links for 2007-12-18
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I’m just delighted to see Scrabulous – the Facebook Scrabble application – get its own article in the New York Times! (Even if the article doesn’t say much…)
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“In a report on Sunday, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said 47 per cent of US adult Internet users have looked for information about themselves through Google or another search engine. That is more than twice the 22 per cent in 2002 …”
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“The word “weblog” celebrates the 10th anniversary of it being coined on 17 December 1997. The word was created by Jorn Barger to describe what he was doing with his pioneering Robot Wisdom web page.”
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“Digital Footprints: Online identity management and search in the age of transparency 12/16/2007. Internet users are becoming more aware of their digital footprint; 47% have searched for information about themselves online…”
The Simpsons Go Viral … Almost
In a wonderful parody of the viral YouTube hit that was Noah’s photo ever day for six years, The Simpsons have included this clip in the latest episode in the US:
If that doesn’t amuse you, then perhaps edutainment is more to your taste, so you might want to check out the updated stats in Did You Know 2.0.
Update: Sadly the clip has been removed from YouTube due to a Fox copyright infringement claim.
links for 2007-12-17
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“Apple quietly introduced an update to Garageband that adds a cool new feature: iPhone ringtone creation. Anything you’ve got in Garageband, you can turn into a ringtone.”
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“The project, which is in an invitation-only beta stage, lets users create clean-looking Web pages with their photo and write entries on, for example, insomnia. Those entries are called “knols” for “unit of knowledge,” Google said.”
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“Google announced last night they are starting a project called knol that will allow anyone to create wiki-like pages on topics. … My initial take on this is that knols are going to kill Wikipedia – but it will take time.”
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I must be getting behind on the nets, as I only saw half of these before they appeared on a Top Ten list!
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Here is the lost intro to A New Hope, edited out due to time restrictions: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=DCyPTM2FJgA
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“The word weblog is ten years old today!”
links for 2007-12-14
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“A Dunkin’ Donuts worker stopped a thief in his tracks so he would look good on YouTube.” (Foucault’s panopticon anyone?)
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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning is now out in the world, freely available as a series of PDFs!
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“”w00t,” an expression of joy coined by online gamers, was crowned word of the year on Tuesday by the publisher of a leading US dictionary. Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster said “w00t”, typically spelled with two zeros…”
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Customised version of Google specifically searching open-licensed music and sound samples.
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Some useful tips for all undergraduates (and lots of other people) on how to write a solid, convincing university-level essay or paper.
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Predicts that the WGA strike in the US will lead US downloaders to download a lot more European TV, broadening the use of BitTorrent overall!
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Detailed bibliography of research on web 2.0 and education.
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Composing and Compositing: Integrated Digital Writing and Academic Pedagogy – Jamie ‘Skye’ Bianco; Reinventing the Possibilities: Academic Literacy and New Media – Cheryl Ball & Ryan Moeller; The Digital, the Virtual and the Naming of Knowledge…
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“Facebook has just updated their statuses so that “is” can be removed. The word “is” has finally become a throwback. Not much to announce except that it has been removed.”
links for 2007-12-06
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Apparently Australia is second only to North America for internet penetration and use.
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THE Chaser is off TV. The controversial troupe will instead do live stage shows around Australia. The boys have apparently ruled out a television show in the first half of next year, opting instead to take a live version of their antics across the nation.
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You can now edit Flickr photos with one click of the ‘Edit Photo’ button. Flickr has partnered with Picnik, and now provides a host of online editing and manipulation tools for photos. (Although some need a premium paid Picnik account to work.)
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Very useful set of tools!
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“Talking about digital natives and digital immigrants tends to exagerate the gaps between adults, seen as fumbling and hopelessly out of touch, and youth, seen as masterful. It invites us to see contemporary youth as feral, cut off from all adult influenc
The Dark Knight: Why So Serious?
The new poster for the 2008 Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight, looks really good!
As you might imagine, the lead villain this time is the Joker. [Via]
Update: Read my review of The Dark Knight here.
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