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Mobile Reporting in Africa: Guest Blogger Erik Hersman | MobileActive.org (1)
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Great piece by Erik Hersman about the opportunities and challenges facing mobile phone reporting in Africa. Bookmark this on Delicious - Saved by risingvoices to mojo mobile africa citizenjournalism citizenmedia risingvoices globalvoices - More about this bookmarkShared by Sue Thomas (2)Contribute comment -
What Startups Can Learn From Haruki Murakami (74)
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I'm a big fan of Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. The genius of Murakami is in his discipline, focus and determination. I see him as a virtual Zen master - an embodiment of wisdom, passion, skills and exceptional will. The elements of his work and life story are inspirational and (here's where ReadWriteWeb comes in) particularly applicable when you're running a startup. Therefore in this post, we take a look at what modern technology startups can ...Shared by !&# (23) ~C4Chaos (84) Alex Dong (7) Alexandre Gamela (5) allgoood (3) Alun (0) Apollo L (8) Arik Litvin (2) audi (6) Avi Kaplan (0) Benjamin (1008) Bhavesh (36) Bijou (13) Brad (2) Bruce (3) ChristianAnderson (8) corvin (20) Daisuke Murase (12) Darth Peeth (0) dav (7) David (1) dobata (366) Eoin (14) erojo (1) evo (11) Fabian Neumann (10) Fernando (3) guercheLE (5) Harper (89) Heather Cee (7) idhorat (2) imabonehead (61) Ivan Žužak (5) Jeremy (18) Jodi Church-Wagner (21) Karl-Anders (1) Kin (7) Laurent (6) Lee (6) Maksim Berjoza (24) Mario (27) Markos (5) Marque (0) Matt Pierson (8) Nick Cobb (449) noaml (0) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (20) psvensson (25) rachna (6) richard ting (2) Rick Turoczy (66) Robert Hacker (1) Sam (15) Shannon (15) Sids (19) silpol (30) soody (9) Steve (10) Sue Thomas (2) Tatsuhiko Miyagawa (53) Thai Son (0) Thomas Reimer S (13) tjp (1) Tomonori (2) turutosiya (3) urbansheep (7) Vesa Salmi (0) Vlad (7) warrior007 (246) Yung-Hui Lim (80) zhanghui (1) zos (36) zuko (0)- Apollo L said: I'm in the middle of Murakami's Kafka on the Shore, and can definitely sense the use of a lot of this advice through it.
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Reading the future ... (1)
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Environment, science & technology: Will handheld reading devices ever really replace traditional books? Naomi Alderman says maybeShared by Sue Thomas (2)Contribute comment -
Fiction as current events (1)
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I actually do doubt “the need for writers to try their hand at making sense of major events,” precisely because the expectation that they will do so inevitably reduces the writing of fiction to a kind of “literary op-ed.” Fiction writers are granted the dispensation to “reflect” on the meaning of “major events” and to dramatize their reflections through the use of story (a mode that is in turn granted more immediacy in capturing readers’ ...Shared by Sue Thomas (2)Contribute comment -
Kids Prefer Reading Online… (8)
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So the unending debate over whether or not reading on the Internet is “really” reading gets played out once again in this New York Times piece titled “Literacy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading?” It’s the story of a “typical” family where the kids are online some six hours a day reading and writing at FanFiction.net among other places. There’s not too much hand wringing on the part of the parents, however, who say things ...Shared by CannonGod (213) Claudia Ceraso (16) draggon (0) Frank (11) lizunlong (7) Michael (28) Sue Thomas (2) Suzana Gutierrez (8)- Suzana Gutierrez said: interessante
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Modofly: Call for Submissions (1)
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Modofly is at it again. The artist collaborative "piloted by a couple of jack-of-all trade artists/designers that go by the names of Jordan and Kevin",is soliciting submissions for their next batch of customized notebooks: The first theme we are calling “Girly” or “Femme” We are looking for work that women and girls alike will gush over. We have been accused by some of the female folk of being weak on the feminine front with our ...Shared by Sue Thomas (2)Contribute comment -
Richard Feynman - the inconceivable nature of nature (1)
