talk! He talks about the impact of YouTube on society and culture and how revolutionizing it and Web 2.0 has been.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Presented at the Library of Congress by a professor from Kansas State. It is almost an hour long, but a great talk! He talks about the impact of YouTube on society and culture and how revolutionizing it and Web 2.0 has been.</div>

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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!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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!</div>

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The Last Page of the Internet - 0 views

www.wwwdotcom.com

Internet browsing outside

shared by Morgan Wills on 26 Oct 10 - Cached

Morgan Wills on 26 Oct 10

My old roommate Google Buzzed this web page. I thought our class might like this because it necessitates a lot of browsing. :)

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6 Tips For Making Content Pop on the Social Web - Online Marketing Blog - 0 views

www.toprankblog.com/...making-content-pop-social-web

blogging tips

shared by Bri Zabriskie on 07 Oct 10 - No Cached

Bri Zabriskie on 07 Oct 10

This is so interesting! How marketing works through social media.

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Economics - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

simple.wikipedia.org/...Economics

DigiCiv Economics wikipedia

shared by Margaret Weddle on 06 Nov 10 - Cached

Margaret Weddle on 06 Nov 10

I thought this was an interesting twist on the Wikipedia web sites - Simple English! Seems like a good place to learn about complicated stuff - and to refrence kids that want/need to know about stuff

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I thought this was an interesting twist on the Wikipedia web sites - Simple English! Seems like a good place to learn about complicated stuff - and to refrence kids that want/need to know about stuff</div>

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Cathedral and the Bazaar - 0 views

www.redhat.com/...whitepaper_cathedral.html

FinalProject Cat_Baz written

shared by Erin Hamson on 08 Nov 10 - Cached

Erin Hamson on 08 Nov 10

Web 3 of this name. Appears to be same/similar to Raymond's online version.

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The Cathedral and the Bazaar - 0 views

www.catb.org/...cathedral-bazaar

FinalProject Cat_Baz written

shared by Erin Hamson on 08 Nov 10 - Cached

Erin Hamson on 08 Nov 10

Web1 Eric Raymond's Work

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Video Explanation of Web 2.0 - 2 views

www.youtube.com/watch

web 2.0 Digital internet

shared by Jake Corkin on 29 Nov 10 - Cached

Overview Of Accessible Solutions From Google - 0 views

labs.google.com/...overview.html

digiciv media web2.0

shared by David Potter on 19 Nov 10 - Cached

David Potter on 19 Nov 10

Google provides a wide variety of services that are mostly accessed with a Web browser. Our users visit Google from a large number of browsers and platforms; in addition, we also understand that every user is special and may have special needs. Accessibility at Google is about making sure that our services work well for all our users, independent of the user's needs and abilities at any given time

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Google provides a wide variety of services that are mostly accessed with a Web browser. Our users visit Google from a large number of browsers and platforms; in addition, we also understand that every user is special and may have special needs. Accessibility at Google is about making sure that our services work well for all our users, independent of the user's needs and abilities at any given time</div>

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YouTube - Chrome Web Store - What's a web app? - 1 views

www.youtube.com/watch

shared by Andrew DeWitt on 09 Dec 10 - No Cached

Science 2.0 - 0 views

www.science20.com/science_20

Science 2.0 web digiciv

shared by Jeffrey Chen on 13 Dec 10 - Cached

Jeffrey Chen on 13 Dec 10

There are many groups of scientists who have applied web 2.0 principles to science!

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The Open Video Landscape: 90+ Web Sources You Might Have Missed « EUscreen - 2 views

blog.euscreen.eu/?p=2245

open video sources

shared by Gideon Burton on 05 Oct 12 - No Cached

Gideon Burton on 05 Oct 12

Source for open content for video

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