cyberculture
I Work For The Internets: The shirt arrived
A few days ago MT and I shirt up on Spreadshirt that reads “I work for teh internets“. (Not to be confused with The Google that George W. Bush uses.) We’ve set them up for print-on-demand, and mine just arrived a few days ago. Gotta say, the black-on-black print is pretty kick ass.
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Widgets Are Your Friend
Tony Hirst, author of this neat RSS manifesto and edupunk extraordinaire, produced this little gem of a pro-remix, pro-sharing, pro-widget rant:
[embed] changes everything
we don’t care
where it came from
if it’s good enough
for government business
salvation
but can you be RSS’d
let someone else make it PORTABLE
WIDGETS are your friend
(via Brian Lamb)
Social Networks Enter Popular Culture
Social Networks have hit mainstream. (The student body on Facebook isn’t enough to really be mainstream, or is it?) How can you tell? Social Networks are increasingly becoming part of popular culture:
glumbert - Poking Granny’s Boyfriend On Facebook
And the Daily Show also tells us how, and why:
Quarterlife (the video about a bunch of emotionally, shall […]
Don’t make your users suffer through error messages
If you use a web service and encounter an error, it’s bad enough as it is. Don’t make your users guests suffer even more by giving them a cryptic error page with technobabble. Most people won’t mind an error if they’re offered a helping hand. Here’s a few nice examples of great error page designs:
istockphoto.com: […]
Negroponte Unveils Second Generation OLPC
Just a few months after shipping the first laptops, the One Laptop Per Child project (OLPC) is getting ready for round two. Chairman Nicholas Negroponte just unveiled the second generation laptop, going by the name XO-2 or XOXO.
So here’s what it’ll look like. (Note the Matrix-like picture language? Ah, good times.)
Needless to say, from […]
Where do they find the time? Clay Shirky on the Cognitive Surplus
In this rare gem of a video, Clay Shirky talks about the time, energy and potentials that used to be lost to dumbly watching TV. How many Wikipedia entries could we get out of these brain cycles now that we can free up that TV time for more productive and satisfying activities again?
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Video wrap-up from re:publica 08
Just noticed that kosmar has cut a neat time warp video from re:publica 08, featuring the whole crowd. Thanks, Kosmar!
[citation needed] Challenges Ads, Truthiness
On Michelle’s new blog, I just stumbled over a very neat art (or rather: protest?) project, all sticker-based. [citation needed] questions the factoid and claims we encounter in everyday life - ads, for example, are full of them.
Wikipedia has a simple way of asking contributers to validate their statements: The ubiquitous [citation needed] tag that […]
Re:publica 08 #4 (Wrap-up)
So re:publica 08 is over, it’s the week after and things are back to normal. I’m only posting this just now since my weekend pretty much went into moving to a new apartment, but now that I’ve settled in, I’m back on a more regular schedule after after a trip to New York and San […]
Twitter In Plain English
Lee LeFever has struck again: This time, he explains Twitter In Plain English:
If you’re not familiar with the format, make sure to check out the other installments of The CommonCraft Show - so far, they’ve failed to disappoint, ever. It’s just great stuff.
(If you speak German, there’s also a quite funny take on Twitter on […]