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Slayage, please come home!
Slayage.tv, the Buffy scholarship site, is closed. Ack! There were tons of articles there. Perhaps the owners of it would like to move it to Wikia's OpenServing program where, if accepted, it'll be hosted for free? If you happen to know the Slayage folks, could you let them know about OpenServing? [Tags: buffy slayage openserving wikia ]... From Joho the Blog on December 18, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..

“Community and Collaboration on a Scale Never Seen Before”
Is it just me, or does it look like 2007 is shaping up to be a pivotal year in the school reform discussion? Just this week, two major events in the print publishing world (which is where 90% of the decision makers still reside) seem to be setting the table for some extremely interesting discussions. [...] From weblogged News on December 18, 2006 at 7:46 a.m..

DJ Whoo Kid's Mix-Tape Tips
If cash is low but you've contracted the giving spirit, a mix tape might be the cure. The underground maestro offers advice on what and what not to include on a gifted sampler this year. By Asami Novak from Wired magazine. From Wired News on December 18, 2006 at 6:46 a.m..

Do You Need More Megapixels?
We won't call it a racket, but megapixels are no longer an accurate gauge of a camera's quality. By Seán Captain from Wired Test. From Wired News on December 18, 2006 at 6:46 a.m..

The Right to Bear SLRs
Ever been hassled by security when taking pictures? You may be well within your rights. Photographer Thomas Hawk's trying to raise awareness about public photography, one snapshot at a time. By Evan Ratliff from Wired Test. From Wired News on December 18, 2006 at 6:46 a.m..

Online Gaming, Italian Style
Italians have played lottery games for centuries. Now the state-run business is ported to the web to save a trip to the cafe to buy tickets, but that doesn't mean it's easier to play. Nicole Martinelli reports from Milan. From Wired News on December 18, 2006 at 6:46 a.m..

The Virtual Taxman Cometh
Some folks are racking up profits in online worlds. How far behind is the IRS? Commentary by Clive Thompson. From Wired News on December 18, 2006 at 6:46 a.m..

Goodbye TV, Hello Broadband
One Wired News correspondent cuts his connection to the cable company and doesn't look back. Can the internet supply enough video programming to entertain a family of five? By Robert Lemos. From Wired News on December 18, 2006 at 6:46 a.m..

The challenge of dashboards and portals
Joe Lamantia has written an article on the challenges of portals. To quote: Executive Dashboards present an interesting array of design challenges ranging in all areas of user experience. Take your pick from a list that includes information and interaction... From Column Two on December 18, 2006 at 5:45 a.m..

Link by Link: An Ominous Milestone: 100 Million Data Leaks
Educational institutions, twice as likely to report suffering a breach as any other type of entity, are having a particularly tough time protecting personal information. From New York Times: Education on December 18, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Talk in Class Turns to God, Setting Off Public Debate on Rights
A controversy has erupted after a New Jersey high school teacher expressed his religious beliefs in class, and a student taped it. From New York Times: Education on December 18, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Real-Time Text-to-Braille Scanner
Looking like a cross between the original iPod Shuffle and a vinyl record cleaner, the Blind Reader Bridge translates text on the fly into braille and saves it to hard-disk. And it downloads data from the internet. In Gear Factor. From Wired News on December 17, 2006 at 9:45 p.m..

Nuisance: California Warming Suit
The auto industry files a motion to dismiss that pesky state lawsuit claiming automakers created a public nuisance by selling cars that emit greenhouse gases. A protracted legal battle is likely in the offing. In Autopia. From Wired News on December 17, 2006 at 2:46 p.m..

Brits Snuff Pot-By-Post Program
Three people are convicted of sending more than 20,000 marijuana-laced chocolate bars to multiple sclerosis patients worldwide. The "cannibis chocolate trio" insists the operation was a free service for the medically needy. In Bodyhack. From Wired News on December 17, 2006 at 2:45 p.m..

