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links for 2007-10-31

October 31, 2007 – 5:22 am

Rules For The Revolution: The Podcast » Episode 020: Net Neutrality
Great podcast on the current state of network neutrality. Even though it’s a lawyer interviewing a wonk, they do a great job of explaining the “so what” of this seemingly arcane but very important issue in plain English. (tags: audio podcast law net+neutrality analysis tidbits+fodder [...]

By Amy Gahran | Posted in Links | Comments (1)

links for 2007-10-30

October 30, 2007 – 5:23 am

Forrester.com

Charlene Li of Forrester Research explains — quite well — why your customers are revolting.

Videos of Consumer Forum: Richard Edelman, Christie Hefner (Playboy), Christina Norman CMO of MTV, Ze Frank, Charlene Li, Josh Bernoff, Henry Jenkins and Pud!
“Christie Hefner gave powerful examples of virtual worlds & social networks. The Zefrank, Jeremy Allaire, & Pud panel [...]

By Amy Gahran | Posted in Links | Comments (0)

Blogging Ethics: What are the issues?

October 29, 2007 – 5:56 pm

My Blogging Ethics panelists. Clockwise from top left: Graydancer, Toby Bloomberg, Christopher Calicott, and Charlotte-Anne Lucas.

As I’m preparing for my Nov. 8 BlogWorld Expo panel on Blogging Ethics, I’m trying to map out the territory. Specifically, what are the main ethical issues that bloggers encounter?
Based on my initial research, it seems that these issues fall [...]

By Amy Gahran | Posted in blogs, ethics, events | Comments (2)

links for 2007-10-29

October 29, 2007 – 5:23 am

Swivel.com

Swivel: Fun free tool for data visualization. Basic, but useful.

Tasty Data Goodies - Swivel
Interesting tool for data mashups/visualization: “Swivel’s mission is to make data useful. Explore and compare data, graphs and maps. Share insights via email, blog or data downloads. Upload the data you care about.” (tags: databases services web2.0 social+media)

TG Daily
Another reason to use [...]

By Amy Gahran | Posted in Links | Comments (0)

My Radio-Controlled Clock Goofed. Did Yours?

October 28, 2007 – 8:46 am

NIST

Radio-controlled clocks can be… entertaining…

No, daylight savings time 2007 did NOT end in the US today. That’s next Sunday, Nov. 4. Over in the EU the clocks did change today, but not here. So why did the radio-controlled clock in my living room, which is governed by the WWVB radio signal from the atomic clock [...]

By Amy Gahran | Posted in Amy's Adventures | Comments (4)

links for 2007-10-28

October 28, 2007 – 5:19 am

Improving my writing Part I: Exploring Fear in the Writing Process | in such a world
Blogging as process: “Taking the cue from Amy Gahran I am also going to be blogging on my own research I’ve been doing for my Canadian Graduate Scholarship proposal on the topic of web 2.0 and the art world.”
(tags: blogging [...]

By Amy Gahran | Posted in Links | Comments (0)

Gmail Space: Still Growing….

October 27, 2007 – 10:01 am

On Oct. 18 I posted about how Google’s free Gmail service has been gradually increasing the storage space allocated to its users. Around Oct. 15 the space in my account was at about 2.9 G, with 59% of it used. As of today, I’m at just over 4.4G, with only 40% of that space used.
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By Amy Gahran | Posted in e-mail, services, tools | Comments (2)

links for 2007-10-27

October 27, 2007 – 5:23 am

MacMost: The MacMost Guide to Mac OS X Leopard
OK, I’m officially looking forward to the Mac Leopard OSX. check out this video of the top 10 features.
(tags: software tools usability fun video)

Let your employees use Facebook — it’s less risky than you think - Times Online
“One global media giant is extending its intranet to offer [...]

By Amy Gahran | Posted in Links | Comments (0)

links for 2007-10-26

October 26, 2007 – 5:26 am

NowPublic.com

Collaborative news sites like NowPublic: The forefront of Web 2.0 news.

Paul Kedrosky: The Web 2.0 Disaster
“I keep wondering if the current fires in southern California are the first Web 2.0 disaster. No, not for the whole idea of Web 2.0, or even for a specific company, just the first disaster to use wholesale the various [...]

By Amy Gahran | Posted in Links | Comments (0)

Twitter wildfire updates: Useful, or not?

October 25, 2007 – 11:21 am

Twittermap

Twittermap is one way to find recent individual “tweets” from the wildfire region — or anywhere.

As I intimated in today’s linkblog post, the widely trivialized microblogging service Twitter seems to be redeeming itself somewhat during the current Southern CA wildfire crisis.
HyperGene Media Blog noted yesterday that the free mobile-friendly service is being used by news [...]