Archive for September, 2007
Friday, September 21st, 2007
What happens when the immovable confessional heartland PostSecret meets with the unstoppable force of the LOLCats meme? LOLSecretz! 'Tis sad and funny at the same time. My favourite three thus far: Head to LOLSecretz for a whole lot more ... [Via]
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
Lawsuit over forum comments withdrawn [SMH]
"An Australian software firm (2Clix), which was suing a broadband community website (Whirlpool) over unflattering comments published on its message board, has said it would drop its case." [Via]
(tags: australia web2.0 politics ethics digitalculture participatoryculture)
Taser Incident Sparks Uproar [NewTeeVee]
"YouTube is once again at the center ...
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
iPhone Drives Google Maps Usage, YouTube Lags [GigaOM]
"iPhone just might be the best thing that has ever happened to Google Maps -– it has made them popular like never before and has driven the usage substantially. This information comes courtesy of Marissa Mayer, Google’s vice president of ..."
(tags: apple google ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
A few months ago I wrote about my disappointment with a statuette of Mary-Jane Watson from the Spider-Man comics which showed her basically washing Peter Parker's Spider-Suit whilst standing in an overly provocative pose. There was substantial community dismay at this overtly objectifying piece (especially since MJ has, at ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Darren Aronofsky's Director's Commentary for The Fountain [fountain com]
Aranofsky's commentary on The Fountain which the producer's chose to leave off the DVD release (edited by Niko Tavernise, Antwrangler Films. It is 31.8 MB Mono mp3 file).
(tags: dvd convergence auteur)
Learn How ANGEL’s Sixth Season Begins!! [Ain't It Cool News]
"Hot on the ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
The dates and venue for Podcamp Australia are now locked in, so make sure you keep 27 & 28 October free in your schedule!
I'm part of the Perth end of the organizing committee, but I've been traveling a lot of late and have been shamefully hands-off thus far, so kudos ...
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
Chaser blitzes ratings after APEC stunt [ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]
"Political satire program The Chaser's War on Everything has catapulted the ABC into the ratings records in the wake of its APEC motorcade stunt last weekend."
(tags: australia politics tv abc apec)
The election's new front is online [SMH]
"For the first time ...
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
WordPress iPhone Plugin [Podcasting News]
"Content Robot has introduced iWPhone, a plug in that automatically generates an iPhone-compatible version of WordPress-based sites."
(tags: wordpress iphone convergence)
Facebook's Lost Opportunity Cost [The Unofficial Facebook Blog]
"...report came out of the U.K. today stating that Facebook is costing the U.K. firms over $260 million a ...
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Insight #3: If ePortfolios and other forms of electronic presence are going to be (or are) a core part of the way graduates ‘sell’ themselves to employers, then identity management needs to be taught at all levels of education. Identity management includes those aspects of identity which we intend employers ...
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Troop blogs show increasing criticism of war [Marine Corps Times]
On US Troops blogging the Iraq Occupation: “The toothpaste is out of the tube. And, try as they might, the military’s information nannies are not going to be able to stuff it back in,” [Via]
(tags: blog ethics participatoryculture digitalculture miltary ...
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