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==30 April 2011==
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timoreilly
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Key question from Doug Engelbart: "How do we improve our ability to improve?" Via @barneyp
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loic
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The Scientology e-meter! Seriously, I'd LOVE to see a technical teardown of this thing http://ping.fm/zJX44
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*If You’re Going To Kill It, Open Source It!
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timoreilly
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RT @venessamiemis: Why the Online Identity & Data Ownership Debate Matters http://bit.ly/lAstCe I agree. It does matter.
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loic
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Wise cost cutting = France Is Dropping Concrete Chunks on Libya http://ping.fm/CGbPw
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timoreilly
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Prepare your AWS app for failure: get chapter 1 and 2 of this book for free http://oreil.ly/j3v5a3 (#amazon #ec2 #aws)
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cshirky
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.@jilliancyork Why we shouldn't expect Facebook and its peers to act in the world's best interests http://bit.ly/mQSGsC
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cshirky
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Mockingbirdz, an experiment with fake Twitter profiles anyone can use. It's like a Twitter costume party. http://mbirdz.com
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hrheingold
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Cooper on successful creative collaboration http://bit.ly/l3avcD
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timoreilly
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Dancing, sleep, novelty, learning new skills among the recommendations for brain health. http://bit.ly/lDLh9B
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loic
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Is your CEO sharing stories? http://ping.fm/zto1E
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timoreilly
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RT @oscon Registration for OSCON 2011 is now open. See the full schedule of tutorials, sessions, speakers, and events http://oscon.com
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timoreilly
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Nice to see that @strobe (@OATV investment) won Best of Show at Under the Radar http://bit.ly/jgKBVh Cross-platform HTML5 apps FTW!
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Prokofy
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Yeah, the Lindens never tire of Insilico, breeding place for Emerald, etc. Ten Photogenic Spots in Second Life: http://bit.ly/mfDNfe
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hrheingold
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Public slideshow abt discovering feeds for infotention part of Intro to Mind Amplifiers http://bit.ly/InfotentionDiscovery #mindamp
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*3 videos
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hrheingold
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Pt 2 of my series for dmlcentral on Rheingold U & related issues: http://dmlcentral.net/blog/howard-rheingold/pop-university
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hrheingold
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Learning in networks of knowledge http://www.knowledgenetworklearning.net/concepts/
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timoreilly
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Thought-provoking: RT @zephoria Youth find privacy online not by limiting the access to content, but by limiting access to meaning. #privacy
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dsearls
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Personal leverage for personal data: http://bit.ly/mNQBv8 HTs to @r @williamheath @gammydodger @berkmancenter #VRM #CRM #IIW #IIW12
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*UK Cabinet pdf: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/better-choices-better-deals.pdf
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loic
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Delicious saved by @chad_hurley ! You rock, Chad! http://ping.fm/dhEbz
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==29 April 2011==
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Wagner James Au -
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Koster: "What was a hypothetical exercise is so no longer, and we should expect the same waves of questions that existed with avatar identities and virtual governance to return" in questions about social networks.
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*http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2011/04/social-network-rights-like-virtual-world-rights.html
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==28 April 2011==
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JustAmira
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Global Voices: Syria: The Revolution Continues (Video): It's the Friday of Rage in Syria, with tens of thousands... http://bit.ly/kUvXJK
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Zeinobia
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A New Chronicle: Syrian Revolution : Another Anger Friday , Another day http://goo.gl/fb/UvBi7
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weddady
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Footage of the people of #Damascus thanking god for rain (i.e protesting against the regime) http://is.gd/RtW8RR #LetItRain #Syria #Courage
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SultanAlQassemi
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CNN: Kuwaiti royal calls for democracy inside 'own house' http://bit.ly/ixlJT2
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weddady
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In ancient Rome, even slaves, once freed, could rise to become senators. Not so in today’s UAE http://is.gd/ndNY7g #Activism
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JustAmira
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8 Must-Follow Twitter Feeds for Syrian Protests http://t.co/ITm0dJv
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Signup for New Facebook Messages
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*http://www.facebook.com/about/messages
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loic
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Delicious saved by @chad_hurley ! You rock, Chad! http://ping.fm/dhEbz
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dsearls
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"Client-server is not the only truth and Facebook is (just) a modern version of a Telco." (And FB ? the Internet.) http://t.co/HGXJbht #vrm
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timoreilly
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How mealsnap app works (it's powered by Mechanical Turk) http://bit.ly/fsyEIM via @josephflaherty
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hrheingold
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Digital Africa http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/jm-ledgard/digital-africa?page=full
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hrheingold
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Mark Elliott's thesis on stigmergic collaboration (PDF) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4144387/elliott_phd_pub_08.10.07.pdf
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*Google group about cooperation commons: http://groups.google.com/group/CooperationCommons
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weddady
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If Arab philanthropy culture was anywhere near the US, then ppl like Walid Al Saqqaf from #Yemen would be famous http://is.gd/iJCDrR
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*Yemeni Activist, Walid al Saqqaf, Awarded TED Fellowship for anti-Censorship Efforts
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shadihamid
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Looks like the Palestinians have reached a unity agreement. If so, this is a very, very big deal: http://bit.ly/io2A1S
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==27 April 2011==
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Delia Lake
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Why Virtual Worlds (like Second Life) Have More Value Then Twitter & Facebook | Sand Castle Studios
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*http://changingworldsbuildingdreams.com/why-virtual-worlds-like-second-life-have-more-value-then-twitter-facebook
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Mitch Wagner
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If the Royal Wedding would be like this, I wouldn't hate it.
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*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kav0FEhtLug
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David Orban
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I activated 'Secure Browsing' (default connection via encrypted https instead of http) on Facebook. You should too, especially if you frequently use public wifi connections. https://www.facebook.com/blog.php?post=486790652130
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Gwyneth Llewelyn - A hilarious test designed by Dr. Epstein to figure out who is human and who is not! I utterly failed — I'm just 71% human, which is pretty bad :) Thanks to Khannea for the test :)
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*http://howhumanareyou.com/
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Wagner James Au via Malorie Lucich
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Facebook Launches Send Button, Replaces Email to a Friend
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*http://mashable.com/2011/04/25/facebook-send-groups
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ShababLibya
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http://bit.ly/eGEHRC Ex-Gaddafi ‘Nun’ Reveals Perverse Regime Secrets (Translated) #Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes
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SultanAlQassemi
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@ArabianBusiness list of "Top Arabs on Twitter" http://bit.ly/h99I2B via @nalshaikh
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acarvin
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RT @25nonstop: 'No Humanity Left' in #Syria | http://goo.gl/8LBaG | Truly epic eyewitness account from a journalist near #Daraa. Must read.