The case for taste
Paul Graham, the massively talented essayist, has published a piece that further explains the ideas in his "Taste for Makers" article. The new piece is called "How Art Can Be Good" and it is, of course, excellent. I'm proud to say that he was stimulated to do this in small part by my interview of him (video) at the Berkman Center. I'd like to think I annoyed him just enough to push him over the edge to write the new essay :) A couple of days after our conversation, I wrote up a response to "Taste for Makers." But it... From Joho the Blog on December 17, 2006 at 1:49 p.m..

New Media Tools Of The Week: Sharewood Picnic 83
VoIP tools allow you to make cheap international calls from your computerWeb presentation service lets you upload presentations and edit them within your browserMobile instant messaging service lets you access all major IM networks from your mobile phone From MasterViews on December 17, 2006 at 12:49 p.m..

La Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) impulsa el e-learning en el sector sanitario
El diario catalán Avui, publica que la UOC impulsa el e-learning en el sector sanitario, a través de la consultora GEC... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

La Generalitat de Catalunya ofrece formación profesional a través de e-learning
El Departamento de Educación de la Generalitat de Catalunya amplia la oferta de formación profesional de grado medio y ofrece ciclos formativos en la modalidad de... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

eLearning2.0, segundo Congreso Internacional de Aprendizaje en Línea
Del 6 al 9 de febrero, se desarrollará la segunda edición de EduOnline, segundo Congreso Internacional de Aprendizaje en Línea, con el lema: eLearning2.0 y l... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Arrange a Teaching Exchange
If you're looking for an opportunity to develop as an educator and live abroad, consider doing a teaching exchange. Professors and university administrators can temporarily exchange positions with colleagues... From Adult/Continuing Education on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Develop Basic Workplace Skills Online
"The Office" is an online simulation for training basic workplace skills developed by Michael L. Hillinger. The game is targeted at adult learners who, "move to different areas... From Adult/Continuing Education on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Adult Learner Ally
Education writer and counselor Thomas Nixon shares a wealth of information on this site, on such burning topics as: How to Put Your Academic Past Behind You Online High School Financial Aid Get Credit... From Adult/Continuing Education on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Fulfill a Corporate Training Contract
Learn how to fulfill a corporate training contract in this after-hours conversation with master corporate trainer Ronald Gross. Related Links Training Needs Assessment - What, Why and How Evaluate Training Effectiveness Training and... From Adult/Continuing Education on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Mental Disorders in Education
The stress of December can be acute for those with mental disorders, which affect an estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older, or about one in four adults.... From Adult/Continuing Education on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Develop Resiliency
Most students and teachers agree that December is stressful, full of tests and assignment deadlines. What you need now is resiliency, the ability to recover readily from illness, depression,... From Adult/Continuing Education on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Student Support Resources
The Student Support Resources index on this site includes articles on term paper and test-taking success, using technology in learning, special needs, time management, and more. I hope you... From Adult/Continuing Education on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Entertaining Icebreakers
Originally designed for educational situations, many of the icebreakers on this site also work well in social settings. For instance: Get guests meeting and mingling with a game like Bingo... From Adult/Continuing Education on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Benefits of Volunteering
Volunteering to distribute warm clothing to homeless people or wash dishes in a soup kitchen are great ways to spread seasonal spirit. By making a longer-term commitment to a... From Adult/Continuing Education on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Manage Your Money
If you're loading up your credit card now with charges for end-of-the-year parties and presents, the specter of educational expenses in the new year can seem daunting, if not impossible.... From Adult/Continuing Education on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Some remarks on the LMSs vs. small, simple, and personal tools discussion
In our work for the iCamp project we constantly get into the grand LMSs vs. small, simple, and personal tools discussion that is also going on elsewhere on the Web, and in different parts of this world. What always strikes me is the lack of consideration of the underlying assumptions and value decisions that are driving these debates. A simple example: If I believe that I have a rather static (what that means depends on From Seblogging News on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Creating Social Change: 10 Innovative Technologies - for subscribers only!
I stumbled upon an article titled Creating Social Change: 10 Innovative Technologies published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. The article starts off with the following words: Social entrepreneurs are inventing new technologies to solve the world’s problems&mdas From Seblogging News on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Time flies
I just realised that I author this Weblog now for more than 4 years. Frightening... in a way... but also satisfying in many other ways. If I add my early experiments on Userland's EditThisPage server starting in 2000... I guess January 2007 will mark 7 years of Weblog authoring. Hard to believe... [Sebastian Fiedler] From Seblogging News on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

