January 2010
18 posts
“Slightly annoying that the iPhone autocorrects iPad into upas – which is a kind...”
– Wonderfully exuberant essay from Fry. My last mention of the iPad—for now. I sense the tectonic plates of information and communication technologies shifting a little though…
Jan 28th
iPad questions from a social science researcher's...
As a researcher, writer, and teacher who spends many of his days interacting with a computing device—either a 24 inch iMac, a 9.1 inch Linux netbook, or an iPhone—obviously a product like the iPad is big news. As an iPhone user, it all looks very familiar. But I’m left with four very basic questions that I think any academic who currently owns a laptop, desktop, or both, will ask: 1. Will...
Jan 27th
Will Twitter influence your vote?
Will Twitter influence your vote? http://bit.ly/benp9Z @BBC_HaveYourSay: That’s what we want to find out: http://tinyurl.com/yk3gjgb
Jan 26th
Have Questions For Obama? YouTube’s Got You... →
Jan 26th
Visualize Dissent: Turkish Users Protest... →
Jan 25th
Jan 21st
data.gov.uk →
More comprehensive than the US version, it would seem.
Jan 21st
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New York Times to charge readers for online... →
We’re heading for a mixed economy in online news.
Jan 20th
Buy software, aid Haiti relief efforts →
Jan 19th
The right to link →
Jan 18th
After Operation Aurora, German Government Says... →
After all these years, these sorts of vulnerabilities just won’t go away. One of the reasons I switched to Mac.
Jan 15th
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Quite incredible numbers for Haiti relief... →
Jan 15th
Daily Number: Twitter Update - Pew Research Center →
Nineteen per cent of Americans now use Twitter or a similar service, up from 11 per cent in April 2009.
Jan 12th
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My author copies of the paperback edition of the...
Routledge did an excellent job of getting this out quickly. The UK version is available now. The US version is available mid-February.
Jan 11th
Tweet democracy →
Humorous article in The Independent about Twitter politicos.
Jan 11th
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Tweets About Obama in 2009 →
Jan 10th
"Suicide Machine" for Web 2.0 Services →
Jan 4th
Inside the cyberwar for Iran's future →
Article from Phil Howard previewing his forthcoming book in the Oxford Studies in Digital Politics series: “The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam” (Oxford University Press, 2010).
Jan 4th