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acarvin
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Wow. Yes, read this. RT @matthewteller: Take 5 mins, Andy. Best story you'll read today. "A Gay Girl in Damascus" http://bit.ly/eDleXY
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taterunino
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Why Gamification doesn’t mean anything http://j.mp/hXXj2A #gamification
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TishShute
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Must read! via @jeremie & .@sixwing: & the work of the @lockerproject becomes ever clearer http://nyti.ms/eipyoR c u @ pii2011 @techpolicy
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loic
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Dropbox Attempts To Kill Open Source Project http://ping.fm/2PaqH
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loic
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How to survive the next amazon cloud fail http://ping.fm/uq1tG
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acarvin
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Good enough for me. RT @tarekshalaby: You all need to #follow @rania_hafez because she's fuckin' cool and is becoming my role model in life.
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weddady
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RT @T1B0: RT @ByLasKo "Tueur en Syrie" en #Une de Libération mercredi 27 avril 2011 http://twitpic.com/4pvhpa
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acarvin
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In case you missed @gsquare86 on the Daily Show last night: http://bit.ly/fZaneQ #egypt #jan25
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acarvin
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Candlelit Syrian protest: http://youtu.be/42PkDNKxBCI
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==26 April 2011==
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weddady
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RT @vatyma: Great footage of yesterday's Day of Anger http://bit.ly/f2aBIs #Mauritania #25Avril
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weddady
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RT @rallaf: Read every word of Samar Yazbek's haunting "A Damascene Diary" - so proud of compatriots like her! http://bit.ly/i4NudK #Syria
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ShababLibya
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Please see this #Libya relief guide: http://goo.gl/WX6K7 Donate now! Let us know of any other fundraising events/organizations #feb17
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ArabRevolution
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Newly leaked documents show the ongoing travesty of Guantanamo - Glenn Greenwald - http://bit.ly/ciwJzl http://bit.ly/hxg01a
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*WikiLeaks is responsible for more newsworthy scoops over the last year than all media outlets combined: it’s not even a close call.
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ShababLibya
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http://bit.ly/eSKUfm comedy sketch from East Libya - Arabic only #Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes
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==25 April 2011==
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ShababLibya
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This is the First free public opinion poll to be conducted in Free #Libya What do Eastern Libyans think of the NTC etc? http://bit.ly/fytzK9
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shadihamid
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My new, longish essay in the Cairo Review on "Why the Arab street finally revolted": http://bit.ly/hAjFGZ #Egypt
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SultanAlQassemi
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Wired: Wael @Ghonim Leaving Google to Launch Tech NGO in Egypt http://bit.ly/fbWJtN
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shadihamid
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Scorecard: No Arab monarchies have had revolutions yet. 2 republics have. 2 more are likely to follow
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SultanAlQassemi
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The Telegraph: Crown Prince of Bahrain politically sidelined by senior royal advisers http://bit.ly/gVADd2 via @halmustafa
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shadihamid
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Article profiling #Bahrain human rights activist @Maryamalkhawaja. Check it out: http://bit.ly/ehY1TI
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Scobleizer
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I still can't answer every inbox message, but at least now I have a chance. My secret? Hundreds of Gmail filters AND Gmail's Smart Labels.
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Scobleizer
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In just four days my Gmail account saved my inbox from: 367 spams. 43 bulk. 6 Forums. 63 notifications. 274 other messages filtered. Thanks!
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timoreilly
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RT @edyson Getting From the Internet What It Knows About You http://nyti.ms/f0d8zL Good piece on why owning our data is good for everyone
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timoreilly
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I agree: The Amazon AWS failure shows why the cloud is so important. http://oreil.ly/hElCTr How to think about cloud reliability
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timoreilly
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I'm speaking at the Good Internet conference in Berkeley this morning, at around 11:15. http://bit.ly/dJcj7V
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timoreilly
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"We’ve moved from the lonely tinkerer to the social tinkerer who can share ideas." @dalepd in http://nyti.ms/gVKaEz #make #makerfaire #diy
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timoreilly
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Nice: Fair Trade meets the CSA as community supported agriculture goes global with coffee http://nyti.ms/eDtCQU
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timoreilly
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The world still contains such surprises! Bacterial Ecosystems Divide People Into 3 Groups http://nyti.ms/eesJ4z Makes sense
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Scobleizer
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Video: Tara Hunt @missrogue explains @theBuyosphere which helps you find more of the things you like http://t.co/rvjYXCF
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dsearls
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Freeing up Layer 7: http://bit.ly/gdCJvB in @LinuxJournal HTs to @zeo @getdigifit @withings @runkeeper @dailyburn @quantifiedself #VRM
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timoreilly
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The Founder's Library - great collection of articles for entrepreneurs http://bit.ly/f1ExsO via @edd
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timoreilly
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Mr. Jassy, Tear Down This Wall! Open letter from @RomanStanek of @gooddata in response to the AWS outage http://bit.ly/fGMiKQ
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Howard Rheingold
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hrheingold
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RT @carlacasilli http://bit.ly/epygRq
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*Self-Directed Neuroplasticity: A 21st-Century View of Meditation
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taterunino
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Linden Lab abandons XMPP replacement for Second Life messaging. Again. http://j.mp/gd0osp #secondlife
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==24 April 2011==
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weddady :) RT @JustAmira: RT @diptychal #Syria: President Bashar al-Assad faces indictment by the International Criminal Court http://zite.to/gE0Vh6
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acarvin
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Excellent article. RT @SultanAlQassemi: Just published: My article in @Gulf_News "McCarthyism in Gulf social media" http://bit.ly/fh72pG
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Use private browsing mode for the NYTimes:
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*http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/gwbit/i_just_hit_the_nytimes_article_limit_and_to/
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acarvin
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Wow. RT @ijohnpederson: Best piece of writing I've ever seen out of Merlin Mann. Possibly the best blog post. Ever. http://bit.ly/eP1DA4
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ShababLibya
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ChrisMcGreal reveals how #Libyan revolution is unlike anything he's seen. Truly inspiring http://goo.gl/e81mF #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
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==23 April 2011==
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cshirky
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National Science Foundation blocks Global Voices, on the grounds that they discuss Tor, which is US-funded http://bit.ly/gbnTwY #facepalm
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timoreilly
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Hyperarchy: Open Decision-Making for Open Organizations: from dinner choices to democratic institutions http://bit.ly/hbxdNJ
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OpenSim Creations
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*http://opensim-creations.com/about-opensim-creations/
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*OSC uses wordpress as the main software, bundled with buddypress to handle community tools, and bbpress to handle the forums software. The theme is Sight by WPShower. For statistics, we use Statpress reloaded and Google Analytics.
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timoreilly
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Absolutely fascinating teardown of the economics of the music scene from the perspective of an artist http://bit.ly/gj7F96 via @mikeloukides
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Scobleizer
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“@pdparticle: This article nails it on iPhone Tracking. Unfortunately it won't get much press. http://t.co/OMxlcDB cc: @counternotions”
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timoreilly
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.@tonystubblebine's Notes from his talk to an entrepreneurship class at Carnegie Mellon are fabulous. http://bit.ly/exFFMY Must read.