... I would not burn the Library of Alexandria for you
"... In the end Anita lost control and bitterly reminded him, in barely coherent, tremulous sentences, that there were other ways of looking at the world, that science wold never have progressed if Galileo and Newton had been selfish, and that her people were every bit as smart as his, even if they weren't educated.Kenneth, white-faced and stoney, delivered a frighteningly brilliant impromptu lecture on cultural evolution, the pernicious influence of Thomas Aquinas, the sheer staggering heft of human knowledge, generated only by the self-discipline and sober adherenc From Seblogging News on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Real Conversation
The Web 2.0 emphasis on social software, interactive technology, and architecture of participation is all well and good, but I wonder sometimes whether the means distracts us from the end, communication. At Designing for Civil Society, David Wilcox blogs that the best technology for "knowledge management" is talking to each other, sharing our stories interactively, online or face to face. Wilcox notes that David Gurteen "made a strong case for this most basic form of human communication b From Seblogging News on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

BarCamp Vienna
Barcamp Vienna is just kicking off. We are currently around 20 people gathering in the One Smart Space in the inner city of Vienna. Looks like a very friendly and relaxed crowd. Wolfgang Zeglovits is first. He is showcasing Campa.at... [Seblogging News on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Learning Communities conference in Klagenfurt
Tomorrow I will travel down to Klagenfurt, Austria, for the Learning Communities conference. Though it is a longish train ride (around 7 hours) I am kind of looking forward to it. In Munich I will meet up with Thomas Sporer who recently joined the ranks of the doctoral students at the Seblogging News on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Call for Participation - 2nd International Symposi...
Call for Participation & Registrations2nd International Symposium in Media Informatics - "Cow Paths: Agency in Social Software" - November 16-17, 2006, B-IT, Bonn, Germanyhttp://www.medien-informatik.eu/Social software - often connected to older forms of computer mediated communication (CMC) and newer discussion about online communities - can be defined as software that supports activi From Seblogging News on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Next Practices in Knowledge Management: KM Processes meet Social Software Approaches
On Monday I will go down to Munich to participate in a panel discussion that is part of the 6th International Conference on Knowledge Management at Siemens. The event is titled Next Practices in Knowledge Management: KM Processes meet Social Software Approaches and includes a presentation by Karsten From Seblogging News on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Teaching, Learning and Change (Education 2.0)
Today and tomorrow I am in Canberra for a meeting with the project team for a Carrick Institute funded learning project - “Digital Learning Communities (DLC): Investigating the Application of Social Software to Support Networked Learning”. This project was initiated, and is being managed by, Seblogging News on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Always on the run…
.. this is also my mood message in skype these days. It seems that I am traveling a bit too much lately. At least my blog entries are usually related to events I am planning to go and events that I am returning from. This time it is going to be Helsinki. I am heading there next week for the IST 2006 Conference. I will be participating in a networking session organ From Seblogging News on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Looking for some geek present?
How about a RSS enabled alarm clock? Widget Station has two LCD panels with differently working widgets. The Mono LCD displays weather, date/time and Color LCD shows the plenty of widgets including the contents such as stock, news and photo images...[Widget Station Website] Amo From Seblogging News on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

