July 2011
25 posts
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“Why has this footage gone viral? The answer, according to a new study by Jonah...”
– The Science Behind Charlie Bit My Finger Again | Head Case - WSJ.com
Jul 26th
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“Being a longtime Dylan fan, I have long known where the cover of “The...”
– Highway 61 Revisited - Album Cover Location - Another Side of Bob Dylan
Jul 26th
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Jul 25th
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“Smell is unique among the senses in the way it is processed by the brain -...”
– A whiff of history - The Boston Globe
Jul 24th
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“Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world”
– Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world | Video on TED.com
Jul 21st
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http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/media-lab/social... →
Jul 20th
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“Before print came along, McLuhan argues, we were, as a species, “ear-oriented”:...”
– Webs and whirligigs: Marshall McLuhan in his time and ours » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism
Jul 20th
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“So it would be easy to think that the Whole Earthers are winning and the...”
– Facebook and the Epiphanator: An End to Endings? — Daily Intel
Jul 20th
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Proust.com - Share your story. Preserve family... →
Jul 19th
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“Proust’s algorithm provides targeted questions based on your age, gender and...”
– Proust launches to save memories online
Jul 19th
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“Barfield reminds us that our perception of reality is never merely a function of...”
– Offloaded Memory and Its Discontents (or, Why Life Isn’t a Game of Jeopardy) « The Frailest Thing
Jul 16th
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http://news.columbia.edu/research/2490 →
Jul 16th
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“For those of you keeping score at home, let’s remember that I’m...”
– Taking Pictures of Elvis on TV: How to Almost Break Google - Matt Novak - Technology - The Atlantic
Jul 15th
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“As a medium that ruthlessly commodifies places, rendering exotic sites (or...”
– Atomic Postcards: Memorabilia from the age of nuclear tourism. - By Tom Vanderbilt - Slate Magazine
Jul 13th
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“Yesterday we wrote about Percolate, a new online content filtering system...”
– The Next Era Of Blogging: Some Thoughts From The Creators Of Percolate - PSFK
Jul 12th
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Photo: Father and son at first and last Space... →
Jul 12th
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“HistoryPin, a great website which brings the past right into Google Maps, has...”
– Explore the history of your current location with HistoryPin for Android
Jul 11th
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“Many boards are stagnant or in decline, if they even still exist. Several...”
– The Decline of the Online Message Board - NYTimes.com
Jul 11th
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“Pre-Internet, of course, the reports remained on paper, intact and inviolable —...”
– Will The Past Last In The Digital Age? - Miller-McCune
Jul 11th
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“So you want Google (or perhaps any commercial enterprise) to digitize your books...”
– How Google Disrespected Mexican History - Miller-McCune
Jul 11th
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“They report July 6, 2011, in The Journal of Neuroscience, that exposure to large...”
– The Biology Behind Alcohol-Induced Blackouts | Science Blog
Jul 10th
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“In many ways, Percolate aims to be equal parts Tumblr, Google Reader, and...”
– Percolate: The Microblogging Platform Where Tumblr And Twitter Go To Hang Out | Fast Company
Jul 8th
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“A Virtual Bibliographic Repository for the Field of Memory Studies”
– Memory Studies Bank
Jul 6th
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“We’ve become so accustomed to using advanced tools that we sometimes forget how...”
– On Keeping It Simple :: Tips :: The 99 Percent
Jul 6th
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“Let’s put this into the context of self-presentation and identity on social...”
– Rethinking Privacy and Publicity on Social Media: Part I » Cyborgology
Jul 1st
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