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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
  
 
==23 April 2011==
 
==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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Latest revision as of 19:33, 1 May 2011