links for 2007-10-10
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“Social networking website MySpace says comparing user profiles with a[n Australia] national database of sex predators would be a useful development to improve internet safety.”
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The UK govt is looking into links between videogames & violence. NB: Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers’ Association (ELSA) : “only 2% of games released in the UK receive an 18 certificate and the average age of a gamer is 28.”
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Google “is expected to introduce a service on Tuesday to allow Web sites in its ad network to embed relevant videos from some YouTube content creators.” And YouTube video creators are to get a small percentage of the pie! (How EPIC.)
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“Today’s students will be tomorrow’s university recruiting agents on the social web, Swinburne University of Technology vice-chancellor Ian Young has predicted. “Prospective students are getting more and more information on universities from … Facebook”
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Is Twitter in for some serious competition as Google buys Jaiku, a more orbust Twitter-clone (well, Twitter ancestor, actually I think…)?
Liberal Party Website Hacked!
[Screenshot & heavy-handed black-out courtesy of News.com.au.]
While not the most insightful of political messages, the hacking of the Australian Liberal Party website has Australian Prime Minister John Howard showing a different side! I bet the reporter who wrote this piece was hurting themselves laughing, especially with the last line:
The Liberal Party website has been hacked to make Prime Minister John Howard appear to enjoy engaging in a lewd homosexual act. Under the heading, The Liberal Party of Australia, the website reads: John Howard Says “I like to s… d…!” The Liberal Party’s federal secretariat has been contacted for comment.
I wonder what the federal secretariat had to say?
Update: The story’s last line now reads: ‘”It appears to be a hoax, but we’re checking it out,” the spokesman said.” (Someone is having real fun writing this story! 🙂
links for 2007-10-09
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“The anti-piracy arm of the Australian music industry has threatened to start suing individuals for illegal downloading if internet providers do not exert more control over their users.”
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Henry Jenkins interviews Jean Burgess about her work on the idea of Vernacular Creativity and the creativity found in the digital practices of everyday life.
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“US Ministers and pastors desperate to reach young congregants are using an unusual recruiting tool: the violent video game Halo.”
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A survey of educators using Second Life – not surprisingly, a fairly positive response from the EdTech crowd, although, reading between the lines, there is something of an admission about the amount of time needed to get started!
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The Internet is graying, as social software targeted to baby boomers hits the web and marketers look toward the most stable and richest of demographics.
links for 2007-10-08
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“The marches, organized at a lightning pace by volunteers using Facebook, show the increasing power and reach of a social-networking site … Facebook members in dozens of cities worldwide have planned demonstrations for Saturday.”
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“The Oct. 24 episode of “CSI: NY” will feature the virtual world of Second Life, Bill Carter reports in today’s Times. Here is a clip of the episode. Anthony Zuiker, the creator of the “CSI” franchises, leapt at the chance to place his character
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Once again, the webisodes or minisodes are geo-locked to the US, so global viewers need to look elsewhere to enjoy these 2 minute BSG snippets with young Billy Adama! There might be torrent options, too.
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“A Spanish neighbourhood watch association hopes that the video-sharing website YouTube can help clean up their streets of the prostitution that they say the local government has done nothing to curb.”
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Archiving and Commenting
As of last month, this blog is now being archived by the National Library of Australia and can thus be found in Pandora – Australia’s Web Archive. I’m pleased that this blog has become a little less ephemeral, but I also thought given that the archiving process makes not only content from my but also comments much more lasting, it might be worth informing those who engage here through comments that these comments are also likely to stand the test of time more rigorously! Also, I figured a comment policy might now be appropriate – this will also appear on the About page – but is initially posted here to make sure everyone’s informed:
Comment Policy
Meaningful comments are encouraged. Posting comments using a real name and with a link back to a real website are encouraged, but not necessary. Conversation, community and criticism are valued here. Debate is also welcome – arbitrary rudeness is not. As the blog owner and author, I maintain the right to delete comments which I deem to be rude and outside of meaningful conversation (I vastly prefer not to delete comments, but retain that right).
Also, this blog is protected by spam filters which means there many be a delay between comments being posted and them appearing in the blog. If a genuine comment has not appeared within a couple of days, please email me and I’ll check if it’s stuck in a spam folder.
Any comments on the comments policy are, of course, welcome!
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