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Prokofy
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No, No, Keep the Game Gods from Self-Regulatory Bodies http://bit.ly/eOYBfA
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dsearls
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Prepping for #IIW: http://bit.ly/idwCjV
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*Internet Identity Workshop
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loic
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after the aurora borealis another INCREDIBLE video by Terje Sorgjerd: the mountain http://ping.fm/JzcJy
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timoreilly
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RT @radar: A hidden file in iOS 4 is recording the location of devices. @petewarden and @aallan explain http://oreil.ly/fEE5GR #where20
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ShababLibya
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Aljazeera reports: How freedom fighters evaded phone network shutdown http://goo.gl/SMMmL #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
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SultanAlQassemi
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Washington Post Op Ed: Reforms the Arab monarchies cannot avoid http://wapo.st/gexWAR by Abdulaziz Sager, Chairman of Gulf Research Centre
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ShababLibya
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If someone want to support #Musrata #Libya by charging their Thuraya phones please contact hfsa11@yahoo.com #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
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Zeinobia
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Syrian Revolution : The Great Friday “Graphic” #HumanRights #media #citizenJournalism ? http://bit.ly/e0pjXU
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tariqkrim
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"Apple Rated Least Green Tech Company by Greenpeace: Will Consumers Care?" http://t.co/rkQzLJJ
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==22 April 2011==
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JustAmira
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Photo: jilliancyork: http://tumblr.com/xmo285atwj
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JustAmira
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Fascinating article about homosexuality in the Baha'i faith and sexuality in 19th century Iran http://tumblr.com/xmo28597p7
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acarvin
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RT @octavianasr: 'Journalists, opinions and the code of conduct on social media.' http://bit.ly/hWE8Kn
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shadihamid
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My new piece for The National Interest on #Egypt's foreign policy shifts & what it means for US: http://bit.ly/i6jbhH
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Egyptocracy
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Women have emerged as key players in the Arab spring http://t.co/cJYFjFx l Guardian #Syria #Yemen #Libya #women #arabspring
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JustAmira
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"For all the talk of Arab Spring, we should not expect these dramatic shifts to end as quickly as they..." http://tumblr.com/xmo27xu5tx
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Wave_of_Democratization
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SultanAlQassemi
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Wael @Ghonim tops @Time magazine's 2011 list of the most influential people in the world. Complete list here: http://ti.me/gGIlJc
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acarvin
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At Jewish weddings back in the day, they'd sometimes hire a "tummler" whose job it was to help break the ice and get people interacting.
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acarvin
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The sound of gunfire in this #Syria video is extraordinary. Hear those high-pitched whizzes? Close calls. http://youtu.be/nCSP-pGuOlE
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7our
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Algérie: ce n'est pas encore l'après-pétrole, mais c'est déjà l'après-cerveaux (BD de Slim) http://bit.ly/hr7cDa :)
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==21 April 2011==
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David Orban
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Bitcoin P2P Virtual Currency - I wish you good luck, and good fortune, against the ire of Nation States everywhere. http://www.bitcoin.org/
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*http://www.bitcoin.org/
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Wagner James Au
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In Terminator, it's Skynet's birthday today, but Second Life founder Philip Rosedale has been trying to build a real life Skynet in SL since last year!
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*http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2010/02/philip-rosedale-ai.html
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Wagner James Au
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10 Charts About Sex « OkTrends
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*http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/10-charts-about-sex/
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Blanka Eckstein via David J Otness
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*When Alan Met Ayn: "Atlas Shrugged" And Our Tanked Economy
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*http://www.theawl.com/2011/04/when-alan-met-ayn-atlas-shrugged-and-our-tanked-economy
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David Orban
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Google Mapmaker Pulse by @googlemaps is mirror-world zillionics in the making http://www.google.com/mapmaker/pulse Fabulous...
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arabist
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RT @fastcompany: Behind The Mystery Of Spam Tweets Clogging Syrian Protesters' Streams http://bit.ly/frdzZX
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arabist
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Libya, Searching for a Political Map: On the political forces in Libya [PDF] http://arb.st/ftYqBs
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JustAmira
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Paranoia and Mobile Phones : http://tinyurl.com/3uemh9b by @mahmood
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weddady
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The regime in #Bahrain is going to put human rights leader Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja on a military trial tomorrow. #Apartheid
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shadihamid
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Why are we more productive in coffeeshops? Interesting piece by @conor64: http://bit.ly/gxeOrc
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*http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/04/working-best-at-coffee-shops/237372/
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shadihamid
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Can it really be that Omar Suleiman is more popular than Mohamed ElBaradei in #Egypt? http://bit.ly/ew8sMw
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JustAmira
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5 "Rules" for journalists using Storify by @girljournalist http://t.co/PNihka1
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Egyptocracy
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Artists reflect Egypt's revolutionary spirit http://t.co/bMyXkLY l CNN #Egypt #art #Jan25 #creative #inspiration
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themoornextdoor
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Very good read RT @blakehounshell: Must read. RT @HannahAllam: My story today on the leadership vacuum in Suez http://t.co/CnfZbcD #Egypt
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==20 April 2011==
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loic
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The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We're All Going To Miss Almost Everything http://ping.fm/cGBVN
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timoreilly
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If you want to reach the enterprise, see@nickgrossman's The Enterprise End-Run http://bit.ly/g8OKhS @bryce just wrote something on this too
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dsearls
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Let's move tweeting off Twitter: http://bit.ly/hxtGZO @evanpro @DaveWiner
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cshirky
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Henry Farrell's "Against studying the Internet" http://bit.ly/ftzHkq
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timoreilly
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"Apple has sunk to the level of claiming infringement of rectangles" http://bit.ly/eNTJYF #absurdlawsuits #android via @mikeloukides
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lessig
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good summary. preso up soon. RT @ipwatch: Lessig @ CERN: Sci Knowledge Should Not Be Reserved For Academic Elite http://t.co/Ha8lMaT”
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dsearls
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I have revoked access to everything at https://twitter.com/settings/connections and I still get "hourly usage limit" messages. This is f'd.
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Scobleizer
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Thanks to @davidgosse for getting me the tour (he runs http://t.co/stbfKkj cool way to see available names on social networks).
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*Namecheck
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arabist
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In Egypt, Revolution Moves Into The Factories : NPR: Quotes @3arabawy http://arb.st/hP9YwU
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timoreilly
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RT @digiphile: Wonderful @washingtonpost article by @mikerosenwald on makers http://bit.ly/fKjEGW #make #makerfaire
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==19 April 2011==
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Zeinobia
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A New Chronicle: Syrian Revolution : Homs’ own January 25 !! http://goo.gl/fb/ULjbf
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SultanAlQassemi
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The Syrian dictator's Mufti abandons him & condemns the daylight murder of civilians http://bit.ly/fgJERS Arabic Video 5:27min via @LeShaque
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Zeinobia
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A New Chronicle: Syria Revolution : Homs on Tahrir Path “Graphic” http://goo.gl/fb/nd3LV
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AlexGrech
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Al Jazeera's Social Media Experiment "The Stream" Launches Online Today http://ow.ly/4CrKH
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*Launches on May 4: http://stream.aljazeera.com
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==18 April 2011==
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Mitch Wagner
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‎"There is much to behold in the photo—piled rolls of flesh, a five-foot-wide chair, tent-size overalls, brotherhood. I did not think to write about any of that. I stared at the picture for much of the day, and when I considered how to describe such a scene, one thought kept returning. I knew the heavy man was lonely."
