Archive for September, 2010
How black people use Twitter. – By Farhad Manjoo – Slate Magazine
As far as I can tell, the Twitter hashtag #wordsthatleadtotrouble got started at about 11 a.m. Pacific Time on Sunday morning, when a user named Kookeyy posted this short message: “#wordsthatleadtotrouble ‘Don’t Worry I gotchu.” A couple minutes later, Kookeyy posted another take on the same theme: “#wordsthatleadtotrouble – I Love Yuh *kiss teeth*.” On […]
Posted: September 10th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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The Artificial Ape: How Technology Changed the Course of Human Evolution by Timothy Taylor | Book review | Books | The Guardian
There has been a rash of books on human evolution in recent years, claiming that it was driven by art (Denis Dutton: The Art Instinct), cooking (Richard Wrangham: Catching Fire), sexual selection (Geoffrey Miller: The Mating Mind). Now, Timothy Taylor, reader in archaeology at the University of Bradford, makes a claim for technology in general […]
Posted: September 9th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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The Skinny on Google Instant | The Atlantic Wire
So this is what the exploding logo was all about. Today, one of the world’s fastest search engines just got a little faster. Google unveiled its newest update to Web search, Google Instant. Now, when users begin typing a keyword search, the results instantly appear below. Marissa Mayer, the company’s VP of search products, says […]
Posted: September 8th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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‘Google Instant’ Search Feature Unveiled At Google Press Conference (VIDEO)
via huffingtonpost.com A lot of people are talking about it… I’m kind of interested in it for theological consequences… Posted via email from sam han’s posterous
Posted: September 8th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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Ambohimirary Journal – In Madagascar, the Living Dance With the Dead
via nytimes.com Supremely interesting. Posted via email from sam han’s posterous
Posted: September 6th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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MIT TechTV – Scratch@MIT Friday Keynote: Rethinking Identity, Rethinking Participation
via techtv.mit.edu Via Henry Jenkins (@henryjenkins) Posted via email from sam han’s posterous
Posted: September 5th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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Print’s History Beyond Books
I’ve done a specific study of the Low Countries, and there, something like 40 percent of all the books published before 1600 would have taken less than two days to print. That’s a phenomenal market, and it’s a very productive one for the printers. These are the sort of books they want to produce, tiny […]
Posted: September 3rd, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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Op-Ed Contributor – Google’s Earth
“I ACTUALLY think most people don’t want Google to answer their questions,” said the search giant’s chief executive, Eric Schmidt, in a recent and controversial interview. “They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next.” Do we really desire Google to tell us what we should be doing next? I believe that […]
Posted: September 1st, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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The March of Twitter: Analysis of How and Where Twitter Spread
via blog.hubspot.com Great visualization. Posted via email from sam han’s posterous
Posted: September 1st, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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Touchable Gadgets Win Over Users
Scientists and academics who study how we interact with technology say people often try to import those behaviors into their lives, as anyone who has ever wished they could lower the volume on a loud conversation or Google their brain for an answer knows well. But they say touching screens has seeped into people’s day-to-day […]
Posted: September 1st, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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