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Waxy.org link to Folksonomies – Cooperative Classification and Communication Through Shared Metadata which examines user-generated metadata as implemented and applied in two web services – Del.icio.us and Flickr – designed to share and organize digital media to better understand grassroots Continue reading More on Folksonomies
J.D. Lasica in New Media Musings: Podcasting as an educational tool notices a small paragraphs shout out by Thomas Hawk: If every college lecture in the world were opened up for podcasting imagine the wealth of information at our fingertips. Continue reading Podcasting as an educational tool and The Napsterization of education
Via BBC here’s a choice few: Brussels sprouts have three times as much vitamin C as oranges. The word “electricity” was first used in English in about 1600 by Elizabeth I’s physician. The full names of Scooby Doo’s Mystery Inc Continue reading 100 things we didn’t know this time last year
OK, I think I botched my first attempt. Pithy, I’m not. Competion for the last mile Shot Term: Cable companies will rollout VoIP big time in the year next, but Local Telephone Companies will be much more low key about Continue reading Trends for 2005
Evelyn Rodriguez grapples with becoming an accidental media star of the tsunami.
“House of Flying Daggers” (Shi Mian Mai Fu) is not to be missed! The original Chinese title is Shi Mian Mai Fu, meaning “ambush from ten direction”. The film is written as a thriller under the cover of a love Continue reading House of Flying Daggers & Anita Mui