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*http://www.chicagomag.com/core/pagetools.php?url=%2FChicago-Magazine%2FJune-2001%2FHeavy%2F&mode=print
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Blanka Eckstein
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Fascinating! If you are sitting, stand up and walk in place. NOW!
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*Is Sitting a Lethal Activity?
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*http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17sitting-t.html?_r=1
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loic
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trying The Email Game http://ping.fm/0LbCk
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Scobleizer
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Check out my bookshelf after spring cleaning. Vaynerchuk, Ferriss, Godin, Kawasaki, and Peters will like! http://socialcam.com/v/dlHjGdFU
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Most popular camera on Flickr
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*http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/04/iphone-set-to-rule-flickr-in-the-next-few-months/
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Scobleizer
 +
By far the most productive thing I've done this year is turn on Gmail's Smart Labels: http://t.co/5Y9gCD7 Have you turned them on yet?
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mkapor
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You may need more sleep than you think http://t.co/uTvXvJ6
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lessig
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See Dan Kahan, http://t.co/AS57s6U RT @jamie_love: Why is the extreme right in so hostile to science or evidence? Are we that medieval?
 +
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Zeinobia
 +
A New Chronicle: Syrian Revolution : Real Independence Day “Graphic” http://goo.gl/fb/3kQle
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weddady
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I wouldn't be surprised if ppl chanted in Benghazi: "We want Maggie!" RT @ZahratTrablis: http://t.co/OMoacp4 #Libya
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==17 April 2011==
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Wilson on altruism
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*http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/04/17/where_does_good_come_from/
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loic
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The Android Explosion: How Google’s Freewheeling Ecosytem Threatens iPhone http://ping.fm/M56dd
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John Carter McKnight
 +
Wanna know the type of mind gamification appeals to? Here ya go. Via Michael Biff Burnam-Fink.
 +
*The World of Holy Warcraft - By Jarret Brachman and Alix Levine
 +
*http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/04/13/the_world_of_holy_warcraft
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acarvin
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NPR: Egypt Finds Its Own 'Jon Stewart'-More at http://n.pr/dJRKNJ
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==16 April 2011==
 +
John Carter McKnight
 +
How to make voice calls. I love it! :D
 +
*Autostraddle — The Lost Art of Actually Talking on the Phone
 +
*http://www.autostraddle.com/the-lost-art-of-actually-talking-on-the-phone-84832/
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lessig
 +
Oh YouTube, we hardly knew you. "YouTube Copyright School": http://t.co/xfoV6eR via @youtube
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Scobleizer
 +
GEEK PORN: Photo tour of Facebook’s new datacenter http://scoble.it/eislml Massive new datacenter operational officially today.
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Prokofy
 +
Charlie Sheen in the Sims? They have no shame http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSims?blend=23&ob=5#p/a/u/2/L4FxE3t-7Aw
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timoreilly
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as much as 70% of the energy a laptop will consume during its lifetime is used in manufacturing it http://bit.ly/hhoCr8 #embodiedenergy
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timoreilly
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Love it: why Google should just buy the music industry http://bit.ly/dYImlJ via @slashdot
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Scobleizer
 +
Inside a row of racks of Open Compute servers at Facebook's new datacenter - 360 view: http://occip.it/pyh02cymaj http://yfrog.com/h02cymaj
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Scobleizer
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Panoramic photo inside Facebook datacenter. Geek porn! http://occip.it/pyh41grdgj http://yfrog.com/h41grdgj
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dsearls
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How to fix or kill data about you: http://nyti.ms/dRVxh1 #vrm #crm
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hrheingold
 +
Anybody interested in volunteering to integrate http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/ w/ http://socialmediaclassroom.com ?
 +
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TishShute
 +
Have a playful, musical Friday http://bit.ly/ekFSC8 . pro tip from @WELLO click and drag over many boxes
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SultanAlQassemi
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.@ahramonline: How Gamal brought down the whole Mubarak house http://bit.ly/i1T84x #Egypt #Jan25
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acarvin
 +
Wait, what? What's up w/ this? RT @LibyaInMe: Introducing the Zenga Zenga chips :D #libya #feb17 http://yfrog.com/h0llbmqj
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acarvin
 +
Heh - and @antderosa too. RT @kdando: @acarvin -- you get a nice mention in this @carr2n article -- http://nyti.ms/gmrfdf
 +
*Keep Your Thumbs Still When I’m Talking to You
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SultanAlQassemi
 +
Committee to Protect Journalists: Al-Wasat newspaper founder dies in custody in Bahrain http://bit.ly/h9Z4JQ
 +
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SultanAlQassemi
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Saudi women threaten to breast-feed their drivers & turn them into their sons in bid to drive http://bit.ly/gUTorx ? @monaeltahawy @Aalia_F
 +
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Ghonim
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FP Passport: Wael the Plumber? http://bit.ly/h0Exk6 #Egypt
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==15 April 2011==
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John Carter McKnight via Gemma Thomson
 +
Educational building blocks: how Minecraft is used in classrooms
 +
*http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/04/educational-building-blocks-how-minecraft-is-being-used-in-the-classroom.ars
 +
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David Orban
 +
“@bruces: http://j.mp/fm9Mrw "crippling 3D printing with IP laws" #fab #spime #helltopay”
 +
*Free CAD program Blender
 +
 +
John Carter McKnight
 +
Amen. "“The alternative to gamification is philosophy, and that’s not easy for many people.”
 +
*http://systemicbabble.com/society-politics/the-downside-of-gamification/
 +
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Denis Chauvot
 +
Les risques de radiation en provenance de Fukushima ne sont « plus négligeables » | EurActiv
 +
*http://www.euractiv.com/fr/sante/les-risques-de-radiation-en-provenance-de-fukushima-ne-sont-plus-gligeables-news-503952
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Gwyn -
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Eggy Lippmann is Jorge Lima
 +
*http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=4978500
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 +
timoreilly
 +
.@wordspy is right. Neologisms are a great source for understanding the zeitgeist. The latest: pancake people http://bit.ly/dQltMs
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timoreilly
 +
On the subject of working on big problems vs advertising, 2 brilliant posts by @jstogdill: Amygdala Farmville http://oreil.ly/hVtzlT 1/2
 +
*The people that know the most about you are the people you know the least about.
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timoreilly
 +
RT @hugs "The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads," he says. "That sucks." http://buswk.co/dUEyCf
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*"It offers companies access to a captive pool of people who have effectively volunteered to have their actions monitored like so many lab rats."