An open question on blogs used for internal communication
We just had a really interesting workshop with Hemma Kocher on the theme of corporate internal blogs: in general it was a good analysis of what uses different enterprises are making of blogs as internal communication tools, and comparing our achievements with her studies was really educational. I had a question that didn't find an answer though, so even if it's a really unpopular one I'll bounce it to you too: We all know of cases where an employee has been fired because of her blog... but doe From Seblogging News on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Edublog Awards 2006: nominations open
If you blog about education, why not contribute to this years fabulous international Edublog Awards by nominating your favourite edubloggers in this years categories? Nominations are open from now until the end of November. You can also really help spread the word by posting about t From Seblogging News on December 17, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Aram Bartholl Brings the Google Maps Marker to Life
This is a great little clip of whimsey and fun… Technorati Tags: Google Earth, google maps Bookmark to: From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Del.icio.us Guide for Educators: Part 1 Tools & Tagging
Jon Pederson has started to document his use of del.icio.us and how, with Firefox 2.0 he has completely replaced his static bookmarks with his del.icio.us bookmarks. The first part of his Del.icio.us Guide for Educators explains how to do this and why you would want to. Technorati Tags: del.icio.us, John Pederson Bookmark to: From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

TechLearning Blog…
I have started to contribute a few times a month to the TechLearning blog. My first post deals with using WordPress as the tool that drives our Classroom Notes page… To learn more please follow the link above… Technorati Tags: techlearning Bookmark to: From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

A Request…
4th and 5th grade teachers and students at my school, Lewis Elementary, are working to raise funds to take part in an environmental education science camp next spring. The camp (sponsored by OMSI) provides our 4th and 5th grade students with a high quality off site overnight experience on the Oregon coast. They are working [...] From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Parallels Beta Upgrade
I have been using Parallels for a few months on my MacBook Pro. Mainly I wanted to be able to run Windows XP so that I could run the Groupwise email client. My district uses Groupwise as our email solution, and the native Mac client that Novell provides is pretty flaky. Otherwise I have to [...] From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Portland Metro Wi-Fi Starts Today
They flipped the switch today on Portland’s free municipal wi-fi network. When completed next year it will cover 95% of Portland with free wi-fi coverage (advertisement supported, ad free for $20 a month…) This is really interesting. I can see teachers and students on class field trips taking along one of the laptops to blog [...] From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Student Music Podcasts
At Lewis we use the Brummitt-Taylor Music Listening Program as a way to expose our students to different classical composers. The program consists of short (2 -5 minute) musical pieces and a daily oral introduction that a teacher would read before playing the piece for the students. I have written before about how we are [...] From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Jon Udell
Jon Udell recently announced he is leaving Infoworld and heading over to do work for Microsoft. Jon also has a new blog at jonudell.wordpress.com. On his new blog, Jon further explains his reasons for taking the new position. Jon Udell is one of the best reads on the web. He is interested in the [...] From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Timeline software with AJAX
Mike Winiski of Furman University points to an interesting AJAX application called Timeline. It is part of the SIMILE project at MIT and is basically: a DHTML-based AJAXy widget for visualizing time-based events. It is like Google Maps for time-based information. Timelines are something that my upper elementary teachers use and have their students create. It [...] From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Photo Booth + Flickr = Flickrbooth
Photo Booth is an application that comes with Intel based Macs that allows you to utilize the built-in iSight camera. Flickrbooth is a plugin for Photo Booth by Tristan O’Tierney which allows you to upload photos you take with Photo Booth to Flickr. Settings allow you to automatically upload after each shot or to manually [...] From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Blog posts versus delicious links
My friend John Curry reminded me that I’m not posting very often on my blog these days, and he’s right. It seems I’m taking a shorter route–kind of “mini-blogging”. Basically I’m just saving and tagging interesting net resources in my delicious bookmarks account. I now have over 1000 items in that account, and it’s been [...] From Martindale Matrix on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

NSF has specific RSS feeds
I’m not sure how recently, but at least within the last two months the NSF has created specific RSS feeds on funding opportunities, publications, due dates, etc.. Very handy. Technorati Tags: funding, NSF, RSS From Martindale Matrix on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

AECT opens call for proposals
AECT has published the call for proposals for the October 2007 convention in Anaheim, CA. The deadline for proposal submission is February 15, 2007. Technorati Tags: AECT From Martindale Matrix on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

AT&T Says It Won't Need Fiber-to-the-Home Network - Reuters
Top phone company ATT is currently upgrading its networks to deliver an Internet-based video service called U-Verse to compete with cable companies. But unlike No. 2 player Verizon Communications, which is launching a similar service by building a "fiber From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

