links for 2008-01-07

Steven Pinker – Multimedia
For my fellow groupies of cognitive scientist Steven Pinker, here’s a collection of audio and video featuring his talks (tags: science thought+leaders psychology perceptions human+nature resources research)

Terry Heaton’s PoMo Blog » Blog Archive » There’s more of them than us
“The visual statement of being backed into a corner by the masses — themselves now equipped to fight back — is a stunning illustration of the uselessness of the mainstream continuing to operate as normal.” (tags: video marketing community nefarious analogy)

IP Tracking Software with Mortgage Offer
Useful or creepy? “Based on repeater triangulation, the system tracks mobile phones using GPS and GSM technology.” (tags: mobile gps local)

Steve Outing » Parade: your grandfather’s news magazine
“Bhutto was assassinated on December 27. Parade magazine shows up in newspapers with this embarrassingly outdated story 10 DAYS later! And not even an editor’s note is inserted at the last minute explaining the situation. That’s sad.” (tags: magazines timeliness tidbits+fodder problems journalism)

How Hillary Can Win Me Back
Regardless of your politicial views, this article really gets at the heart of how prevalent sexist assumptions are in public discourse — especially when power is at stake. (tags: women gender prejudice problems power content+style content+strategy politics)

CarePages – Support and community for everyone coping with illness
Interesting service, which I just found out about from a friend who’s facing surgery for a recurring problem. I just wish they offered feeds for individual “care pages” (tags: health healthcare community relationship+building services)

Hashtags – twitter
Aha! so that’s what all those #’s are about in various people’s Twitter posts. I have no idea how useful it is, but I’ll keep an eye on this.

Twitter Blog: Tracking Twitter
Useful tool to follow topics on twitter. (tags: microblogging monitoring+conversations search tools services)