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@CathyNDavidson: Here's my best professional advice @HASTACScholars on How and Why to Make Your Digital Publications Matter http://t.co/Kzvhqkp7
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]]> <![CDATA[Detroit Reborn | Planetizen]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 planetizen.com
In the first edition of a new series, Richard Florida introduces us to the inspiring stories of entrepreneurs and artists, designers and musicians invested in the bottom-up effort to revive Detroit.
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@Richard_Florida: @Richard_Florida introduces us to some of the inspiring organizations and designers leading in #Detroit's rebirth @ http://t.co/kHRTYgei
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@planetizen: @Richard_Florida introduces us to some of the inspiring organizations and designers leading in #Detroit's rebirth @ http://t.co/kHRTYgei
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]]> <![CDATA[Report Sets K-12 Broadband Goals for 2014-15 - Digital Education - Education Week]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 blogs.edweek.org
Katie Ash is a writer and Web producer for Education Week Digital Directions. Michelle Davis is a senior writer for Education Week Digital Directions. Ian Quillen is a staff writer for Education Week Digital Directions.
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@DigitalPromise on Twitter
@DigitalPromise: Digital Education: Report Sets K-12 Broadband Goals for 2014-15 http://t.co/rpF1H9MD via @educationweek #edtech
@digidirections on Twitter
@digidirections: Report Sets K-12 Broadband Goals for 2014-15: A new report released today from the State Educational Technology ... http://t.co/Vel4wklo
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]]> <![CDATA[Digital legacy: Respecting the digital dead - tech - 05 May 2011 - New Scientist]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 newscientist.com
How can we keep digital bequests safe without poking our noses where they're not wanted? Sumit Paul-Choudhury asks the experts at the British Library
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@tjowens: Digital Legacy: Respecting the Digital Dead: tech &amp; ethical challenge of preserving digital archives http://t.co/N1Vil3YM
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@spellboundblog: Digital Legacy: Respecting the Digital Dead: tech &amp; ethical challenge of preserving digital archives http://t.co/N1Vil3YM
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]]> <![CDATA[PressCrew and Infinity Are Joining the Commons In A Box Team | Academic Commons News]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 news.commons.gc.cuny.edu - Boone Gorges
The Commons In A Box project aims to provide universities and similarly minded organizations with a powerful, professional, free, and easy-to-use platform for community engagement. A central part of any such platform is its interface. CBox is built on BuddyPress and will work with any BP-compatible WordPress theme. Thus, organizations with the right kind of know-how will be able to use WordPress’s theming system to create a CBox interface for their community that is totally unique. At the same ...  show all text
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@cunydhi: RT @boone: PressCrew has signed on to develop the Commons In A Box default theme! http://t.co/wY6Uk2hJ
@boone on Twitter
@boone: PressCrew and Infinity have signed on to develop the Commons In A Box default theme! http://t.co/w7PhDhnG
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@mkgold on Twitter
@mkgold: Delighted to welcome Marshall &amp; Bowe! RT @boone: PressCrew has signed on to develop the Commons In A Box default theme! http://t.co/OSf2lNlR
]]> <![CDATA[The Beginning of the End of the Census?]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 nytimes.com - By CATHERINE RAMPELL
An annual assessment of American households is under attack by Republicans in Congress.