 +
*Hammerbacher created Cloudera
 +
 +
loic
 +
Check-ins Are Dead? Location App Life360 Adds 1 Million Users in 10 Weeks http://ping.fm/mDieE
 +
 +
Zeinobia
 +
A New Chronicle: Syrian Revolution : The first million man protest Friday "Graphic" http://goo.gl/fb/H05MZ
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 +
acarvin
 +
Subtitled version of the Zenga Zenga song: http://youtu.be/cpw7y6rhf20 #libya
 +
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ShababLibya
 +
With #Tripoli's freedom fighters underground. Pray for the success of the people of #Libya trying to remove #gaddafi. http://t.co/qmjEgSm
 +
 +
JustAmira
 +
Over the Firewall and into the Fire http://t.co/GZRszDl via @advox
 +
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acarvin
 +
Libya's Pathway to Peace, an op-ed co-written by Obama, Sarkozy and Cameron: http://nyti.ms/g1lgag #libya
 +
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arabist
 +
CNN puts recommends of ME blogs, including Arabist.net. If you're confused about the picture, I'm the one with the fez. http://arb.st/f8J9oJ
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arabist
 +
Why Egypt’s Generals Need Mubarak – as a Whipping Boy - Global Spin - TIME.com: http://arb.st/euIXFu
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acarvin
 +
Re: syria negotiations. RT @NexusIndivulsus: Reuters report: http://reut.rs/fy1uKQ
 +
 +
David Wilkins via Todd Larcombe
 +
*Dog vs. Mountain Lion - Who will win?
 +
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a97C8hK5q0
 +
 +
Cindy Harris
 +
*ATTENTION! While on FB, look at your URL address. If you see "http:" instead of "https:" then you DO NOT have a secure session & can be HACKED. Go to Account - Account Settings - Account Security - click Change. Check box (secure browsing), click Save. FB has automatically set it on the non-secure setting! Do your friends a huge favor, copy and re-post.
 +
 +
David Wilkins via Mike Doyle
 +
*Bored with Wikipedia?
 +
*Main Page - Dickipedia - A Wiki of Dicks
 +
*http://www.dickipedia.org/dick.php?title=Main_Page
 +
 +
Catherine Ann Fitzpatrick likes a link.
 +
*Gamification: Ditching reality for a game isn't as fun as it sounds.
 +
*http://www.slate.com/id/2289302/pagenum/all
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==14 April 2011==
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TishShute
 +
RT @mdzimm & @evanpro: "88+ Projects & Standards for Data Ownership, Identity, & A Federated Social Web" http://ur1.ca/3u0c5 Good list!
 +
 +
loic
 +
Congrats @klout for API traction and Seesmic is #1 in volume in it http://ping.fm/x5Dd1
 +
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Scobleizer
 +
Note to developers: if you don't use TestFlight I'm no longer doing beta testing using the old UUID. Get on board!
 +
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hrheingold
 +
mindamp If U attended Intro to Mind Amplifiers, U should be able to log in to alumni community http://bit.ly/fCK5zj
 +
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Scobleizer
 +
Is @Bill_Gross planning a Twitter competitor? http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/social.media/04/13/ubermedia.twitter/ Yowza.
 +
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Scobleizer
 +
My thoughts about what @VMware's @cloudfoundry means, especially to @rackspace http://tinyurl.com/5vcvafa
 +
 +
lessig
 +
Misspoke: I meant "the BI-PARTIZN NN mvmt" RT @lexdigerati: Lessig realizes net neut. is "dead as a political mvmt" http://t.co/LZHtaZ6
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hrheingold
 +
In general, this first issue of a "civil society zine" looks juicy http://www.arsehsevom.net/zine/?p=90
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Scobleizer
 +
I'm a real man, @EvaLongoria says. http://mediaite.com/a/bpmex Yowza. Made my day (see end of second video here).
 +
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timoreilly
 +
RT @SocialWebMining Stoked that Mining the Social Web is being used by @aweigend's @socialdata course at @stanford http://bit.ly/hC7C3K #in
 +
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arabist
 +
RT @abuaardvark: Frustrated Iraqi Youth (Warning: NYT) http://is.gd/xCyXWR
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 +
ArabRevolution
 +
RT @Sarahcarr: Man takes Arabic subtitling to Tahrir Square http://bit.ly/hS8BEH
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SultanAlQassemi
 +
Young Omani engineers launch online campaign "We don’t want SHELL in Oman any more" http://bit.ly/hr6ZiN
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 +
SultanAlQassemi
 +
The @Guardian: While the Saudi elite looks nervously abroad, a revolution is happening http://bit.ly/e03y6G by Soumaya Ghannoushi
 +
 +
SultanAlQassemi
 +
.@OpenDemocracy: Qatar & the Arab Spring http://bit.ly/g1fWxw by @Dr_Ulrichsen Great read on Qatar's rise
 +
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SultanAlQassemi
 +
New York Times: A Film Angers an Emirate Festival http://nyti.ms/eXggMI #Sharjah
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SultanAlQassemi
 +
Daily Mail: Briton 'beaten to death' in a Dubai police cell after being arrested for swearing http://bit.ly/hY669J
 +
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acarvin
 +
+1 RT @_8x: Great piece by Mark Colvin RT @Colvinius: Social media is like a big wave: if you miss it, it'll dump you. http://colv.in/gXfwAu
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Egyptocracy
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RT @seerwan7 Seerwan Says: The Controversial Niqab Debate http://t.co/6M3nqcU #niqab #Islam #freedom #women #WomensRights
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7our
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& SA-7 RT @tweetsintheme: French journalist in #Libya says AQIM has "certainly" taken some Milan anti-tank missiles... http://bit.ly/i1dFdZ
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ArabRevolution
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Engineers Hijack Libyan Phone Network For Rebels http://bit.ly/egAoh8
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==13 April 2011==
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acarvin
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Going to this site to auto-generate my next tweets gives some hilarious results: http://yes.thatcan.be/my/next/tweet/
 +
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arabist
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Yes, Saif is a Gaddafi. But there's still a real reformer inside | Benjamin Barber | Comment is free | The Guard... http://arb.st/fwRWoB
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Prokofy
 +
Handy list to ban of inworld griefers, Woodburies, copybotters, Emeralds, Twitter board ho haters, etc. http://bit.ly/dFfVCu
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*ban Prokofy
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dsearls
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fwiw, I like live search better than real time search. Always did. HTs to @cgerrish and @icerocket, btw
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dsearls
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Wow: Live search a $30b market: http://bit.ly/ifmG89 @DSifry, the original Technorati and competitors were way ahead of their time.
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timoreilly
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Machine learning and astronomy: telescopes as autonomous agents. Some lessons here to be applied more broadly http://oreil.ly/dZrobz
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timoreilly
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RT @BloomsburyPress Of the top 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% --Joseph Stiglitz in VF http://bit.ly/eSfxDI [in case @timoreilly missed it.]
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lessig
 +
talk at #ABATechshow : Code is Law: Does Anyone Get This Yet? http://t.co/xoYshnj #rootstrikers
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loic
 +
Build Your Own Facebook & Use It on Your Desktop: Seesmic Adds Elgg http://ping.fm/7wR4B
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timoreilly
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If you want to see Michael Porter writing like @umairh, read his HBR article on creating shared value: http://bit.ly/htxSyu A must-read!