How Vista Lets Microsoft Lock Users In - Cory Doctorow, InformationWeek
What if you could rig it so that competing with your flagship product was against the law? Under 1998's Digital Millennium Copyright Act, breaking an anti-copying system is illegal, even if you're breaking it for a legal reason. For example, it's against From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Microsoft Soothes Mac Attack - Michael Hickins, Internet News
Mac users concerned whether they'd be able to access Office 2007 documents can relax. Late last night, Microsoft announced that it will release a free public beta of file format converters between Office 2007 and Office for Mac in the spring of 2007. Bri From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Microsoft Sees Zune Sales Topping 1 Million by June - Reuters
Microsoft Corp. forecast on Wednesday that sales of its Zune music player will exceed one million units by the end of June 2007 despite a tepid start for the device. Earlier this week, a report from market research firm NPD Group showed that Zune's share From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Most Americans Want Electronic Health Data, But Fear For Privacy - Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, InformationWeek
While a majority of American consumers say they want electronic access to their medical information and believe digitized records could improve health care and cut costs, they fear for the security and the privacy of that personal data. Nearly two-thirds From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

So what is convergence anyway? - Stewart Baines, Silicon
Devices, networks, services, voice, data, media, entertainment - convergence can refer to any one of these areas and is so often used its meaning can be lost. Stewart Baines explains the term's numerous definitions. It was perhaps Nicholas Negroponte who From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Senators propose to track sex offenders online - Reuters
Two U.S. senators said on Thursday they would introduce legislation that would potentially protect users of popular social networking sites like News Corp's MySpace from registered sex offenders.New York Democrat Charles E. Schumer and Arizona Republican From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

WiMAX inapplicable to developing economies - report - the Inquirer
Mighty Intel may have thrown its weight behind WiMAX but a new report suggests that the wireless kit may not be the best choice, especially in developing markets where its benefits have been touted. Research conducted by analysts at Analysys finds that ce From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Internet gangs hire students for cybercrime - Reuters
Organized gangs have adopted "KGB-style" tactics to hire high-flying computer students to commit Internet crime, a report said on Friday. Criminals are targeting universities, computer clubs and online forums to find undergraduates, according to Internet From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

New Online Activities Show Greatest Growth - Enid Burns, ClickZ
Relatively new Internet activities such as blogs, video, and phone calls are the fastest-growing in terms of usage, though old standby services like e-mail and shopping continue to dominate Internet users' time. A report released by Mediamark Research obs From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Execs Stay Connected, Tethered to Office - Enid Burns, ClickZ
The line between work and play is less apparent than in years past for many executives, according to the findings of a recently released ExecuNet survey. The business and recruiting network polled 155 executives on the pressures of being connected. Access From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Active Home Internet Users by Country, October 2006 - Enid Burns, ClickZ
The greatest gains from active home users in October came from Germany, the U.K., and the U.S., which are among the 10 countries tracked by Nielsen//NetRatings. The number of active home users increased in Germany, the U.K., the U.S., Japan, France, and S From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Cloning Nanotubes - Kevin Bullis, Technology Review
Practical devices made of nanostructures are a step closer to being realized. Researchers at Rice University have demonstrated that carbon nanotubes can be chopped into small pieces to form "seeds" that grow more nanotubes of precisely the same type The m From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Printing flexible electronics on plastic provides a way to wirelessly power gadgets - Kate Greene, Technology Review
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have demonstrated a prototype that could offer a new way to power gadgets. The prototype, which consists of plastic and flexible electronics, can wirelessly supply power to any device that touches its surface. The po From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' is You - Michelle Nichols, Reuters
You were named Time magazine "Person of the Year" on Saturday for the explosive growth and influence of user-generated Internet content such as blogs, video-file sharing site YouTube and social network MySpace. "For seizing the reins of the global media, From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2006 at 12:47 p.m..