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This entire film is wonderful but I want to draw your attention to the section roughly from 34 to 40 minutes where physicist Richard Feynman explains what he calls the 'inconceivable nature of nature'. I found this video via Web 2.0 - Twitter, to be precise, from a tweet by Tim O'Reilly. timoreilly Retwt @Werner: Listening to Feynman is like watching Magic.For those who don't know him this documentary is a start. http://twurl.nl/2... about 2 ...Shared by Sue Thomas (2)Contribute comment -
TechCrunch Web Tablet (5)
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Arrington has a brilliant idea - an Internet Tablet that’s thin like the MacBook Air and sports a touch sensitive screen like the iPhone or iPod Touch. Good luck. XOXO TechCrunch Web Tablet - Digital Inspiration by Amit AgarwalContribute comment -
Blogs for Print Nerds: Zine Fest Flaunts Camp and Crafts (4)
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: Photo: Emily Lang/Wired.comSAN FRANCISCO – More than 100 zine-makers packed the County Fair building in Golden Gate Park over the weekend to celebrate San Francisco's annual Zine Festival. The two-day conference featured a wide variety of DIY arts and crafts, zines, comics and a gypsy-like atmosphere. Attending noobs were also treated to hands-on workshops, from bookbinding to illustration and Q & A sessions with accomplished self-publishers. For zinesters, zines are like the blogs of ...Contribute comment -
What has prevented newspapers from being successful in the digital age? (4)
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In the daily flood of links that stream by me via RSS or Twitter, I noticed a post by Mark Schaver, the computer-assisted reporting director of the Louisville Kentucky Courier-Journal, in which he challenged the view of newspaper executives as short-sighted and out-of-touch. He pointed to a couple of projects in the US, Videotex and Knight-Ridder’s early investment in Netscape (then Mosaic). Mark said that calling news execs short-sighted and lacking in vision is overly ...- Mac said: From Post: "Newspapers have only recently woken up that the real competitive threat isn't from other newspapers or print media, not even from TV but from new digital businesses that might not have even existed a few years ago. Even though Robert Ingle and others saw the competitive threat 18 years ago, there has not been a sense of urgency until the last 18 to 24 months."
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The Long Tail and the Dip _Seth's Blog (136)
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When you launch a new product or service, you have a choice. It's tempting to go for the bestseller list, to create a mass market hit. This is the box labeled 1 on the tail above. Everyone wants to be here. It's where ego meets profit. A home run. Pixar lives in box 1. In order to have a bestseller, you must reach the unreachable. Most of the people who buy a bestselling book buy ...Shared by Abhilash (19) Ad (0) Allison Kipta (35) anarchist.tv // wortgefecht.net (12) Andres (4) Andrew Currie (9) Andy (3) ani625 (85) Anne McCrossan (5) Antoine (33) ariel gajardo (2) atul (74) B O (35) Bartolome Salas-Manzanedo (0) BeckyMcCray (0) Benjamin R (4) Bill Gaffney (11) Bradford (1) Brent Ozar (10) Brit (24) Cem (2) Cesar (0) Ch (99) Charles (11) Charlie Gilkey (23) ckstevenson (9) Clickfire (2) Cliff (0) crgt (5) cupofjoe (0) cvander (6) Daan (9) David (6) David Daniels (6) Dickson (12) dobata (366) Doug (25) Dr. Ernie (58) edu (34) Eduard Blacquière (2) Eduo (52) Edwin Khodabakchian (20) Elliott (17) Emil (6) Emon (9) Federico Fasce (0) FlorinGrozea (38) Fred (6) Fred Schechter (74) Gary (4) Gautam (14) GeniusBoyWonder (27) Greg (3) haraldf (1) Heather Nasca Dulin (2) Heids (10) HH (5) Hugh Garry (0) iAdramelk (0) iAlja (30) idhorat (2) Ivan Žužak (5) Jason (2) Jason (6) Jay (5) Jeff (0) Jérôme Brussee (5) jmather (1) John Magnus (39) Jonathan (0) Jonathan Fields (13) Juls (7) Justin (2) Kareem Sultan (3) Kenneth (9) koles (1) LauraLee (214) lizunlong (7) loryn (11) Mac (0) Macky (14) Maki (0) Marcos Toledo (0) mariano (0) marilink (12) Mark (9) mark (19) Mark Laymon (11) Martijn (7) Martin (2) maskin (0) Michael Neel (7) Miguel Caetano (44) Mike F (446) Muhammad Saleem (235) noel (16) olifante (12) Olivier Sartor (0) Panos (4) pearl (0) prexec (1) rafiq (1) Raphael Lullis (7) Rodrigo Leme (10) Rubin (0) Ryan (8) rzklkng (103) SAWagner30 (5) Sean (7) Sérgio Rebelo (1) Seth (12) Shea Gunther (100) shivanand (4) shwibbs (4) Shyam (6) Simon (1) smackaysmith (3) smdahlen (12) Steve (2) Steve (0) subbu (27) Sue (28) Sue Thomas (2) tadhgk (6) thePOSTMAN (1) tina-m (6) Tinu (14) Tito (1) Todd Gordon (9) Uday Kiran (7) undependent.com (7) Vegard (1) vvuemme (8) webtime (464) wrburgess (4) Yuvi (27)- Ad said: Dan........the P&C????
