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Untitled 19 Apr 2013 | 09:15 pm
We can find some information for the Libraries in the digital age in this article. "In the US, another cultural digital experiment launches today, with the arrival of the Digital Public Library of Am...
More on digital life after death 13 Apr 2013 | 01:51 pm
I've moved this to a new post and it was originally a comment from Le but I think it deserves re-posting. Thanks Simon. We mentioned about the right to be forgotten and digital life after death in we...
The future of search ... made simple - an animated guide 9 Apr 2013 | 08:31 pm
I am interested in the animated guide and the comments impressed me. One of them was written as "Algorithms vs Behaviour". I remember one article mentioned that algorithms are something most of us don...
Untitled 9 Apr 2013 | 08:31 pm
Another story about Digital Identity :). Fake Facebook girlfriends: what's not to like? A fake Facebook girlfriend will flirt harmlessly online and make other women jealous… so what's the catch? ht...
Should Twitter be used for vetting job applicants? 8 Apr 2013 | 05:46 pm
We've discussed keeping control of our online presence and the important part that social media plays in that. A news story today is about Britain's first 'youth police and crime commissioner' (whatev...
'Largest cyber attack ever' is happening right now, threatens rest of web 28 Mar 2013 | 02:48 am
'Largest cyber attack ever' is happening right now, threatens rest of web. Just picked this up on WIRED.co.uk. Scarey stuff: just when you thought you were safe!
Untitled 9 Mar 2013 | 09:00 pm
Who owns the future? by Jaron Lanier While I was on my train home the other day, I read this book review : "Is the Internet economy going to make life better or worse?" In his book, Lanier argues th...
More SM post mortem: this time Facebook 26 Feb 2013 | 02:19 pm
Picked up via SM from The Australian: Facebook from beyond the grave The detail for some of the ideas seem to come from this project at the University of Melbourne: Digital Heritage . This was one p...
Google and the World Brain 26 Feb 2013 | 03:23 am
For more interesting stuff in the current popular media check out: Storyville - 2012-13 (available on BBC iPlayer) and last weeks movie: Google and the World Brain. Again, much food for thought on th...
More living post mortem via social media 23 Feb 2013 | 03:09 am
Has any one else watched Caprica? the prequel to Battle Star Galactica? One of the central themes was that of resurrection (or apotheosis) made possible by information collected about us online and th...
