Humanities Computing

A pretty tongue and cheek article on 'microblogging' (e.g., updating a Facebook status while in line at Kroeger's).

Nye, who argues that "the diffusion of power away from governments is one of this century's great political shifts", looks at the implications of cyber wars on the security budget as well as international relations within the political context.

This article looks at how lowering e-book prices now could lead to less competition and consequently the danger of prices rising in the future.

This seems like a smart commentary on many of the issues we're seeing in the book and it helps modernize the Miller v California debate. It's again, largely focused on the idea of policing rights which focuses on freedoms of expression.

I wanted to add this link to the famous court case of Miller v California that helped define pornography and its protection (or lack thereof) under the first amendment. There is a lot to discuss here regarding offensiveness and "social value" especially in regard to the fact that the case dates back to the 70's. Perhaps the same case would be tried differently today.

"Print will survive. Books will survive even longer. It's print as a marker of prestige that's dying." Discusses Wikipedia as an extension of its predecessors' vanity and inherent print medium. 

A nice theme for the weekend-- Social Media blurs religious traditions OR makes them stronger, depending on your point of view.

Wikileaks leads to art.

The new Google CEO, who has been on the job for a year talks about the privacy policy which garnered a lot of criticism. Interestingly and not surprisingly, he presents this case a week before the announcement of Google's first quarter earnings

More on badges in higher education.

Lawmakers are finally putting a stop to this practice. Since we broached the topic of rhetorical strategies in making arguments in class, the argument one law expert makes is interesting: ""It lays down boundaries on what you can and can't do. It takes a gray area and makes a bright line ... The bill is a win for employees who want to protect their data security and their personal content passwords. But it's also a win for employers. ... Employers don't want to have access to this content. With access comes responsibility."

You can take or leave the comic, depending on your tastes, but the idea of Umwelt and its applicability to our subject matter is fascinating.

Just have your computer change one word, and look at all the beautiful chaos it creates...

This is a module that traces the evolution of the Republican candidates' Wikipedia pages during the course of the primaries. Some of the yahoo user comments at the bottom of the page are quite entertaining too

While I'm not sure if anyone in this group would actually want to buy this, this watch connects with smart phones and continues to blur lines between genres of accessories

This is a very user friendly time frame of viruses from the birth of the concept up until 2004. It doesn't cover everything, but it is interesting to see the evolution.

A brief article that provides legal background info on the issue.

CISPA could be used to go after WikiLeaks and other sites.

Coming to terms with this. I'm not sure if this is terrifying or kind of cool. Klout allows you to measure your 'online influence.'