Full Circle Online Interaction Blog
Nancy White, Rheingold’s succesor at the helm of Well’s Virtual Community conference keeps a blog. Worth taking a look at…Full
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Research
Academic research, essays, white papers on the social shaping of communication technologies
Ending Online Communities
Just like everything organic or that takes on a life of its own, at some point your online community is
Read MoreCurrants » MySpace For Baby Boomers
Sounds familiar? Currants » MySpace For Baby BoomersI was reading this article about Myspace for babyboomers. It is a website
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SIDE Theory, Small World Networks, and Smart Mob Formation: A Beginners Guide
Submitted by: Scott Sanders to the Online Interaction Seminar, COM 632Y, Spring 2006, Dr. Sorin A. Matei, Purdue University, West
Read More“Mickey, stop hurting yourself!”
Congress is busily drafting a law that would prevent IT giants like Microsoft and Google from repeatedly shooting themselves in
Read MoreIs there honor among search engines operators in China?
Answering to criticisms related to its subservient behavior in China Yahoo! seems to be saying “I’ll do it, if Mickey
Read MoreYahoo accused in jailing of 2nd China Internet user
Yahoo accused in jailing of 2nd China Internet user – Yahoo! News BEIJING (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO – news)
Read MoreDoug Engelbart’s INVISIBLE REVOLUTION
Doug Englebart’s Mother of All Demos (1968) launched at least two central concepts for modern computing: long-distance on-line collaboration and
Read MoreA network to rule them all? (My first retraction)
The “other Internet.” A network of networks created by peer-to-peer networking of wireless access points. An idea that has been
Read MoreCongress jumps into the fray
The US Congress has started an investigation into the new Google, MSN, Yahoo policies in China. Interestingly enough, Microsoft and
Read MoreNewspaper circulation on-line increases
**Top 10 U.S. newspapers by average weekday readership in millions.** *USA TODAY 7.1 *The Wall Street Journal: 5.1 *The New
Read MoreNew Microsoft Colides with Chinese Censorship Policies
Microsoft figured out a way to avoid coming across as the bad guy… Microsoft says it is setting new policies
Read MoreHow to Outwit the World’s Internet Censors?
The New York Times mentions several solutions: The OpenNet Initiative (www.opennet.net), an international human rights project linking researchers from the
Read MoreSlate Article: Great Firewall of China
Slate in on the Google-China debacle. A treat! Great Firewall of China By Michael Weiss Posted Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006,
Read MoreThe Mouse will squeak 10001111001010100!
The Pixel that Jobs built got a pair of wiskers! FOXNews.com – Business News – Disney to Buy Pixar for
Read MoreThe Google saga continues
It’s official, in exchange for better acess to the Chinese market Google agrees to censor the searches requested by Chinese
Read MoreThe China Internet Syndrome
Since none of our guests specializes in policy issues, especially in an international context, I would like to suggest the
Read MoreA Culture of Connectivity: Control and Marginalization
The chapter “The Sad Irons†in Robert Caro’s The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power illustrates not only
Read MoreSlay the beast! (The desktop computer, that is)
A piece of news I plucked from the Purdue News Service stream made my heart leap with joy. Two of
Read MoreThe Internet Archive
The Internet Archive — http://www.archive.org/ , including the WayBackMachine, is a site to behold. Check out their movie section… Sorin
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