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Steve Rubel over at Micropersuasion is arguing that the Web 2.0 World is Skunk Drunk on Its Own Kool-Aid. His evidence includes: * No one's casting a cynical eye anymore. * No one's looking at valuations and reality * The endless dot-com parties are back. * So are the
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Below an item from CNET news about a 3D internal mapping product about to launch. This is very cool stuff and the future remains interesting ... The online mapping stuff just keeps getting better. A company called EveryScape is launching on Monday a three-dimensional local search site that lets people "
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This post over at Fast Company gives an excellent example of a non-trivial use for Twitter based on how people used it during the recent fires in California. Here again ordinary people are finding meaningful ways to adopt technology. via Aide-mémoire
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This one is for online marketers and it has features similar to many others including articles, news, forums, chat, and syndication of your other blogs - all with a focus on online marketing. KateC.gooruze.com via Aide-mémoire
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It has been discovered that I am merely a: on the Innergeek quiz - I knew watching all that Star Trek would come in handy one day. Also having a pet named after a sci-fi movie character probably helped to raise my score. via Aide-mémoire
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This article issued by the CIA gives an interesting insight into some of the broader issues that face the world over the next few years. The Intelligence Community: 2001-2015 UNCLASSIFIED Daunting Challenges, Hard Decisions The Intelligence Community: 2001-2015 Aris A Pappas and James M. Simon, Jr. Editor's Note:
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Amusing take on information and the web from Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the Kansas State University. His other stuff is also very interesting, e.g. Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us - it makes you think! via Aide-mémoire
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Of recent times I have been obsessed with the cooking and eating of jambalaya - in this case a Louisiana Creole inspired dish. I got this basic recipe from here, and I've been trying out variations for a few months now. I love the internet, otherwise it would
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The other day I saw a side of my Macbook that I was never supposed to see. The horror of it! I was helping out with some cross browser testing for a new website we're about to launch at work & for some reason the IT department needed
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Many people in Oz have been laughing along with Summer Heights High, which I've found to be only mildly amusing. But a friend recently put me on to a Kiwi show that is much funnier Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby. Gormsby is described as "... an out-dated, reactionary,
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Here is the call for papers that just came out for this conference ... To be held in Dunedin, New Zealand 11-13 June 2008 The International Conference on Computer-Mediated Social Networking (ICCMSN2008) will explore social networking issues such as formation of online communities and how collaboration and cooperation can be achieved.
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I've been wondering how wild and crazy we can get with web x.0 labels before someone makes the point that it's all a bit mad. Now Ross Dawson has raised the question with his post Why Web 3.0 is a meaningless term. It also