Month: November 2005
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Closing the digital divide – the $100 laptop
It’s been a busy week in Tunisia. During the lead-up to the World Summit on the Information Society, the UN and the European Union both expressed interest in making the governance of the Internet more of an international affair, especially decisions about top-level domains currently tweaked by California-based nonprofit ICANN. This call was quickly picked…
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Copyright Presentation
I’m doing a presentation tonight in my Media Law class on Copyright/Copyfight. Here’s some links to things I’ll be referencing, plus some additional stuff if you’re interested: Creative Commons Housing Maps Google Maps Mania the Public Library of Science the Pizzaright Principle A Lawrence Lessig presentation on Free Culture that I’m clearly borrowing from… Bonus…
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Flickr, Buzznet expand citizens’ role in visual journalism
How Mainstream Newspapers et al are using Flickr-style sites to gather images & info Flickr, Buzznet expand citizens’ role in visual journalism
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So how do we teach this stuff?
I haven’t taken a class in any sort of computer language since my first semester of college at NYU. It was something like “Intro to Principles of Programming,” and a noble fellow tried to teach us PASCAL at about 730am. It did not go well; I learned little, but earned that one class worth of…
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Podcasting – content or sidebar?
Podcasting has gone, in just over a year, from a tiny medium with a few participants to a 50-foot-tall woman that every big and small player in mass media wants to date, screw, or attack with F-14s, King Kong style. Frankly, I’m always impressed at the broad range of podcasts out there — everything from…
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JOMC 191.3 Blogging, We the Media and Virtual Communities :: Blogging and Online Journalism Student Conference – Call for papers :: November :: 2005
Papers/Apps due Jan. 20 for an Ohio U OJ/blog conference JOMC 191.3 Blogging, We the Media and Virtual Communities :: Blogging and Online Journalism Student Conference – Call for papers :: November :: 2005
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Corel Painter Essentials 3
Shameless plug follows… Corel Painter Essentials 3 shipped a couple weeks ago – it’s an entry-level photo painting tool on par with Photoshop Elements as far as features and price go. And that’s my Mom‘s artwork on the cover. Check out the Digital Painting Forum, too. [tags]Corel Painter, photography, painting, software[/tags]
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Um, I think you’ve got that backwards, guys
Steve Rubel always gets me to click on something — maybe he links to things I think matter, or maybe he just wields his credibility wisely. Either way, I was more than happy to check out the page for some sort of RSS Summit in Boston next year. Something in the back of my head…