Archive for February, 2008
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
In your Facebook [The Age]
"Privacy advocates around the world, however, worry that the millions of people entrusting their personal information to social networking sites, of which Facebook is just an example, have almost no control over how it is used."
(tags: socialsoftware socialnetworking privacy digitalculture facebook)
Jailed for Facebook 'joke' [The Age]
"Amnesty ...
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Facebook 'sees decline in users' [BBC NEWS | Business]
Social networking site Facebook has seen its first drop in UK users in January, new industry data indicates. Users fell 5% to 8.5 million in January from 8.9 million in December, according to data from Nielsen Online.
(tags: facebook socialsoftware socialnetworking metrics)
Sorry, Boys, ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
For any interested Perth folk, a SF/F discussion group re-emerges: After a long hiatus, the UWA science fiction/fantasy discussion group is restarting in 2008. Meetings will be held on the last Tuesday of each month in Arts G.05, and undergraduate students, postgraduate students, staff and anyone else interested ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
While Australians have long been noted as some of the most voracious downloaders of television, using bittorrent-based peer-to-peer sources has generally been focused on accessing UK and US shows which don't screen in Australia until some time (from weeks to years) after the original airdates. However, the recent case ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Draft Lessig — Change Congress
An interesting online social movement aimed at getting the fantastic Lawrence Lessig (founder and former chair of the Creative Commons) to run for Congress.
(tags: congress lessig politics usa creativecommons)
War on music piracy [SMH]
In Australia, "the Rudd Government is considering a three-strikes policy against computer users who ...
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Saying sorry to the Stolen Generations isn't the solution, but it is the beginning of a solution. Like Jean, I choose to be optimistic that this apology is an important and substantial step in the right direction for all Australians.
Update: Kevin Rudd has said sorry on behalf of all ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
While it hasn't really been a conscious decision, I seem to have taken a rather extended break from blogging without really intending to do so. After my last six posts were just annotated del.icio.us links I did think I should make sure the next post has a little more ...
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