hell yeah, blogging seems to back;) a cyberculture roundup..

Erkan’s Field Diary has a growth in visit numbers recently. It maybe due to this fact or my personal attempts but in any case blogging seems to be back: After Blogging Died It?s Booming Again? from Daily Blog Tips by Daniel Scocco If you have been following the news about new media and blogging you … Read more

Wikileaks looking for new media partners… a journalism roundup

WikiLeaks looks for more partners while news organisations start to consider in-house submissions? from Editors Weblog – all postings by Emma Heald While WikiLeaks is apparently looking to enlist the help of 60 news organisations around the world to cover the secret US diplomatic memos, New York Times executive editor Bill Keller has written a … Read more

“101 Free Alternatives to Commonly Used Paid Software” and a roundup

Social Networks Are Not Killing Our Social Lives [STATS] from Mashable! by Brenna Ehrlich How the iPad is Transforming Web Design HOW TO: Optimize Your Social Media Marketing Strategy On MySpace?s New Strategy from Mashable! by Ben Parr Microsoft Shifts From Silverlight to HTML5 from Mashable! by Christina Warren When Are Facebook Users Most Active? … Read more

Google to help digital journalism…

$5 million to encourage innovation in digital journalism from The Official Google Blog by A Googler Journalism is fundamental to a functioning democracy. So as media organizations globally continue to broaden their presence online, we?re eager to play our part on the technology side?experimenting with new ways of presenting news online; providing tools like Google … Read more

“Nearly 200 Pentagon cybersecurity regulations…. in a chart…

Nearly 200 Pentagon cybersecurity regulations, all on a handy, 2-foot-long chart from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin Here’s a mindblowingly complex and exhaustive info-chart outlining the 193 documents that govern the activities of the Pentagon’s geek squads…………. ?Pep Rally? ? a truly exogenous trending topic on Twitter from apophenia by zephoria Logging onto Twitter to … Read more

Turkey has no shame: Vimeo censored now… #vimeobannedinturkey #censorshipinturkey #turkey #vimeo

Turkey Adds Video-Sharing Site Vimeo to List of Blocked Websites

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Journalism roundup: Robert Fisk’s advice to journalists etc

Robert Fisk Offers Advice for War Reporters from Editors Weblog – all postings by Carole Wurzelbacher Robert Fisk, a Middleastern correspondent for The Independent, recently gave a speech at the Al Jazeera annual forum addressing the power of words and warning other journalists against using what he calls “words of power” in war reporting. He … Read more

Most annoying countries according to Google

Google unveiled a page that lists government requests from Google. Google explains its decision here. Turkey is not at the top of the lists as she just decides to shut down sites instead of more elegant approaches:)

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AP Stylebook [finally] Officially Changes “Web site” to “website”

AP Stylebook Officially Changes “Web site” to “website” from Writerswrite.com’s Writer’s Blog The story of how Facebook and Twitter users lobbied the AP Stylebook to change ?web site? to ?website? from Bloggasm by Simon On the day the AP Stylebook announced it would change the requirement that its users refer to online destinations as ?web … Read more

Adobe vs. Apple

Adobe: Go Screw Yourself Apple from TechCrunch by Jason Kincaid Yesterday, Apple made a change to its iPhone SDK developer agreement that has left many developers furious: it banned ?applications that link to Documented APIs through an intermediary translation or compatibility layer?. While many other tools may be affect, the most visible target of the … Read more

A video: Intro to the Semantic Web

A short introduction to the semantic web. All source material is on the Digital Bazaar wiki: http://wiki.digitalbazaar.com/en/sema…

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iPad roundup

Still happy with my Sony Reader but I know iPad rocks…

iPad Accessories: A Quick Guide to Apple?s Official Add-Ons

from Mashable! by Amy-Mae Elliott

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First iPad reviews roundup at Kottke.org

found at Nanami Cowdroy

iPad first reviews

from kottke.org by Jason Kottke

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BBC special on “the Virtual Revolution”

Making of the programme The Virtual Revolution’ was previously known as Digital Revolution (working title). It was also a radical change for BBC documentary making – an open and collaborative production, which asked the web audience to debate programme themes, suggest and send questions for interviewees, watch and comment on interview and graphics clips, and … Read more

“Open Access at Duke

Global Pulse 2010: An invitation to talk to decision makers online

from Global Voices Online by Lester Bolicenni

global_pulseFrom March 29 to 31, Global Pulse 2010 aims to gather over 20.000 individuals and representatives of organisations in an online conversation dealing with topics ranging from human development to science and technologies.

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