 +
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timoreilly
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"When the quality of mathematical predictions start to flatten out, I recommend increasing your observation space." http://bit.ly/ehFLzd
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hrheingold
 +
A daily search quiz for learning to search more effectively http://agoogleaday.com
 +
 +
Wagner James Au
 +
Now in 3D, Angry Birds... or as I call them, Exploding Avian Jihadists v. Footless Fort-Making Bacon.
 +
*New World Notes: Play Angry Birds in Second Life (Kinda Sorta)!
 +
*http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2011/04/angry-birds-in-second-life-1.html
 +
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Jan Isakovic
 +
Makes sense
 +
*2011: The Year the Check-in Died
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*http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/2011_the_year_the_check-in_died.php
 +
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Wagner James Au
 +
If you want an augmented reality, dogfighting jet fighter in your pocket... there's an app for that!
 +
*New World Notes: Augmented Reality Coolness: Pocket Jets, New iPhone Game from Second Life Innovator
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John Carter McKnight
 +
YES! " But if virtual worlds can break us out of this "real world digitized" paradigm and offer us a richer, more engaging imagination space, where we can inhabit, move around in, and manipulate reality -- then we are talking about something."
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*http://www.betterverse.org/2011/04/ny-times-on-virtual-worlds-as-3d-meeting-spaces.html
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==12 April 2011==
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themoornextdoor
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RT @CFR_org: Did Operation Odyssey Dawn Prevent a Libyan Genocide? #CFR's Lindsay discusses: http://is.gd/BBkOUO #Libya
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acarvin
 +
Yeah, I know. :-) RT @ehsankooheji: @acarvin Not to discourage you or anything... http://t.co/9AhuuRd
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*hard languages
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themoornextdoor
 +
algeria #dz2011 RT @fbess: http://is.gd/0qFOFf
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*étudiants dont le nombre dépasse les 10.000, selon des délégués
 +
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arabist
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The specter of Egypt's colonial interior | Al-Masry Al-Youm: On politics and the neglected Egyptian countryside. http://arb.st/h4wc35
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arabist
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Egypt: Egyptian protesters increasingly disenchanted with military - latimes.com: Good take on the military-prot... http://arb.st/eEaE2U
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SultanAlQassemi
 +
Huge thanks to @abubakrabdullah for translating Nadine al Budeir's important article: "The Rotten Liberalism of Saudi" http://bit.ly/hvYhOe
 +
 +
John Carter McKnight via The New York Times
 +
*Why am I reminded of the old internet meme MY HED IS PASTEDE ON YAY! ?
 +
*3-D Avatars Could Put You in Two Places at Once
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*http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/science/12tier.html
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John W. Verity
 +
Some great dancing!
 +
*STREET BATTLE | YAK FILMS | Les Twins VS. Bones+Pee Fly VS. Laura+Boubou | FLEXING NEW STYLE DANCE
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*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLcKX1f9tnM&feature=share
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arabist
 +
Moses Courgette headed to Doha “@ian_black: Moussa Koussa to leave Britain http://t.co/I8DPY87”
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arabist
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Letter from Army to Egyptian Newspapers: Not to Publish Any Content About the Militar... http://arb.st/idZ4qQ
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arabist
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Youthquake in the Middle East | The Australian: Demographics attracting the marketeers. http://arb.st/dPGoR8
 +
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JustAmira
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Egypt: “We are all Maikel Nabil” http://t.co/Rn6FEY7 via @globalvoices
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acarvin
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Beginning to believe that @ichamza is Yemen's Mohamed Nabbous. And he really knows how to produce quality video. http://bit.ly/dSq9Fy
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acarvin
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RT @weledalnas: Great article on Bab El Aziziya http://bit.ly/hxG40c fyi...they probably are on speed #libya
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SultanAlQassemi
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The Spoof: Saudi Arabia introduces beret ban http://bit.ly/fs3IBw #Satire
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SultanAlQassemi
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Bahraini tweep @AngryArabiya explains in a letter to Obama why she's going on a hunger strike http://bit.ly/hOiyAq
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acarvin
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Checking out The Crescent Post, "bringing diverse voices about the 'Muslim Street' together in one place." Cool. http://www.crescentpost.com
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acarvin
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Shaun Dakin is launching a "reverse robocall" project. Get a robocall from a politician? Call them back. http://bit.ly/eUn2HW
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arabist
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Cairo University security imposes strict controls | Al-Masry Al-Youm: http://arb.st/h8B2Bh
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Zeinobia
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A New Chronicle: Regarding Maikel Nabil’s sentence : It pours http://goo.gl/fb/0wJo4
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==11 April 2011==
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Prokofy
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Mikey Doesn't Like It...and I'm Winning! http://bit.ly/hNQJFR
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timoreilly
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Once the hobby of tech geeks, #iPhone jailbreaking now a lucrative industry http://wapo.st/dWSwXw
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weddady
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Silence.. ppl are being killed.. http://is.gd/ZVjebM #Bahrain
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ShababLibya
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Picture of the day: "Gaddaffy Duck" http://goo.gl/YszrF #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
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ShababLibya
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31 year old graffiti artist gunned down by Gaddafi forces http://goo.gl/0cvmg #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes @cnnbrk
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acarvin
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RT @ChangeInLibya: Whoa, I just realised the that #EpicLibyanTroll here http://youtu.be/_C6dkwD2Qps is none other than @thisiskhaledm
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acarvin
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Hilarious. RT @sarahraslan: type 'illuminati' backwards in your browser with a .com at the end...
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*http://itanimulli.com
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arabist
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Alternative strategy for liberation of Libya: An argument that Libyans should turn to Arabs or Iran rather than ... http://arb.st/hsjNKE
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Egyptocracy
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The Girl Effect: The Clock is Ticking: http://bit.ly/bqUdzo #WomensRights #females #girls #education #HIV #pregnancy #health
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*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e8xgF0JtVg
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==10 April 2011==
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dsearls
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Twitter failings: http://bit.ly/h2dDWv What app is it that exceeds the "hourly usage limit" of Twitter's API? And how can one fix it?
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Tateru Nino taterunino
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In harm’s way http://j.mp/hAMett
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*more on leaving out a female character option
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Prokofy
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These are like the signs of griefers too: http://health.msn.com/medications/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100260596&GT1=31036 
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*signs of addiction
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taterunino
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The five worst excuses for leaving out a female character option http://j.mp/hj5G1o (a touch ungrammatical but worth it)
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acarvin
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From the LA Times: Where even cellphones aren't safe http://lat.ms/h7Kqgq #bahrain
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The man behind Suleiman
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*http://nohaatef.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/the-man-behind-omar-seluiman/
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==09 April 2011==
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Jan Isakovic
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Peggy Sue got old
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*http://www.economist.com/node/18527255
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Steven K. Roberts
 +
Thanks Sky and Suzan for this delight...