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@APA_Planning: American Community Survey may be the most important government function you’ve never heard of, and it’s in trouble: http://t.co/L1eVXDbZ
@parezcoydigo on Twitter
@parezcoydigo: Webster is a tool: “This is a program that intrudes on people’s lives, just like the EPA or the bank regulators" http://t.co/U70ppODf
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@tezcatlipoca: “especially since in the end this is not a scientific survey. It’s a random survey.” FACE. PALM. http://t.co/nRNrxJ2p
]]> <![CDATA[Ultra-Orthodox Jews Take a Hard Line on the Internet at Rally of 40,000 Men (And Me) | Betabeat]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 betabeat.com - Adrianne Jeffries
The Internet asifa at Citi Field. On Sunday, 40,000 mostly Hasidic Jewish men in black hats and black suits gathered at Citi Field for a series of speeches concerning the corrupting influence of the Internet. The talks were broadcast to the JumboTron, betwixt the oversized bottles of Cholula censored with a white cloth over the label, which shows a woman. The 7 train from Grand Central had become packed with men in black, all in a fine mood, before we poured out at the Mets-Willets Point train ...  show all text
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@acarvin on Twitter
@acarvin: Female reporter goes undercover. Ultra-Orthodox Jews Take a Hard Line on the Internet at Rally of 40,000 Men (And Me) http://t.co/BH0NNScP
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@jilliancyork on Twitter
@jilliancyork: The (New York) Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community wants to ban use of the Internet. Has any other community done this? http://t.co/O26QiP9W
@sarahw on Twitter
@sarahw: ! @betabeat's @ADRjeffries attends anti-web Citifiield rally in drag, shakes hands with Hasidic rabbi. http://t.co/AJ6LuphL (via @aarongell)
@Megan on Twitter
@Megan: In which @ADRjeffries goes undercover to attend the rally against the internet last night: http://t.co/1OkP1SRx
]]> <![CDATA[Leap Motion]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 leapmotion.com
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@AntDeRosa on Twitter
@AntDeRosa: Imagine this w/ Apple's TV RT @nickbilton: This is truly amazing: Add multitouch, in the air, to your existing Mac. http://t.co/rUdMv22V
@kprentiss on Twitter
@kprentiss: if this lives up to the hype, it will be mega disruptive. and awesome. http://t.co/cRRI9mSD
@amelialikespie on Twitter
@amelialikespie: Now we can all play FBI agents on TV. MT @nickbilton ... Add multitouch, in the air, to your existing Mac. http://t.co/vEyF0osp
@nickbilton on Twitter
@nickbilton: This is truly amazing: Add multitouch, in the air, to your existing Mac. http://t.co/4QnTZRPM
@mbtimney on Twitter
@mbtimney: Leap Motion is pretty rad: http://t.co/KLMDnRV0. But it's going to require some serious kinesthetic literacy. #ixD #ux
]]> <![CDATA[Coda 2]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 panic.com
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@maxfenton: OH YES YES OH THANK YOU @panic » RT @craigmod: Considering I basically live in Coda, this is filling me with happy: http://t.co/nomTsa10
@craigmod on Twitter
@craigmod: Considering I basically live in Coda, this is filling me with happy: http://t.co/CuFClTbT
@dalmaer on Twitter
@dalmaer: …. and "AirPreview in Diet Coda" looks pretty cool :) http://t.co/eik4gDpr
@dalmaer on Twitter
@dalmaer: "We made Coda 2 better at everything." I have never been a Coda guy but I appreciate what they do, and this looks good. http://t.co/eik4gDpr
@waxpancake on Twitter
@waxpancake: OMG, Coda 2. The tour is all CSS transforms on a window capture. Amazing. http://t.co/bATEy4Va Congrats, @panic!
]]> <![CDATA[‘Father of the Internet’ warns Web freedom is under attack - The Hill's Hillicon Valley]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 thehill.com
Father of the Internet” Vint Cerf on Monday warned that Internet freedom is under threat from governments around the world, including the United States. Cerf, a computer scientist who was instrumental in the Internet’s creation, now employed by Google as its Internet evangelist, said officials in the U.
