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A letter to my students « The Berkeley Blog
Now, your infrastructure is falling to pieces under your feet, and as citizens you are responsible for crudities like closing parks, and inhumanities like closing battered women’s shelters. It’s o... Read more
http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2010/08/24/a-letter-to-my-students/
Tags: education, politics, economics, california, government, berkeley, taxes, history, article, culture Saved by: admin at 26 Aug 2010
Now, your infrastructure is falling to pieces under your feet, and as citizens you are responsible for crudities like closing parks, and inhumanities like closing battered women’s shelters. It’s o... Read more
http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2010/08/24/a-letter-to-my-students/
Tags: education, politics, economics, california, government, berkeley, taxes, history, article, culture Saved by: admin at 26 Aug 2010
Gary Arndt: 20 Things I've Learned From Traveling Around the World for Three Years
Interesting perspective on travel abroad. "1) People are generally good. 2) The media lies. 3) The world is boring. If there isn't a natural disaster or an armed conflict, most places will never eve... Read more
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-arndt/20-thing-ive-learned-from_b_673264.html
Tags: travel, culture, world, article, advice, life, lifestyle, globalization, toread, social Saved by: admin at 25 Aug 2010
Interesting perspective on travel abroad. "1) People are generally good. 2) The media lies. 3) The world is boring. If there isn't a natural disaster or an armed conflict, most places will never eve... Read more
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-arndt/20-thing-ive-learned-from_b_673264.html
Tags: travel, culture, world, article, advice, life, lifestyle, globalization, toread, social Saved by: admin at 25 Aug 2010
Free Textbooks: A Meta Collection | Open Culture
Free textbooks (aka open textbooks) written by knowledgable scholars are a relatively new phenomenon. But they’re becoming more popular, and we’ll keep adding new ones to this meta list of Free Te... Read more
http://www.openculture.com/free_textbooks
Tags: free, education, books, textbooks, ebooks, reference, science, textbook, backtoschool, culture Saved by: admin at 24 Aug 2010
Free textbooks (aka open textbooks) written by knowledgable scholars are a relatively new phenomenon. But they’re becoming more popular, and we’ll keep adding new ones to this meta list of Free Te... Read more
http://www.openculture.com/free_textbooks
Tags: free, education, books, textbooks, ebooks, reference, science, textbook, backtoschool, culture Saved by: admin at 24 Aug 2010
The Web Is Dead? A Debate | Magazine
Openness is where innovation happens; closedness is where value is captured. So think about open vs closed: the big challenge is not to keep the web completely “open” (that’s a Stallmanesque vis... Read more
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/ff_webrip_debate/all/1
Tags: internet, web, via:packrati.us, wired, trends, apps, articles, businessmodels, communication, culture Saved by: admin at 22 Aug 2010
Openness is where innovation happens; closedness is where value is captured. So think about open vs closed: the big challenge is not to keep the web completely “open” (that’s a Stallmanesque vis... Read more
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/ff_webrip_debate/all/1
Tags: internet, web, via:packrati.us, wired, trends, apps, articles, businessmodels, communication, culture Saved by: admin at 22 Aug 2010
Ultraviolet light reveals how ancient Greek statues really looked
Original Greek statues were brightly painted, but after thousands of years, those paints have worn away. Find out how shining a light on the statues can be all that's required to see them as they were... Read more
http://io9.com/5616498/ultraviolet-light-reveals-how-ancient-greek-statues-really-looked
Tags: art, history, archaeology, science, greece, color, sculpture, culture, greek, cool Saved by: admin at 22 Aug 2010
Original Greek statues were brightly painted, but after thousands of years, those paints have worn away. Find out how shining a light on the statues can be all that's required to see them as they were... Read more
