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Danah Boyd (2007) wrote an interesting discussion of class issues in America as revealed by usage of Facebook and MySpace. Her article , Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace, raises some interesting questions about corporate reactions to social networking being based on class issues (e.g. the military blocking
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Ajax Flash Mistakes From: jboutelle, 1 week ago http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=ajax-flash-mistakes-1204992198593320-4 | View | Upload your own For SXSW 2008 SlideShare Link
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Duncan has shared a good one (beware it does contain 'colourful' language) By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=facebook%2Cdigg%2Cstumbleupon%2Cdelicious%2Creddit%2Cblinklist%2Cnewsvine%2Cfurl%2Ctailrank%2Cmagnolia&style=rotate&publisher=91b467b0-fcb3-4e42-95e0-1f04ad0c9be9
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It is worth having a look at Krigsman's interview on IT failures and social media. Shel Israel, co-author (with Robert Scoble) of the influential book on blogging, Naked Conversations, recently interviewed Michael regarding on social media and IT failures. He used the interview to summarize his views on
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Jason Falls over at Social Media Explorer has noted a good (or blatant) use of social media for PR. Worth a look to check out their modus operandi. By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=facebook%2Cdigg%2Cstumbleupon%2Cdelicious%2Creddit%
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I wish Australian politics had such inspiring ideas as the Barack Obama campaign ... By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=facebook%2Cdigg%2Cstumbleupon%2Cdelicious%2Creddit%2Cblinklist%2Cnewsvine%2Cfurl%2Ctailrank%2Cmagnolia&style=rotate&publisher=91b467b0-fcb3-4e42-95e0-1f04ad0c9be9
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Fifikins mentioned desert island music today, which somehow got me thinking about favourites of mine. Mozart's Requiem is one fave. Then I came to suspect that this little piece by Mozart is good climate change music ;) The words translate as: Day of wrath, day of anger will dissolve
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I'm wondering why I have not seen anything about this in the mainstream media? All very interesting ... Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change “Global warming” is not a global crisis We, the scientists and researchers in climate and related fields, economists, policymakers, and business leaders, assembled at Times Square,
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For the last two weeks I have been lecturing on information systems controls and using the recent internal control failures at Societe Generale as an example. Issues of internal control generally lie at the heart of corporate failures be it deliberate fraud (as at Enron) or general incompetence. Each corporate
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IMHO the greatest productivity improvement in my life in recent times has been the release of Google Calendar Sync. This has finally allowed me to combine multiple calendars & get a consolidated view of my life. Microsoft Outlook remains my favourite email client. I've tried many of the
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The Definitive Lolcats Glossary sumtiems teh kittehs gets teh letters mixed up This iz titled: "TEH DEFINITIVE LOLSPEAK GLOSSARY O hai n welcum, Lolspeakrz n chzfrenz! This wiki is designed to be the definitive collection of key lolspeak terms and phrases, both native and borrowed, as well as an
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Agen teh kitteh leads teh wai ... see more crazy cat pics By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=facebook%2Cdigg%2Cstumbleupon%2Cdelicious%2Creddit%2Cblinklist%2Cnewsvine%2Cfurl%2Ctailrank%2Cmagnolia&style=rotate&publisher=91b467b0-fcb3-4e42-95e0-1f04ad0c9be9