July 2010
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RT @seanmcbride: Apple’s Siri Teams Up With Wolfram Alpha http://ff.im/-npUVg
RT @TallTed: Web Designers of the World — Infinite downward scrolling is not possible without infinite RAM. Please *always* give me a …
RT @fastcompany Brand Value measured: Likes, Followers, Influencers, Views? No, Social Currency http://bit.ly/cdQURG
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Top 100 Semantic Web folk →
With links to follow on Twitter
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“But it is not book reading. Or newspaper reading. It is screen reading. Screens...”
– Reading in a Whole New Way | 40th Anniversary | Smithsonian Magazine (via luzpearson) (via teachthinktech) (via infoneer-pulse)
New Tumblr Follow: Fantasy Novel “Eldrd” Read the excerpt. Pretty compelling. http://bit.ly/bXA9OV
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Watchtrendd:
Website: The Whuffie Bank
This website is attempting to develop the first reputation based currency that essentially rewards you when you do “good acts” on your social networks. Once you open a bank account you immediately start earning a monthly salary of the fake money. Eventually they hope that users will be able to trade their currency in for real or virtual products/services.
The...
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Will Work for Whuffie? →
(via Jeff Esposito)
This is well put thoughts on the the rising tide of “freeconomy” which continues to seemingly chip away at our already beleaguered economy.
I think when many are faced with no work at all, they choose work without pay for credibility. Only problem is so do a million others, leaving you competing against others for importance. Success becomes connected to...
the world in 2020 →
idratherbeintokyo:
illustrated examples and descriptions of what the future could be like in the year 2020 thanks to developing technology. the idea of ‘Whuffie’ (currency based on your social popularity) terrifies me a little bit.
“… social networking is in the process of transforming from a helpful way to keep...”
– The Future of Intimacy Is But a Text Message Away PopMatters (via somethingchanged) (via infoneer-pulse)
RT @arecity Man replaces false eye with bionic camera eye, putting video feed online http://bit.ly/bwNafN
“I have just flown more than 26 hours without using a drop of fuel and without...”
– Solar-Powered Plane Stays Aloft for 26 Hours - NYTimes
“As a city dweller and small eater, I’m usually smug about my low environmental impact until I remember that my flights cancel it out. Commercial flight is one of the biggest chunks of the carbon output causing climate change.
This was a...
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“The Singularity is “the rapture of the geeks”. Transcendent Man, Ptolemy’s...”
– John Horgan Criticizes Kurzweil and the Singularity…We Need Better Critics | Singularity Hub (via codery) 