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@mathewi on Twitter
@mathewi: Vint Cerf argues that internet freedom is under attack by government http://t.co/i2ouDMGz Not foreign gov. It's "friendly fire" from US/UK
@digiphile on Twitter
@digiphile: MT @jakebrewer Balancing #netfreedom &amp; security "isn't something…government alone is going to figure out"-Vint Cerf http://t.co/1u6pGAo9
@juliandibbell on Twitter
@juliandibbell: ‘Father of the Internet’ warns Web freedom is under attack http://t.co/9pjbOZs7
@timoreilly on Twitter
@timoreilly: Vint Cerf argues that internet freedom is under attack by government http://t.co/i2ouDMGz Not foreign gov. It's "friendly fire" from US/UK
@kevinmarks on Twitter
@kevinmarks: Google evangelist Vint Cerf warns #NetFreedom is under attack http://t.co/VocPKWvx @agfhome - @HilliconValley #F2C
]]> <![CDATA[The end of fish, in one chart - The Washington Post]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 washingtonpost.com
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@nonprofitorgs: Powerful maps show dramatic spike in overfishing since 1950: http://t.co/YpxktZhH @bradplumer @washingtonpost
@washingtonpost on Twitter
@washingtonpost: Where have all the fish gone? The answer, in one chart http://t.co/t3O33B1o
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@mims on Twitter
@mims: "Commercial fish stocks are on pace for total collapse by 2048." We'll harvest just 10% of peak, in '80s. http://t.co/vswuu3zM
]]> <![CDATA[So.cl]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 so.cl
Share your Search. Rediscover search through your friends and community on the all new social search experiment from Microsoft Research FUSE Labs.
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@digiphile on Twitter
@digiphile: As usual, @DannySullivan wrote the definitive read for #search news, like @Microsoft's new so.cl network: http://t.co/nkniJriu
@NiemanLab on Twitter
@NiemanLab: Is So.cl Microsoft's experiment with social networking? http://t.co/NsUbdgU7
@fstutzman on Twitter
@fstutzman: Microsoft quietly launches So.cl social network http://t.co/VCJyMBp3
@AntDeRosa on Twitter
@AntDeRosa: Microsoft launches a social network, nobody seems to notice http://t.co/Jh3GqrIw
@FastCompany on Twitter
@FastCompany: Microsoft Quietly Debuts New Social Network, So.cl http://t.co/Z6arNMh0 #FastFeed
]]> <![CDATA[Gastronomical Three]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 gastronomical3.wordpress.com
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@dancohen: Yay!RT @shanakimball: A hundred years ago, @msbonn and I used to write a food blog. She's back at it! http://t.co/0fcgs0ID
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@captain_primate: A hundred years ago, @msbonn and I used to write a food blog. She's back at it! http://t.co/XPDVcB4L
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@shanakimball: A hundred years ago, @msbonn and I used to write a food blog. She's back at it! http://t.co/XPDVcB4L
]]> <![CDATA[In Defence of Sociopathic Pond Scum | Digital History And Beyond]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 digitalhistory.papersun.org - robertss
Mills Kelly, Professor of History at George Mason University, has completed Round Two in an unexpected battle. In one corner stands a historian who challenges the idea of truth in order to highlight the difficulties of historical research and validation. In the other corner are self-proclaimed defenders of Truth, heroes of Wikipedia, and in the most recent fray, Reddit. Kelly’s students are tasked with creating a historical hoax that connects with factual events, but fills in some gaps to provi...  show all text
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@dancohen on Twitter
@dancohen: In Defence of Sociopathic Pond Scum: http://t.co/7LxhOSrv // or, why more people should take a lesson from @edwired's creative teaching...
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@nowviskie: In Defence of Sociopathic Pond Scum: http://t.co/7LxhOSrv // or, why more people should take a lesson from @edwired's creative teaching...
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@electricarchaeo on Twitter
@electricarchaeo: In Defence of Sociopathic Pond Scum: http://t.co/7LxhOSrv // or, why more people should take a lesson from @edwired's creative teaching...
]]> <![CDATA[unglue.it]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 unglue.it
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@creativecommons: Check out @unglueit: crowd-funding to free existing books via #CC licenses! http://t.co/30MHnFiU @boingboing article: http://t.co/mGOh1Fuq
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@rdhyee: Unglue.it Makes Free EBooks Through A Unique Crowdfunding Website http://t.co/hk6xWHlX via @HuffPostBooks
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@lorcanD: HuffPo >> Unglue.it Makes Free EBooks Through A Unique Crowdfunding Website http://t.co/QWDug68K via @gluejar
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]]> <![CDATA[Most Bikeable Cities]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 walkscore.com
Public transit system rankings from Walk Score for the largest U.S. Cities. Search for apartments near public transit.