 +
*Cat and Dolphins playing together
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*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rynvewVe21Y&feature=player_embedded
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Catherine Ann Fitzpatrick
 +
Um, I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with private companies and individuals taking cases to court to change Google's behaviour. Is it to know no bounds?!
 +
*http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/04/google-private-web-censorship-lawsuits-would-create-trolls.ars
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John Carter McKnight
 +
World Bank: go go gold farming ( Michael Biff Burnam-Fink is right: somewhere around 1980 reality ended, and we all took up residence in a satirical sci-fi novel)
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*http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.696.html
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Gwyneth Llewelyn
 +
Regretting that our corporate blog has no new articles... but we certainly have lots of new projects! Our best year so far.
 +
*http://betatechnologies.info/gwynethllewelyn/2011/04/08/perhaps-i-should-blog-a-bit-more-here/
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timoreilly
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Hope others follow: Facebook open sources their data center architecture http://bit.ly/eJGeZb I saw this last month but was sworn to secrecy
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timoreilly
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if you are using any internet connected device, it is now possible to trace your location to within less than 1km http://bit.ly/ebzBgv
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loic
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Five Easy Pieces of Online Identity by @ev http://ping.fm/dYwvw
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hrheingold
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My posts for the digital media and learning blog (DMLcentral) http://dmlcentral.net/blog/3663
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*http://dmlcentral.net/blog/howard-rheingold/einstein-youtube-and-new-media-literacies-connected-age
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dsearls
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World Wide Catacombs: http://bit.ly/i7h1uv The non-commercial Web is now buried, if not dead. HT to @vwadhwa + @DaveWiner JayRosen_NYU too,
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*http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2011/04/08/world-wide-catacombs/
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taterunino
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What's up with all the natural disasters? I blame these two people ;) http://bit.ly/fTsZ2P
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shadihamid
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Here are a number of videos, some graphic, which activists say are from yesterday's protests: http://nyti.ms/gn7etw #Syria
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shadihamid
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Syria opposition activist estimates that total number of protesters may be in the hundreds of thousands: http://nyti.ms/eyz2r0
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shadihamid
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A revolution against the "revolution"? Seems increasingly possible in #Egypt: http://bit.ly/e7i0th #jan25
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shadihamid
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An account of army's crackdown in Tahrir, which happened earlier today: http://bit.ly/glHv9f #Egypt #jan25 (v @arabist)
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arabist
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A few links + videos, and a detailed eyewitness account from Tahrir, here: http://arb.st/gSCjN8
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arabist
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New on Arabist: An account of the army crackdown on Tahrir http://arb.st/dKIrE6
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SultanAlQassemi
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AOL News: Imprisoned Father of Autistic Boy Called 'the Bravest Man in #Saudi Arabia' http://aol.it/dRrm9c
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acarvin Sounds of gunfire in #Tahrir captured in the latest video to be posted. http://youtu.be/G793yhiMA5k #egypt
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acarvin
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One of the first videos to come out of #Tahrir tonight. Very tense, lots of chanting. Don't hear shooting tho. http://youtu.be/E5pVU2HvgVs
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acarvin
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Here's @mosaaberizing's collection of photos from today's protest in #Tahrir Sq. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjubJ4QV #egypt
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SultanAlQassemi BikyaMasr: #Saudi rights activist jailed for speaking out http://bit.ly/gwh9tl Detailed account & info via smuggled prison letter
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==08 April 2011==
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Doc Searls dsearls
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F-quality Internet connection at the SFO United club: http://bit.ly/f0xeWU #t-mobile
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*http://speedtest.net
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acarvin
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RT @alaa: tahrir is back baby http://twitpic.com/4iair8 #Jan25 #Egypt
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arabist
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http://t.co/Spx1ljR impressive video of tahrir
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==07 April 2011==
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John Carter McKnight
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I feel the prof's pain: "The handful of English majors in the class were decidedly less enthusiastic about the mapping assignment than the many more non-English majors in the class. Several times I came across the comment, “I would have much rather just written a paper.”
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*Mapping Novels with Google Earth - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education
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*http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/mapping-novels/32528
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David Orban likes a link.
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*With a Little Help: Hitting My Stride - Doctorow
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*http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/46707-with-a-little-help-hitting-my-stride.html?page=1
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ShababLibya
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'Making something out of nothing' #Libyans are not naive about their future and the formidable tasks that lie ahead http://t.co/OuWlM2W
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Gsquare86
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@Ghonim @gamaleid @monasosh @3arabawy @waleedrashed @Ayman_Nour @amrwaked @SherineT were featured in this Vanity Fair http://t.co/N96lSKu
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arabist
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Happened before in Egypt, with Menufi man RT @Insurgentleman: #Georgian #woman cuts off #web to whole of #Armenia http://arb.st/edTyKD
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timoreilly
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Infographic shows the impact of slow page loads on ecommerce http://bit.ly/go6Drg via @jesserobbins article http://on.mash.to/eYiEB1
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TishShute
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RT @missrogue: “13 Things You Must Do Every Week As A Startup CEO” http://readon.ly/2870 (I miss out on 4 of these. I\'ll work on them.)
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hrheingold
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mindamp I've changed assignments, too. Wot think? http://socialmediaclassroom.com/host/mindamplifier2/lockedwiki/assignments
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hrheingold
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mindamp I've modified syllabus for next round. Wot think? http://socialmediaclassroom.com/host/mindamplifier2/lockedwiki/main-page
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dsearls
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RT @TooTallSid you really owe it to yourself to visit http://isharedwhat.com/ to get a reminder about fools names and fools faces #VRM
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Scobleizer
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Quora: The Stats Behind the Buzz [INFOGRAPHIC] http://t.co/aX11284 via @mashsocialmedia @mashable
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loic
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Google's new cloud-based Android Music app leaks out http://ping.fm/QvPX6
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hrheingold
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Understanding today's economic transformation project: http://rockethub.com/projects/1349-understanding-today-s-economic-transformation
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Scobleizer
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Wow http://t.co/717DXXw is a nice Twitter search engine. @marshallk you should check that out as per our conversation yesterday.
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timoreilly
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Fabulous account of how the new FCC.gov applied web 2.0/gov 2.0 principles in its design. A model for other agencies! http://oreil.ly/fSU7DN
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arabist
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Too optimistic but some good points “@Sandmonkey: New Sandmonkey post 7 Popular Myths about the revolution http://t.co/AuImKMV"
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==06 April 2011==
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Wagner James Au
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OK this is totally wacky cool!
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*New World Notes: Minecraft-Style Mining Comes to Second Life (Kinda Sorta)!
