October 2008
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“We’re seeing an evolutionary change. The people in the next generation who...”
– Gary Small, a neuroscientist at UCLA in California uses his (quite smallscale research) to argue the surfing the internet alters our brains. Is surfing the Internet altering your brain?
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2008 Forrester Groundswell Awards Winners →
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Intense Barack Obama ad featuring the Palin wink. →
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“Kids today. They have no sense of shame. They have no sense of privacy. They are...”
– Kids, the Internet, and the End of Privacy: The Greatest Generation Gap Since Rock and Roll - this New York Magazine article is still one of the best pieces of journalism around.
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“… individuals burn out easily. They try to do everything themselves rather...”
– Great article. Obama’s Secret Weapons: Internet, Databases and Psychology | Threat Level from Wired.com
In 2003, the Sierra Club realized that its local grassroots volunteer programs weren’t effective. In late 2005, it commissioned the Harvard scholars to undertake a two-year research...
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“Doesn’t anybody want a McCain waving watch?”
– A plaintive cry from Election Watches.com – They Really Wave!
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“Sarah Palin, John McCain’s running mate, though not present, will be a...”
– US election: Top conservatives to meet on rebuilding Republican party following election How very, “We’re talking about you, not to you, Sarah.”
I can’t tell if this is a sadder indictment of Republicans (choosing someone as a VP candidate who isn’t respected enough to...
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“If, in short, there is a community of computers living in my head, there had...”
– Jerry Fodor, quoted in The Atlantic Online | November 2008 | First Person Plural | Paul Bloom
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“If you ask people which makes them happier, work or vacation, they will remind...”
– Fascinating Atlantic article on happiness by Paul Bloom
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“An effective online political campaign is most often the cumulative result of...”
– Online Politics is Usually Trench Warfare, Not Blitzkrieg, e.politics
NYT Visualization Lab is the coolest thing on the... →
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Forget robo-calls—Obama's text messages are this... →
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Watchonemoretimewithfeeling:peterwknox:gregbrown: The most epic lipdub ever. Over 140 students in France perform Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and the results are spectacular.
This American Life # 367: Ground Game →
jeanhannah:
I cried in the all the Casey bits. This American Life is the best show ever.
“He even calls 24-hour customer service lines at night, when he thinks the...”
– Finding a Gold Mine in Digital Ditties - NYTimes.com
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“The good writers have left now, bored of the endless Jesuitical wrangling over...”
– Why social restaurant review sites are failing. Tim Hayward: Do you trust restaurant reviews?
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“In 1985, a mission on Russia’s Salyut 7 space station was scrapped after...”
– Depressed astronauts might get computerized solace Wired News
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“Each passing day is an opportunity we’ll never have again to change...”
– Email from the Obama campaign today - ten days to go!
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“Facebook is useless to famous people; MySpace is useless to normal people.”
– Twitter / Rex Sorgatz
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Privnote - send notes that will self-destruct... →
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“23. Worrying about “Commercial vs. Artistic” is a complete waste of...”
– gapingvoid: how to be creative
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“The mark of a good reality show is when you’re invested enough to want to...”
– Fug Girls: ‘Stylista’ Wears Its Awfulness Well via GWAS
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PR 2.0: Twitter Tools for Community and... →