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]]> <![CDATA[Questioningly: Literary Faceboook Status Updates : The New Yorker]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 newyorker.com - Ben Greenman
Last week in Questioningly, we questioned two things simultaneously: the enduring appeal of literature (as refracted through the lens of our relaunched books blog, Page-Turner) and the possibly momentary momentum fuelling the Facebook I.P.O. (as you may have heard, Mark Zuckerberg’s leviathanic social network went public on Friday). At the crossroads of those two concerns, a question sprouted: What would be the best imagined status update for a literary character? The entries poured in. While F...  show all text
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@openculture: The best literary Facebook status updates as compiled by @NewYorker: http://t.co/IrdXQRCw
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@ryancordell: Context for last RT: RT @powermobydick: Captain Ahab wins @NewYorker contest for literary Facebook statuses: http://t.co/vVulvLQc via
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@amndw2: Hah! MT @ryancordell RT @powermobydick: Captain Ahab wins @NewYorker contest for literary Facebook statuses: http://t.co/fQPbjsHc
@NewYorker on Twitter
@NewYorker: RT @culturedesk: "Ozymandias started using Timeline" and other great #tnyquestion literary FB status updates: http://t.co/GJIPUvMM
]]> <![CDATA[How and Why to Make Your Digital Publications Matter | DMLcentral]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 dmlcentral.net
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@CathyNDavidson: Here's my best professional advice on How and Why to Make Your Digital Publications Matter http://t.co/zQLc6bVq
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@readywriting: RT @CathyNDavidson: Here's my best professional advice on How and Why to Make Your Digital Publications Matter http://t.co/96JyeMsy
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@samplereality: RT @CathyNDavidson: Here's my best professional advice on How and Why to Make Your Digital Publications Matter http://t.co/96JyeMsy
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@Mdigitalculture: @CathyNDavidson How and Why to Make Your Digital Publications Matter http://t.co/Kyax1ybC | How/why do they for you? #DCWQuestions
]]> <![CDATA[NPR creates news applications team as part of strategy for ‘multimedia audio’ | Poynter.]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 poynter.org - Steve Myers
NPR announced to staff Monday that it is creating a team to build news applications and has hired the Chicago Tribune’s Brian Boyer to lead it. The announcement represents a big bet on news applications, not just because of the… Read more
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@acarvin on Twitter
@acarvin: NPR hires @brianboyer, creates news apps team as part of strategy to complement audio storytelling w/ digital http://t.co/Q3sUzlpk
@mthomps on Twitter
@mthomps: I don't know about you, but I'm pretty excited about this. Welcome, @brianboyer! http://t.co/KU5bK196
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@jcstearns on Twitter
@jcstearns: Whoa. Good hire! MT @Poynter NPR hires @brianboyer, creates news apps team. http://t.co/XpGJv4kQ
@digiphile on Twitter
@digiphile: SMART hire http://t.co/EDCqnGsg MT @MacDiva: @NPR hires @brianboyer to lead its news apps team. Congrats! http://t.co/qEu25lqM
@greglinch on Twitter
@greglinch: zomg, @brianboyer is coming to DC! Congrats! Great grab, @NPR: http://t.co/bhZ47Kjx (h/t @mthomps)
@NPR on Twitter
@NPR: MT @Poynter NPR hires @brianboyer, creates news apps team http://t.co/KCgJEGlS
]]> <![CDATA[David Rumsey Historical Map Collection | Atlas for The Blind 1837]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 davidrumsey.com - David Rumsey
The Atlas of the United States Printed for the Use of the Blind was published in 1837 for children at the New England Institute for the Education of the Blind in Boston. Without a drop of ink in the book, the text and maps in this extraordinary atlas were embossed heavy paper with letters, lines, and symbols. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first atlas produced for the blind to read without the assistance of a sighted person. Braille was invented by 1825, but was not widely used until...  show all text
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@cmleitch: This is exquisite! RT @DavidRumseyMaps: Atlas for the Blind 1837, not a drop of ink in the entire book. http://t.co/HfblQwJU
@nowviskie on Twitter
@nowviskie: This is exquisite! RT @DavidRumseyMaps: Atlas for the Blind 1837, not a drop of ink in the entire book. http://t.co/HfblQwJU
@dancohen on Twitter
@dancohen: Beautiful. RT @DavidRumseyMaps: Atlas for the Blind 1837, not a drop of ink in the entire book. http://t.co/CJDK84t5
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@wendyrlibrarian on Twitter
@wendyrlibrarian: Great raised relief maps &amp; text RT @DavidRumseyMaps Atlas for the Blind 1837, not a drop of ink in the entire book. http://t.co/4KiDR0kn
@CitizenWald on Twitter
@CitizenWald: wow! RT @dancohen: Beautiful. RT @DavidRumseyMaps: Atlas for the Blind 1837, not a drop of ink in the entire book http://t.co/wGoatxXU #maps
]]> <![CDATA[Diet Coda]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 panic.com
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@captain_primate on Twitter
@captain_primate: It's time. Announcing Coda 2: http://t.co/VNIXRTVF There's more. Introducing Diet Coda for iPad: http://t.co/TXTgvSPO Available Thu, 5/24!