http://io9.com/5616498/ultraviolet-light-reveals-how-ancient-greek-statues-really-looked
Tags: art, history, archaeology, science, greece, color, sculpture, culture, greek, cool Saved by: admin at 22 Aug 2010
Print Culture 101: A Cheat Sheet and Syllabus - Science and Tech - The Atlantic
Think of this annotated syllabus from C.W. Anderson, a Knight Media Policy Fellow at the New America Foundation who also blogs regularly for Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab, as your cheat sheet for th... Read more
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2010/08/print-culture-101-a-cheat-sheet-and-syllabus/61707/
Tags: culture, syllabus, digital, print, books, history, literacy, media, reading, publishing Saved by: admin at 20 Aug 2010
Think of this annotated syllabus from C.W. Anderson, a Knight Media Policy Fellow at the New America Foundation who also blogs regularly for Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab, as your cheat sheet for th... Read more
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2010/08/print-culture-101-a-cheat-sheet-and-syllabus/61707/
Tags: culture, syllabus, digital, print, books, history, literacy, media, reading, publishing Saved by: admin at 20 Aug 2010
"Hallowed Ground" | History Eraser Button
Look at the photos. This neighborhood is not hallowed. The people who live and work here are not obsessed with 9/11. The blocks around Ground Zero are like every other hard-working neighborhood in New... Read more
http://daryllang.com/blog/4421
Tags: politics, nyc, via:packrati.us, photos, culture, islam, 911, mosque, news, religion Saved by: admin at 17 Aug 2010
Look at the photos. This neighborhood is not hallowed. The people who live and work here are not obsessed with 9/11. The blocks around Ground Zero are like every other hard-working neighborhood in New... Read more
http://daryllang.com/blog/4421
Tags: politics, nyc, via:packrati.us, photos, culture, islam, 911, mosque, news, religion Saved by: admin at 17 Aug 2010
BBC News - Cult of less: Living out of a hard drive
Many have begun trading in CD, DVD, and book collections for digital music, movies, and e-books. But this trend in digital technology is now influencing some to get rid of nearly all of their physical... Read more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10928032
Tags: technology, lifestyle, culture, minimalism, internet, trends, bbc, digital, lifehacks, psychology Saved by: admin at 17 Aug 2010
Many have begun trading in CD, DVD, and book collections for digital music, movies, and e-books. But this trend in digital technology is now influencing some to get rid of nearly all of their physical... Read more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10928032
Tags: technology, lifestyle, culture, minimalism, internet, trends, bbc, digital, lifehacks, psychology Saved by: admin at 17 Aug 2010
ポール・グレアム「Yahooに起きてしまったこと」 - らいおんの隠れ家
「ハッカー中心の文化を大事にしよう」といった話のうち、私が聞いた中でおそらく最も印象的だったのは、マーク・ザッカーバーグ(訳注: Facebook開... Read more
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/lionfan/20100815#1281830975
Tags: yahoo, business, culture, google, history, work, web, column, facebook, innovation Saved by: admin at 16 Aug 2010
「ハッカー中心の文化を大事にしよう」といった話のうち、私が聞いた中でおそらく最も印象的だったのは、マーク・ザッカーバーグ(訳注: Facebook開... Read more
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/lionfan/20100815#1281830975
Tags: yahoo, business, culture, google, history, work, web, column, facebook, innovation Saved by: admin at 16 Aug 2010
Confirmed: HOPA Dry Erase Girl Is A Hoax, Identity Revealed
“Girl quits her job on dry erase board, emails entire office (33 Photos)” is indeed a hoax, say its creators John and Leo Resig. I’d love to pull out some well-worn meta-media analysis about ho... Read more
http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/11/elyse-porterfield/
Tags: hoax, via:packrati.us, internet, meme, funny, culture, hopa, viral, branding, socialmedia Saved by: admin at 12 Aug 2010
“Girl quits her job on dry erase board, emails entire office (33 Photos)” is indeed a hoax, say its creators John and Leo Resig. I’d love to pull out some well-worn meta-media analysis about ho... Read more
http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/11/elyse-porterfield/
Tags: hoax, via:packrati.us, internet, meme, funny, culture, hopa, viral, branding, socialmedia Saved by: admin at 12 Aug 2010