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Why Twitter Must Die - 2 views

chrisbaskind.com/...why-twitter-must-die
shared by Jeffrey Whitlock on 30 Nov 10 - Cached
    • Jeffrey Whitlock
      Jeffrey Whitlock on 30 Nov 10
       
      More on Twitter lock-in as a result od the network effect.
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YouTube - THE DIGITAL STORY OF NATIVITY - ( or Christmas 2.0 ) - 2 views

www.youtube.com/watch Christmas 2.0
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  • margaret_weddle on 15 Dec 10
     
    In light of our class, I figured everyone would appreciate and enjoy this!  Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Amazon Kindle: Most Highlighted Books of All Time 1 - 25 - 2 views

kindle.amazon.com/...books_all kindle ebooks literacy books
shared by Gideon Burton on 29 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Gideon Burton on 29 Dec 10
     
    Now that highlighted passages are readily aggregated through the Kindle, it opens up fascinating possibilities for the group experience of books.
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A University of Virginia student has a bright idea: 'Flash seminars' - 2 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...AR2011022002666.html flash seminar unconference self-directed learning
shared by Gideon Burton on 21 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Gideon Burton on 21 Feb 11
     
    I love this idea of innovation on campus. Students taking charge of their education and taking advantage of their educational environment.
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StumbleUpon.com: Discover the Best of the Web - 2 views

www.stumbleupon.com web2.0 social search
shared by anonymous on 15 Mar 11 - Cached
  • anonymous on 15 Mar 11
     
    This is great tool to surf the web. Check it out. Just be careful because it will suck you in.
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Should Elementary Schools Be Modeled After Law Firms? - Education - GOOD - 2 views

www.good.is/...model-for-elementary-education education2.0
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  • Gideon Burton on 16 Mar 11
     
    Recommended by Eric Collyer
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Institute for Algorhythmics - 2 views

www.algorhythmics.com/en algorithms sound sonic visualization
shared by Gideon Burton on 28 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Gideon Burton on 28 Oct 11
     
    Fascinating effort to make algorithms both visual and aural. Definitely gives you a "fee" for these crucial components of the digital age. 
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Introduction to Openness in Education - 2 views

openeducation.us openness education open
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  • Gideon Burton on 04 Jan 12
     
    A course by David Wiley at Brigham Young University exploring open culture in its various iterations.
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Computational Thinking - 2 views

www.cs.cmu.edu/...Computational_Thinking.pdf computational thinking powerpoint
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  • Gideon Burton on 16 Jan 12
     
    Suggested by Skyler Young
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My So-Called Blog - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...11BLOG.html blogging
shared by Gideon Burton on 16 May 12 - No Cached
  • Gideon Burton on 16 May 12
     
    Classic piece on blogging By EMILY NUSSBAUM
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The digital age an age of stagnation? - 2 views

www.wired.com/...future-shock future shock wired
shared by Gideon Burton on 22 May 12 - No Cached
  • Gideon Burton on 22 May 12
     
    When Will This Low-Innovation Internet Era End?
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  • Sean Watson on 23 May 12
     
    Fascinating article. Thanks for sharing this, Dr. Burton. Do you think it's because internet technologies are mainly looked at as entertainment sources and not utilized as educational, academic, and research empowering tools? Is there something about the facility of information that hampers one's creativity, kind of like the cat and mouse game of dating that heightens one's mojo? Or could it possibly just be the result of a nation that has become exhausted with the competitive level necessary to transform this into what it may become? Or finally, do you think it's just a matter of time like the economic historian, Paul David said?
  • Gideon Burton on 25 May 12
     
    I do think it is a matter of time. People fall into ruts, even with revolutionary technologies. But enough is happening to keep this sphere innovating on the large scale even if it appears same-old in the short term. Nice to hear from you, Sean.
  • Sean Watson on 26 May 12
     
    Very interesting! Nice to hear from you too, Dr. Burton.
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We're Creating a Culture of Distraction | Joe Kraus - 2 views

joekraus.com/ating-a-culture-of-distraction distraction multitasking technology consume
shared by Gideon Burton on 27 May 12 - No Cached
  • Gideon Burton on 27 May 12
     
    A potent and sobering call for reflection about our uses of tech and media. This has the merit of not being dismissive and of being realistic and helpful. Worth reading.
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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
  • 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.
  • Still fearful of sounding presumptuous, I labeled the note a “Request for Comments.”
  • ...5 more annotations...
  • the R.F.C.’s themselves took root and flourished. They became the formal method of publishing Internet protocol standards
  • 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.”
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
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Home | UTOPIA - 2 views

www.utopianet.org open internet UTOPIA
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  • anonymous on 16 Aug 12
     
    This is an interesting idea. Essentially it is an open fiber network that internet service providers have the option of providing service on. It is sparking lots of debate due to is Private/Public funding. It is something that I would like to keep my eye on.
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Gaming for a cure: Computer gamers tackle protein folding - 2 views

www.physorg.com/news200150119.html video games crowdsourcing citizen science
shared by Gideon Burton on 24 Aug 12 - Cached
  • Gideon Burton on 24 Aug 12
     
    The development of protein folding sequences has been successfully crowdsourced through a video game developed to reward those who solve this problem in molecular biology
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Academic Evolution: Western Civilization and the Digital World - 1 views

www.academicevolution.com/...ion-and-the-digital-world.html history civilization syllabus
shared by Gideon Burton on 15 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Gideon Burton on 15 Sep 10
     
    The first draft of our history of civilization / digital civ course
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Open-Government Blog - 1 views

og-blogdotcom.blogspot.com open government blog
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  • Bri Zabriskie on 17 Sep 10
     
    This blog tells about modern open government issues. 
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Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy - 1 views

oregonstate.edu/...meditations.html
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  • kristina cummins on 19 Sep 10
     
    Rene Descartes is important to the Enlightenment Period. He is known as The Father of Philosophy. Meditations on First Philosophy is one of his greatest works.
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Transparent science - 1 views

www.nature.com/...embor241.html
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      Erin Hamson on 21 Sep 10
       
      Of course they want mess with the data, other wise the fundung companies pulls out from under you...
  • However, whether consciously or subconsciously, the danger is that these data may sometimes be interpreted in a certain, more favourable, light. With private funding of basic research on the increase, potential conflicts of interest are becoming more With private funding of basic research on the increase, potential conflicts of interest are becoming more frequent frequent and scientists may have more than their reputations at stake when making their results public
  • Shuan Pai on 21 Sep 10
     
    Looks into how much is actually disclosed in scientific studies
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