- Mac said: From Post: "The long tail doesn't offer a consolation prize. Instead, the wide selection (in every market, not just digital ones) is a collection of smaller long tails, each with its own dip, each with its own winners (and losers). Pick the biggest market you can successfully dominate, the biggest slice where you can get through the Dip and be seen as the best in that world."
- Abhilash said: Take a bow, Seth!
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Journalism That Matters: A Passion for Place video (1)
onBill Densmore of the Media Giraffe Project dropped me a note about this. What motivates people to launch a local online news community -- a "placeblog" and what are their challenges, their successes, the opportunities, vision and passion which accompany this work? With all of the talk about community, it's worthwhile to hear from practitioners. It's on the Internet Archive if you'd like to download it. The video is licenced under Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike ...Shared by Sue Thomas (2)Contribute comment
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Five Reasons Why Blogging Improves Your Writing (12)
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Do you have your own blog? If so, do you sometimes feel guilty about spending time writing for your blog rather than working on something which you consider more “worthwhile”? If you don’t have a blog, have you ever thought of starting one? Perhaps you’re not sure whether it would be worth the investment of your time and energy. Here are five great ways that starting your own blog, or continuing writing the one you ...Shared by Amin Sabeti (71) Doug (25) Kajivar (29) MeghnaK (305) Mohammad Ali (16) Rob (2) Ryan Jerz (3) Sacha Chua (3) Sue B (14) Sue Thomas (2) SYM (36) tim (35)- Ryan Jerz said: Item #4. Blogging will improve your writing because your writing will improve? I once did a persuasive speech in college where I said the Force was real. You had to have three reasons what you said was right. One of mine was "the Force exists because it is real." Um, yeah, not so logical, but it worked. I, however, am a good detector of such things now because I know BS.
- SYM said: به این پنج دلیل، وبلاگنویسی در نوشتن بهتر موثر است.» جون میده برای ترجمه، از ما گفتن.
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Tethered Reading (1)
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The recent noise about the iPhone highlights a trend recently discussed by Jonathan Zittrain in his book The Future of the Internet; namely how “generative” IT platforms are giving way to closed “tethered” appliances. The iPhone is such a device, in that it is ultimately policed by Apple and is capable of being controlled by them. Zittrain acknowledges the benefits of tethered appliances in an age when the internet is becoming increasingly dangerous but he ...Shared by Sue Thomas (2)Contribute comment -
Survey of Book Industry Reaction to New iPhone and App Store (1)
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Kassia Krozser struck a nerve earlier this week with criticism of the publishing industry's slow approach to the new iPhone and the just-opened App Store. From Booksquare: Call me crazy, but I'd expect an industry that salivates over moving 150,000 units to be all over the potential for reaching seven million "mobile is the future" customers. Are you not out there, listening to readers, gauging their interest? They want, you have, and you're still hiding ...Shared by Sue Thomas (2)Contribute comment