@mattgemmell on Twitter
@mattgemmell: Woo! Been waiting for the public announcement of Diet Coda for iPad: http://t.co/QseT9cpm (It's _awesome_!)
@mattgemmell on Twitter
@mattgemmell: It's time. Announcing Coda 2: http://t.co/VNIXRTVF There's more. Introducing Diet Coda for iPad: http://t.co/TXTgvSPO Available Thu, 5/24!
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@jane_l on Twitter
@jane_l: W0000000T! “@mrgan: Coda 2 comes out this Thursday, 5/24. http://t.co/9OLDKD6Z Also, Diet Coda for iPad http://t.co/lyASzBpw. Aw yeah.”
@mbtimney on Twitter
@mbtimney: Oooh! // RT @jcsizmadi: Diet Coda from @panic Coda for your iPad: http://t.co/vhyiZ0vE
@waxpancake on Twitter
@waxpancake: Diet Coda, @panic's new code editor for iPad, is brilliant too: http://t.co/taJoO0sD I've used it! The reinvented text selection is genius.
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@ajturner: Now I can go laptop free. Coding on iPad HT @panic: Introducing Diet Coda for iPad: http://t.co/gbrKSWT2 Available Thu, 5/24!
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@andrewphelps: It's time. Announcing Coda 2: http://t.co/VNIXRTVF There's more. Introducing Diet Coda for iPad: http://t.co/TXTgvSPO Available Thu, 5/24!
]]> <![CDATA[Book digitisation: More than just text | The Economist]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 economist.com - G.F. | WASHINGTON, DC
BOOKS may appear to inhabit a flat, monochromatic space. But Sarah Werner, a director at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, stresses that they carry a wealth of information which pours out only on close inspection, by looking, touching or even smelling a physical copy. They also change over time. This richness cannot—at least not yet—be captured in book-scanning projects. [inline|iid=17185] At the moment, these focus on the quantity of titles. This is understandable—and it makes ...  show all text
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@GeorgeOnline on Twitter
@GeorgeOnline: In @TheEconomist, a look at Undergraduate Program Dir Sarah Werner's work on old books &amp; digital tools http://t.co/pFpAPHac
@nowviskie on Twitter
@nowviskie: My visit to the Folger Shakespeare Library to see @wynkenhimself &amp; see, touch, &amp; smell books: http://t.co/gLjnL91T @TheEconomist
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@mwidner on Twitter
@mwidner: The brilliant @wynkenhimselft on old books &amp; digitization in @TheEconomist: http://t.co/sMDtgIIf
@triproftri on Twitter
@triproftri: RT @FolgerResearch: @TheEconomist, a look @ Undergrad Program Dir Sarah Werner's work on old books &amp; digital tools http://t.co/vJ2ims0G
@mbtimney on Twitter
@mbtimney: "More than just text." On digitizing books: http://t.co/AMTEALQz (thanks @kleuner)
@wendyrlibrarian on Twitter
@wendyrlibrarian: Nice interview w/@wynkenhimself in The Economist about unique characteristics of old books - digitising 1 inadequate http://t.co/Q0QLabF5
@pfyfe on Twitter
@pfyfe: I had great fun chatting with @GlennF about old books &amp; digitization and am delighted he wrote it up for @TheEconomist http://t.co/GCFlol4g
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@wynkenhimself: My visit to the Folger Shakespeare Library to see @wynkenhimself &amp; see, touch, &amp; smell books: http://t.co/gLjnL91T @TheEconomist
]]> <![CDATA[Require free access over the Internet to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research. | The White House]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 wwws.whitehouse.gov
We believe in the power of the Internet to foster innovation, research, and education. Requiring the published results of taxpayer-funded research to be posted on the Internet in human and machine readable form would provide access to patients and caregi
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@dancohen: Signed the just-launched petition to require free access to journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research: http://t.co/vSpDVSns
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@kevinmarks on Twitter
