Archive for May, 2007
links for 2007-05-31
Video: Wikis in Plain English
Lee put together another PaperWorks style video, this time tackling the “easy to use, but hard to describe” world of wikis
(tags: socialmedia video wiki web2.0)
Apple Debuts Unprotected Songs Online
Woo hoo! Enoggh said. Now hopefully there’s more labels coming soon.
(tags: music apple DRM)
NewAssignment.Net | an experiment in open-source reporting
Cool site that I [...]
links for 2007-05-30
manhattan - Google Maps
How did I miss this?? Street level maps in some locations. Like Google Earth, this is a “have to see it to believe it” application.
(tags: googlemaps)
TED | Talks | Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? (video)
Wow, this is a fantastic presentation. Subject matter aside, the presenter is amazing. (Hat tip: Tara [...]
“Heroes” does character blogs right
You may recall my rant about character blogs done poorly. If you don’t the quick recap is that it’s hard to have an effective “character blog” (a blog created around a fictional character) when the blog has constant reminders that this character is completely fictional. TV show characters live in a world that’s not hosted [...]
links for 2007-05-29
First graders in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan are using a wiki
Great story about kids and social tools.
(tags: blogging wiki)
Clue Unit #15: Interview with Deb Schultz on Transparency
To round out our month theme of transparency, the Clue Unit team interviewed Deb Schultz. Deb is a consultant and speaker who describes herself as an evangelist and rabble-rouser in the relationship economy. She is the former Marketing Director of Six Apart, makers of blogging platforms Movable Type, Typepad, Vox and Live Journal.
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Clue Unit #14: Non-traditional Discussion of Transparency
Continuing our May theme of Transparency, Clue Unit episode 14 has been released!
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Episode 14, about 30 minutes.
Today’s Topic: Non-traditional Discussion of Transparency
Spammer Contacts Jake
Flickr Censors User
Engadget Drops Apple’s Stock Price [...]
links for 2007-05-22
Lee LeFever dot com: My 5 “Hilarious” Travel Photos
I love crazy travel photos. And in Lee’s 14k photos, there was bound to be a few funny ones. Here’s the proof.
(tags: humor travel)
The Landlord
If it was anyone other than Will Ferrell, this probably wouldn’t have turned out so deliciously hilarious…
(tags: video humor)
LEGO Johnny Five
While I’m posting [...]
Twitter suddenly becomes relevant
(Originally posted on the Big in Japan blog)
For a while, I’ve struggled to find an explanation for the reason I was using Twitter, even in the very minor way I was. It seems like everyone that I talked to about it said: "I don’t know what the point is", yet they were using it somewhat [...]
links for 2007-05-21
YouTube - OLBERMANN: *THE GENERALS SPEAK OUT*
Off topic, but… so now that the generals themselves are speaking out against the war, can we please consider a different strategy? Mr. President? Hello? (Is this thing on?…)
(tags: youtube video politics)
links for 2007-05-18
Regarding yesterday’s Apple news - Engadget
If you haven’t heard, don’t invest money based on Web site news. And kids, wikipedia is just a starting point for that report, not the final source.
(tags: apple business)
Delta Air Lines: Travel Tips, Ideas and Change
Between this new community site where users can submit ideas for making the airline better [...]
