- Miss rogue tells us the tale of a real life example of whuffie in action, which will lead most to ask what is whuffie?
- Somehow i find myself desiring this shirt. What would Luke say?
- Neil Gaiman, I like his writing and it is always interesting to hear nice clear explanations of complex topics.
- Just in time for me to keep drawing those diagrams on the train home, it is idiagram for iphone!
- Multicolour search for flickr. Pick a colour any colour
- Ever wanted to go back in time? Well I can’t help you, but if you wanna play old dos games try boxxer
Thu 11 Dec 2008
Interestingness 2
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Sat 22 Nov 2008
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- Video mashup of Madonna vs Depeche mode… just can’t get enough music. A great mashup of tunes and also a great video.
- The faces of the mechanical turk is a post from waxy.org which shows a few people who work on Amazon’s MT platform and why they do it. Check it for the lulz!
- The future of politics… a link to a discussion about one of the two people President
elect Obama has appointed to his FCC transition team… that the discussion is based upon the appointees WoW character just adds juice to this the future of politcs. - Pictures of 24 abandoned and deserted city scapes are kind of beautiful and sad at the same time.
- Introducing iFun for the iPhone a cute use for the iPhone, which while fairly trivial in itself is very interesting for the potentials it shows.
- I have always thought American voting processes were a bit weird (well when I say always I mean since the Florida debacle back in 2000) but this look at some ballots from the Minnesota recount is very interesting
Fri 21 Nov 2008
Digital kids today are like the geeks of yesterday
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So there is an interesting new report out talking about how digital youth make use of, and live and learn with new media. This report is one of those that paints an interesting and really what should be a highly predictable picture of how the digital youth experience the world of new media.
The report talks about the different categories of use that these digital youth have for and around different activities. It talks about how their digital messing around is actually essential in learning how to use and utilise all the possibilities for learning and research which surrounds them online.
The report cautions those worried about teens and younger kids seemingly just hanging out with their friends online, showing that this hanging around is an essential step in creating a comfortable existence online allowing the digital youth to grow and learn in this environment.
Of course one of the things I saw in the report which I found amusing was the image of my friends and I at one of our places a few years ago. Half a dozen of us all with laptops, swapping links playing songs and videos for each other mailing and IM-ing. So geeky and when another guest arrived who wasn’t such a geek she couldn’t understand us all. But it was so natural just pull out the laptop extension of your mind and communicate. I guess all kids growing up today can be as comfortable and more (much more) than we are with digital tools.
Tomorrow is an interesting place.