@kevinmarks: Sign this White House petition: If taxpayers pay for scientific research, the results should be available to all http://t.co/1xpdtmQQ
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@dangillmor: Sign this White House petition: If taxpayers pay for scientific research, the results should be available to all http://t.co/1xpdtmQQ
@mbtimney on Twitter
@mbtimney: Petition to require free access over the Internet to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research http://t.co/nBZmOdaY
@timoreilly on Twitter
@timoreilly: Petition to require free access over the Internet to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research http://t.co/nBZmOdaY
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@wendyrlibrarian: Be sure to sign petition to req free access ovr th Internet to scientific jrnl arts arising fr taxpayer-funded research http://t.co/itYVTOrD
@LibSkrat on Twitter
@LibSkrat: RT @jambina: hey libraryland, every single one of you should sign this OA survey, OR WE JUST CAN'T BE FRIENDS. http://t.co/7Yw1N2v4
@jambina on Twitter
@jambina: hey libraryland, every single one of you should sign this OA survey, OR WE JUST CAN'T BE FRIENDS. #OAMonday http://t.co/2q3TH2dc
@kgs on Twitter
@kgs: The WH petition on #openaccess is now at 2700! Only the "legalize pot now"ones move faster ;) - http://t.co/Iu8sAyfW #OAMonday
@YAppelbaum on Twitter
@YAppelbaum: If you've ever searched for information online and smacked into a journal paywall, have I got a petition for you: http://t.co/y2HOx227
@LibSkrat on Twitter
@LibSkrat: Tired of #icanhazpdf? Sign the petition to open up more taxpayer-funded research: http://t.co/8Gx7shrq
@lwaltzer on Twitter
@lwaltzer: +1 MT @dancohen: Signed the petition to require free access to journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research: http://t.co/sRgVFN59
@LibSkrat on Twitter
@LibSkrat: 10% down, 90% to go. Keep the signatures comin', folks. 25% in a single day would be grand. http://t.co/8Gx7shrq
@publicknowledge on Twitter
@publicknowledge: Sign the petition to require that taxpayer-funded scientific research be #openaccess http://t.co/HKQXIXHR @sparc_na #OAMonday
]]> <![CDATA[More Hack, Less Yack?: Modularity, Theory and Habitus in the Digital Humanities | Adeline Koh]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 adelinekoh.org - admin
One of the most prevalent debates within the Digital Humanities (DH) is the idea that practitioners should just go about doing rather than talking, or to practice “more hack, less yack” In other words, instead of pontificating and problematizing, DH … Continue reading →
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@elotroalex: my take on 'more hack', less yack', modularity &amp; habitus in #DH http://t.co/mWMLWZMG
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]]> <![CDATA[NPR snags Brian Boyer to launch a news apps team (and they’re hiring) » Nieman Journalism Lab]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:25 +0400 niemanlab.org - Andrew Phelps
NPR has hired Brian Boyer, head of the Chicago Tribune’s news apps team, to lead a new, similar team of data grinders and designers focused full-time on interactive storytelling. That makes NPR the latest major outlet — like The New York Times and The Boston Globe — to devote newsroom resources to news apps. “Apps,” in this context, means interactive, data-driven visualizations of the news on any platform. The network was already creating these — Poisoned Places, The Fracking Boom — but with ...  show all text
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@javaun: YES, it's true. @NPR stole @brianboyer to run our new News App team. I'm fiendishly excited! http://t.co/DpvVihHZ by @andrewphelps
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]]> <![CDATA[Esquire Publishing Men's Fiction E-Books - NYTimes.com]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 05:27:40 +0400 mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com - By JULIE BOSMAN
The magazine will publish an e-book series beginning this summer.