SlideShare -- the YouTube of Powerpoint
SlideShare launches today — the YouTube of Powerpoint.  While Powerpoint destroys thought, so does TV.  And misgivings aside, slides can be an art form in and of itself.  They are objects you spin stories around.  Like this: From Corante: Social Software on December 17, 2006 at 12:46 p.m..

comScore misinterprets data: MySpace is *NOT* gray
Read the ComScore press release. Completely. Read the details. They have found that the unique VISITORS have gotten older. This is not the same thing as USERS. A year ago, most adults hadn’t heard about MySpace. The moral panic has made it such that many US adults have now heard of it. This means that they visit the site. Do they all have accounts? Probably not. Furthermore, MySpace has attracted numerous bands in the last year. If you Google From Corante: Social Software on December 17, 2006 at 12:46 p.m..

danah profiled
The Financial Times has a great profile of danah with broad coverage of social networking. From Corante: Social Software on December 17, 2006 at 12:46 p.m..

tagging vs folksonomy?
Is this a reasonable statement to make? Tagging is the process of adding descriptive terms to an item, without the constraint of a controlled vocabulary Folksonomy is the aggregation of tags from one or more users Yes? No? (Full disclosure: You’re helping me prepare for a tutorial on folksonomies that I’m presenting at the CSCW conference in Banff this weekend.) — Update: Over on mamamusings, one commenter raised the i From Corante: Social Software on December 17, 2006 at 12:46 p.m..

social network site history
When i started tracking social network sites, i didn’t think that i would be studying them. I did a terrible job at keeping a timeline and now, i realize, this is important information to have on hand. I’m currently in the process of trying to go backwards and capture critical dates and i need your help. I know a lot of you have a lot of this information and can probably help me (and thus help everyone else interested in this arena). I have created a simple pbwiki at http://yasns.pbwiki.com/ (password yasns) whe From Corante: Social Software on December 17, 2006 at 12:46 p.m..

social network sites: my definition
I would like to offer my working definition of “social network sites” per confusion over my request for a timeline. A “social network site” is a category of websites with profiles, semi-persistent public commentary on the profile, and a traversable publicly articulated social network displayed in relation to the profile. To clarify: Profile. A profile includes an identifiable handle (either the person’s name or nick), information From Corante: Social Software on December 17, 2006 at 12:46 p.m..

Social Facts, Expertise, Citizendium, and Carr
I want to offer a less telegraphic account of the relationship between expertise, credentials, and authority than I did in Larry Sanger, Citizendium, and the Problem of Expertise, and then say why I think the cost of coordination in the age of social software favors Wikipedia over Citizendium, and over traditionally authoritative efforts such as Britannica. Make a pot of coffee; this is going to be long, and boring. Those of us who write about Wikipedia, both From Corante: Social Software on December 17, 2006 at 12:46 p.m..

Friends, Friendsters, and Top 8: Writing community into being on social network sites
My new paper on friending practices in social network sites is officially live at First Monday. Friends, Friendsters, and Top 8: Writing community into being on social network sites “Are you my friend? Yes or no?” This question, while fundamentally odd, is a key component of social network sites. Participants must select who on From Corante: Social Software on December 17, 2006 at 12:46 p.m..

Second Life: What are the real numbers?
Second Life is heading towards two million users. Except it isn’t, really. We all know how this game works, and has since the earliest days of the web: Member of the Business Press: “How many users do you have?” CEO of Startup: (covers phone) “Hey guys, how many rows in the ‘users’ table?” [Sound F/X: Typing] Offstage Sysadmin: “One million nine hundred and one thousand one hundred and seventy-three.” CEO: (Into phone) “We have one point nine millio From Corante: Social Software on December 17, 2006 at 12:46 p.m..

on being virtual
Lately, i’ve become very irritated by the immersive virtual questions i’ve been getting. In particular, “will Web3.0 be all about immersive virtual worlds?” Clay’s post on Second Life reminded me of how irritated i am by this. I have to admit that i get really annoyed when techno-futurists fetishize Stephenson-esque visions of virtuality. Why is it that every 5 years or so we re-instate this fantasy as the utopian end-all be-all of technology? (Remember From Corante: Social Software on December 17, 2006 at 12:46 p.m..

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