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Further to this morning's post comes news on Techcrunch about Zune, a portable, iPod-style entertainment device that will "show the full spectrum of audio and video content, as well as social networking". The social networking aspect may be important, because it implies some kind of
Livejournal recently added a really neat feature: they're running an instant messaging server at livejournal.com. If you log in using a Jabber client with your standard site username and password, your buddy list is automatically comprised of people you've listed as a friend; because it&
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As Dave has just posted, next week we're relaunching Elgg.net as a fully-fledged community site for education. As part of this, there will be a number of sponsorship opportunities; more importantly, it represents a renewed focus on the site itself, and a commitment to maintain it
This CBC report from 1993 on a new phenomenon known as 'Internet' is very interesting - particularly because we're still working on some of the same social issues. Fun to see how it's changed and developed so far though. (Youtube link, via Jason Kottke.)
I feel compelled to reply to Helen Barrett's recent weblog post where she talks a little about Elgg and open source in general. Specifically, she says: Of course that is one problem with open source software... without a business model to support the development, it can take longer
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It's a series of tangled up tubes! Some net neutrality-related Saturday fun. (How often do those words fit together?)
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The E-learning Lab's Workshop on e-Learning Tools is about Elgg from point 9 onwards, but also encompasses Technorati, tagging and more. It's very clearly presented and may be worth a look as an introductory resource.
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What do you do if you're a business student and can't find a willing company to take part in your final year research project? It's the Internet age, so the answer is simple: sell yourself on eBay. Surely there's a better medium
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Just in case the Superman branding currently on the site wasn't a clear enough clue, Myspace has proven itself to be utterly unusable for serious tasks by allowing an adware company to place its ads on their site. If you're running Internet Explorer, you'll
http://lucafiligheddu.blogspot.com/2006/06/firefox-voip_114959011311941395.html From the browser-as-platform department: voice functionality built directly into Firefox.
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Link The organizations announce availability of Microsoft Office add-in that enables easy access to Creative Commons copyright licenses. This is huge.
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http://www.mosdeux.com/vitalsigns/ A short film told in American Sign Language. Amazing.