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@briancroxall: Men's fiction: "And also at the same time, dealing with passages in a man’s life that seem common." http://t.co/fknDoyEb #zomg [2/2]
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@briancroxall: "Men's fiction" defined: http://t.co/fknHW8Nl. "Work that is “plot-driven and exciting, where one thing happens after another," #notkidding
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@jafurtado: Esquire to Publish E-Books Devoted to Men’s Fiction in collaboration with Open Road, by Julie Bosman/NYT http://t.co/CChoadGx
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@billwolff: Glad men are getting their own fiction category. Must've been so exhausting searching thru the entire goddamn bookstore http://t.co/vNC58m2m
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@betajames: Glad men are getting their own fiction category. Must've been so exhausting searching thru the entire goddamn bookstore http://t.co/vNC58m2m
]]> <![CDATA[Google Docs Research Tool: A Review - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 05:27:40 +0400 chronicle.com - Prof. Hacker
[This is a guest post by Amanda French (@amandafrench), THATCamp Coordinator at George Mason University's Center for History and New Media. You can read more about her (and by her) at AmandaFrench.net.] Yesterday I was unusually intrigued by a little yellow notification in a Google Doc I was working on. It informed me of a new Google Doc feature called “Research Tool.” Who could resist playing with a feature so named? Not any regular reader of ProfHacker. And so I tested it. Here are my thought...  show all text
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@dancohen: "The most worrying such limitation is that what Google calls 'Research' is what we professors call 'a Google search.'” http://t.co/39soHBdi
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@Mdigitalculture: @amandafrench gdocs Research Tool is potentially a 'Good Thing' http://t.co/JhysmPab. #DCWQuestions How to use responsibly in the classroom?
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]]> <![CDATA[Require free access over the Internet to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research. | The White House]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 12:20:22 +0400 wwws.whitehouse.gov
We believe in the power of the Internet to foster innovation, research, and education. Requiring the published results of taxpayer-funded research to be posted on the Internet in human and machine readable form would provide access to patients and caregi
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@opencontent: When taxpayers fund research, taxpayers have an absolute right to read the results of that research, free of charge. http://t.co/Q48DCzpa
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@betajames: For those who liked my #cwcon talk on Open Access research, sign the http://t.co/eJEGJqcM petition http://t.co/BRIBz0d0
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@katinalynn: What is #OAMonday? Day 1 of petition for access to taxpayer-funded research. Govt responds if 25k sigs in 30 days: http://t.co/sgjQDggp
]]> <![CDATA[Maturing as Publisher and Platform]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 09:45:53 +0400 nytimes.com - By DAVID CARR
The Atavist, which helps produce multimedia storytelling for digital devices, has a content management system that has turned into a business opportunity.
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@stevenbjohnson: Great news for long-form journalism: The Atavist raises money from top-tier Silicon Valley investors http://t.co/fsEKuVIn
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@jennydeluxe: Cool Mon read from @carr2n on @theatavist raising $1mm from Eric Schmidt, Thiel and long-form journo in an app >>>> http://t.co/qTUjrsIG
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@mat: Oh, great writeup of @theatavist in today's New York Times: http://t.co/pZaIM45Q
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@stevesilberman: Mazel tov! to @theatavist, champion of long-form writing, on its first $1 million in seed money. http://t.co/mI8z5PKT
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@palafo: A year after that piece, @carr2n follows up on The Atavist: http://t.co/RFnACGBa
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@NiemanLab: .@carr2n on The Atavist's coming of age http://t.co/NoZai0rb
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@susanorlean: How @Atavist grew up to be a publisher and a platform – wonderful piece by @carr2n http://t.co/GFMiFkKj
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@brainpicker: How @Atavist grew up to be a publisher and a platform – wonderful piece by @carr2n http://t.co/GFMiFkKj
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