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Worldchanging | Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - 0 views

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    In response to the person who said in class that people who edit Wikipedia "have a lot of time on their hands" -- see this 2008 piece by Very Smart Guy and NYU professor Clay Shirky, who points out that editing Wikipedia is a more productive use of time than watching TV. Which, somehow, a lot of people also seem to have a lot of time to do. *** "I was being interviewed by a TV producer to see whether I should be on their show, and she asked me, "What are you seeing out there that's interesting?" I started telling her about the Wikipedia article on Pluto. You may remember that Pluto got kicked out of the planet club a couple of years ago, so all of a sudden there was all of this activity on Wikipedia. The talk pages light up, people are editing the article like mad, and the whole community is in an ruckus--"How should we characterize this change in Pluto's status?" And a little bit at a time they move the article--fighting offstage all the while--from, "Pluto is the ninth planet," to "Pluto is an odd-shaped rock with an odd-shaped orbit at the edge of the solar system." So I tell her all this stuff, and I think, "Okay, we're going to have a conversation about authority or social construction or whatever." That wasn't her question. She heard this story and she shook her head and said, "Where do people find the time?" That was her question. And I just kind of snapped. And I said, "No one who works in TV gets to ask that question. You know where the time comes from. It comes from the cognitive surplus you've been masking for 50 years.""

Wikipedia and Films Success - 3 views

started by Jonathan Carmona on 25 Sep 13 no follow-up yet
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Wikipedia Ponders Its Gender-Skewed Contributions - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    A 2011 article about the "gender gap" in Wikipedia editing, which still persists today, although Wikipedia has undertaken to address it.
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Jon Udell: Heavy Metal Umlaut - 0 views

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    A terrific video that describes, visually, how Wikipedia works.
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Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica - 0 views

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    This article discusses the study of how Wikipedia is just as accurate as Britannica!
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    Yep, that's the one I mentioned in class -- thanks for finding it, Claire!
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Making The Web Faster With SPDY - 0 views

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    SPDY (pronounced " SPeeDY ") is a new technology that aims to decrease page load times by fixing a number of flaws present in HTTP 1.1. It's not a replacement for HTTP but instead adds a number of features that help to make web transactions faster.
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New Internet? - 0 views

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    a new internet boom is coming.
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Why Don't People Want to Read E-books on Tablets? - 0 views

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    Great article of why there is a drastic statistical decline in people reading e-books
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No special characters required: Password app uses facial recognition - 0 views

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    An app that lets you use facial recognition rather than a numerical code to get into your phone.
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JOMC 50 Internet History--People - 0 views

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    A list of some of some important people in the history of the Internet, just to give some ideas to anyone still thinking!
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China and Google - 0 views

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    This article by the NY times back in 2010 explains how China's censorship on the internet, mainly google is creating a wide variety of issues.

Google and Chinese students - 0 views

started by Michael Olivarez on 02 Dec 13 no follow-up yet
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Not everyone is connected - 0 views

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    This article the the NY Times explains how the Obama administration is making sure everyone has access/knowledge to a computer
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10 ways to learn how to Use Prezi - 0 views

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    Really helpful tips on how to learn to use Prezi.
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9 Word Cloud Generators - 0 views

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    Even though we don't need to add original multimedia to the final, these are still cool to check out.
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Peering into the future of Media - 0 views

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    Very interesting read on what the future could look like for the way in which we get information and do every day tasks.
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