One Way to Help Iran Protesters: Donate Thumb Drives
e creators of a program aimed at counteracting Iran’s Internet filters have issued a call for something that lies around unused on plenty of desks: USB thumb drives. Associated Press Bahare Shabani, left, from Houston, takes part in a rally against the Iranian government July 25, 2009, in San Francisco. The program, called Haystack, allows Iranian citizens to access the Internet without the impediments on Facebook and other sites that the government has imposed. It also masks the user’s identity…
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Embrace the swarm
present, there is far more to be gained... ...by pushing the boundaries of what can be done by the bottom than by focusing on what can be done at the top. When it comes to control, there is plenty of room at the bottom. What we are discovering is that peer-based networks with millions of parts, minimal oversight, and maximum connection among them can do far more than anyone ever expected. We don't yet know what the limits of…
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Harvard Law Professor Jonathan Zittrain’s concerns about cloud computing and Google Chrome:
th a little effort and political will, we could solve these problems. Companies could be required under fair practices law to allow your data to be released back to you with just a click so that you can erase your digital footprints or simply take your business (and data) elsewhere. They could also be held to the promises they make about content sold through the cloud: If they sell you an e-book, they can’t take it back or make it…
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How People Share Content On The Web
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Clay Shirky speaking at Google on “The Role of Inconvenience in Designing Social Systems” (Video)
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Coordinate Smaller Webs
e fastest way to amp up the worth of your own network is to bring smaller networks together with it so they can act as one larger network and gain the total n2 value. The internet won this way. It was the network of networks, the stuff in between that glued highly diverse existing networks together. Can you take the auto parts supply network and coordinate it with the insurance adjusters network plus the garage repair network? Can you coordinate…
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Dave Weinberger on the importance of metadata in socialmedia (Video)
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MIT Media Lab Wearable Computing/Internet goes beyond “Minority Report”
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