Sun, 12 Jul 2009
Shared Items for Sun, 12 Jul 2009
- Zoning out may be good for you
- Is Google making us clever or stupid?
- Anthony Yeo, the lion content to be only a little mouse.
- The You Factor
- Save Our Sounds: Audio Map
- Blog about quick-n-dirty repairs
- More RAWR this time
- NYT and Jimmy Wales worked together to keep kidnapping news off Wikipedia
That’s why I feel teachers shouldn’t come down so hard on students who don’t seem to ‘pay attention’.
“With Web 3.0, only what is meaningful to you comes to you. As you search for information online, the engine is already aware that you are a parent of two very different kids because of what you post in Facebook, your blog and the forums you participate in. The search results (and even the ads that come with it) are more meaningful to you.”
“That perhaps summarized his approach to counseling: listen and empathise.
There are many troubled people, young and mature, who cannot express their need. Anthony embraced them and their troubles reassuringly, calmed them tenderly, gave them solace – and helped them along the path to peace.”
A very good post that delves into human psychology/behaviour in terms of giving the ‘customer’ what s/he wants.
Preserving endangered sounds for future generations.
“Human ingenuity (and a touch of foolishness) on parade”.
“Wikipedia has, over time, instituted gradually more control because of some embarrassing incidents, particularly involving potentially libelous material, and some people get histrionic about it, proclaiming the death of Wikipedia,” he said. “But the idea of a pure openness, a pure democracy, is a naïve one.”
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