YahooSerious.com: Yahoo! A Serious Life “Yahoo Serious is one of Australia’s most original and successful independent filmmakers.” (tags: australia film) Sorry, Boys, This Is Our Domain – New York Times ‘The cyberpioneers of the moment are digitally effusive teenage girls. “Most guys don’t have patience for this kind of thing,” said Nicole Dominguez. “It’s really [...]
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February 28th, 2008
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Wild Animals – The Morning News “Think of your favorite teddy bear. Now imagine it’s been ripped open, gutted, and turned inside-out. That’s what Kent Rogowski’s Bears series has done to the iconic stuffed animals of our childhoods.” (tags: art toy interview via:aruzin) Mickey Finn (drugs) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia “In December of 1903, [...]
February 27th, 2008
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A conversation with Joel Selanikio about cellphones and SMS in developing countries « Jon Udell “A publishing system optimized to deliver documents to SMS readers wouldn’t be of interest to those of us who can easily browse the web. But it would be a big deal to billions who can’t.” (tags: africa mobile sms jon_udell [...]
February 26th, 2008
WNUR “Jazz” Show, 2008-02-26
Today was my shift during the annual WNUR phonathon fundraiser. We didn’t take a whole lot of calls during my time, but it’s not the most opportune time. At least a couple did come in right at the end, which is nice. In any event, my thematic show, “A Morning in Tunisia,” was great fun. [...]
February 26th, 2008
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Got a Problem? Ask the Super – New York Times “The commission considered several reforms, but one of the most significant was the creation of superdelegates, the reform in which I was most involved.” (tags: politics geraldine_ferraro) YouTube – People & Power- The North Front Line- 13 Jan 08- Part 2 Al-Jazeera English covers Malachi [...]
February 25th, 2008
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Cognitive Daily: Study finds some thoughts really do require language “Some research suggests that understanding the thoughts of others — having a theory of mind — is one such process. Many children who are late in learning language are also late in developing a theory of mind.” (tags: cognition language via:aruzin) Cognitive Daily: Do our [...]
February 24th, 2008
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Smart City Radio: On the Riverfront “Cathy Hudzik is Daley’s point person for building a river-walk along the Chicago River. Her responsibilities include efforts to improve water quality, increase public access, protect wildlife habitat, and enhance neighborhood life along the River.” (tags: chicago river radio interview) Share and Enjoy:
February 23rd, 2008
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Official Google Blog: A pilot with the Cleveland Clinic for health information access “Cleveland is the first of many healthcare providers that will securely send medical records and information via Google APIs at your request. We’ve been hard at work collaborating with a number of insurance plans,medical groups,pharmacies and hospitals.” (tags: cleveland google health) Good [...]
February 22nd, 2008
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NPR: Medill Student Tracks Dean’s Anonymous Sources “His explanation was that this is not really the same as a traditional news story, and therefore the ethics of attributing quotes and the ethics of sourcing would be very different for this sort of piece.” (tags: journalism northwestern) Stuff White People Like 1. Coffee; 5. Farmers’ Markets; [...]
February 21st, 2008
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Keeping Tabs on the Superdelegates – New York Times “Here’s a Web site that identifies all the superdelegates and their commitments, or lack thereof. It’s the kind of tool that the back room bosses from 1984 could never have imagined — and today’s political bosses are probably horrified to see.” (tags: politics election_2008 internet civicmedia) [...]