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*http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2011/04/minecraft-in-second-life.html
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Scott Macleod and World University (friend of Rheingold)
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*http://scottmacleod.com/
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*http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University
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arabist
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March 9 Movement criticizes campus security restrictions: http://arb.st/e2tZkf
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shadihamid
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I'm skeptical but here's Radwan Ziadeh's new piece on "why #Syria will be next" http://bit.ly/fpya0D (v @mideastchannel)
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arabist
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Feuding Brothers - By Ed Husain | Foreign Policy: A bad piece. What's "suburban"? What does "engagement" mean? D... http://arb.st/eO0JqE
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weddady
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RT @ahmed: The video of Khaled al-Johani with English subtitles http://youtu.be/mxinAxWxXo8 #WhereIsKhaled #saudi
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*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxinAxWxXo8
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ShababLibya
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"Epic" internet meme brings levity to Libya crisis. Love looking at all the #Epiclibyan pics. Keep up the good work! http://t.co/sSjs7Zx
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*http://epiclibyan.tumblr.com/
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dsearls
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Question for #VRM developers: can SugarCRM open source provide *personal* tools for individuals? See http://bit.ly/fo7RID and dig down.
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cshirky
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RT @BAHRAINIAC Security guide for tweeters, bloggers & activists in English & Arabic: http://bit.ly/gb5cYE
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Scobleizer
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Read http://t.co/SgB0ASK @rww about @datasift then listen to http://t.co/zZvCoDJ Really important stuff!
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*Twitter Announces Fire Hose Marketplace: Up to 10k Keyword Filters for 30 Cents!
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Scobleizer
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Which TV shows are most popular on social networks? http://t.co/QY7HTEl knows. Glee, really? Yikes.
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acarvin
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RT @CyrusShares: V @washingtonpost Libyan rebels hoping for one state, but preparing for two http://wapo.st/eNCzBE #Libya
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arabist 
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What powers my links RT @TheEconomist: On the unexpected rise of Pinboard, a new social-bookmarking service http://econ.st/i9S5Qk
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==05 April 2011==
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cshirky
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Nerd Collider: What would you change about US's Data.gov to make more people care about open data? http://bit.ly/dRDalY
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cshirky
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Don't let the US Congress kill digital transparency: http://sunlightfoundation.com/savethedata/
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mkapor
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Google Books Ruling Spurs Effort to Form Digital Public Library - NYTimes.com http://t.co/cP6rcxw
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timoreilly
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Excellent piece about a publisher who burned the boats and went digital only http://reut.rs/etaj55 via @petermeyers
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ShababLibya
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Libyan woman #EmanAlObeidi speaks out about rape- http://bit.ly/fbMSdG #cnn MUST WATCH if you haven't seen!!! #Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes
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arabist
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Fouad Abdelmoumni et les réformes constitutionnelles: Fouad is awesome! http://arb.st/gBi4F7
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No safe radiation
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*http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/04/20114219250664111.html
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acarvin
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Interesting: US lifts economic sanctions against Mousa Koussa, hopes it encourages more Gaddafi associates to defect http://1.usa.gov/eoORcF
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Wagner James Au
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Check out last month's Top 50 sims in the metaverse. Pictured above: GOL 7, a very beautifully designed nightclub. Not pictured, never will be pictured: Bukkake Bliss Island. (You stay classy!)
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*http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2011/04/top-50-second-life-sims-march-2011.html
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R2P
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*http://www.responsibilitytoprotect.org/
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Gwyn - Zimbabwe using Linden Dollars
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*http://appfrica.com/2010/04/01/zimbabwe-switches-to-linden-dollars/
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acarvin
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That's it - thanks! RT @gbengasesan: That would be the mobile app for election monitoring, #ReVoDa, right? See http://revoda.org #nigeria
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acarvin
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Love it! RT @lexinyt: The @nytimes has launched its first Tumblr! Introducing T Magazine on Tumblr: http://bit.ly/hbUKjq
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acarvin
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RT @nassrf: 4 ur lunch time entertainment RT @abubakrabdullah: The Muppet - Arab Leader Connection - http://goo.gl/qeOv2
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Botgirl - thank you pirates
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*http://botgirl.blogspot.com/2011/03/thank-you-pirates-real-lesson-in.html
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chrismessina
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Love @austinkleon's advice: http://j.mp/dSbSNM /cc @brynn
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Ghonim
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A very cool tool to track the conversations between any two #Twitter users: http://bettween.com
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Libya zintan videos from a few days ago http://t.co/yGb4LKP http://t.co/C5Xcqkn http://t.co/5A3TA1M http://t.co/mwAKWyi http://t.co/O3m78vq
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==04 April 2011==
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arabist
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Detained blogger's trial adjourned to Monday: The Mikaiel Nabil trial - sent to mil. court for blogging "the peo... http://arb.st/e6GKVP
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arabist
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SS officers return to universty campuses, 83 Lt. Colonels recycled in other police departments: Hossam continues... http://arb.st/g7Qptx
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arabist
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Sex and the Souk - NYTimes.com: Profile of Joumana Haddad. http://arb.st/gfzRNz
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Scobleizer
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ShopSavvy says Andoid is kicking iOS's ass in downloads. http://t.co/IiXGiSY @Loic tells me @Seesmic is seeing "straight up" growth too.
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Waterlink
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*http://www.waterlink-international.com/
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dsearls
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Revealing @DailyMail pictures of burned-down #Fukushima reactors. http://bit.ly/f21xbi Can't put a happy face on this one. It's bad.
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ShababLibya
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Our #Egyptian friends kicking #gaddafi supporters out of #Tahrir square. We are one-fighting for freedom. http://bit.ly/hkfBcx #Libya
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arabist
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Oh, Julian. RT @mxbw: assange's sick nasty dance moves at a club in reykjavik: http://is.gd/siWaqn
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ShababLibya
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Freedom Tea; http://bit.ly/guOs9A cuz I needed to smile & a reminder of how much spirit the Libyan people have #feb17 #gaddaficrimes #libya
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==03 April 2011==
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Gwyneth Llewelyn
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Awesome integration: Unity3D + Facebook = Second Life?
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*http://gwynethllewelyn.net/2011/04/01/unity3d-facebook-second-life/
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Prokofy
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What the hell is this? http://www.metaversestandards.org And why is it being done in stealth without the SL public.
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hrheingold
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Also: Non-Coercive or Voluntary Societies: http://www.stanford.edu/~somik/2005/08/non-coercive-education.html
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Scobleizer
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Exclusive: Snafus forced Twitter data center move: sources | Reuters http://t.co/p4lctRw Yikes, so Twitter didn't go to Salt Lake CC: @jesse
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Prokofy
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The picture on this is the coolest part! https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-6691
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loic
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How Fast Is Your Site? Measure It With Google’s Page Speed Online http://ping.fm/GnaxU
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lessig
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I broke my #fb page a long time ago and hoped the new migration tool would fix it. vsorry that it hasn't. http://t.co/dAsunyU
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timoreilly
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Nice: The HTTP Archive tracks how the Web is built. Interesting stats: http://t.co/usCWVPm
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TechCrunch April Fools roundup
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*http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/01/april-fools-2011-the-big-list/
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timoreilly
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RT @marytreseler Twitter APIs: Getting Started with the RESTful Interface http://t.co/KVzjmLg #PayPalX
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arabist
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Ex-Mujahedeen Help Lead Libyan Rebels http://on.wsj.com/ea2nk0 Great quote: "we now hate US less than 50%."
  
 
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