Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Cult of the Amateur – Andrew Keen – Books – Review – New York Times Andrew Keen points out in his provocative new book, “The Cult of the Amateur,” Web 2.0 has a dark side Tags: culture, technology, web2.0 Link Karma – 15 July 2007 at Personal Development with The Positivity Blog Link Karma…
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Reading Time: 2 minutesTim Berners-Lee, father (Sire, actually) of web, was interviewed recently and provided his commentary on the vision for the future of the semantic web. Tim discusses some of the latest “terminology” that is somewhat related/intertwined with the semantic web: web2.0, web3.0, and even web4.0. He also touches on the origins of the web, what the…
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdrian Savage of Slow Leadership recently published an article on lifehack.org. Like most articles on lifehack.org, this one has its share of good advice. In particular: Take whatever time you need to discover what matters to you most Success isn’t simply a matter of money, power, or prestige. You could gain all of those and…
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSignals vs. Noise recently posted an article: Is the web killing our culture?. In this article, the guys from 37 Signals discuss a new book from Andrew Keen titled The Cult of the Amateur: How today’s Internet is killing our culture. Keen sees the web, and “Web 2.0” in particular, as technology that enables mass…
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFound 4 links Amy Seeley | Latest News Tags: music Jesh de Rox Tags: beauty, inspiration, photography Video: Brian Tracy and One Great Little Goal-Setting Exercise Tags: advice, goals, lifehack thinkBuddha.org: Knowledge, Wisdom and Ignorance Tags: knowledge, wisdom Dr. Seuss quotes “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient…
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteInformation Aesthetics recently posted about a new music visualization interface from Burst Labs. And, here’s a quick summary from NotCot: “The Discover interface of Burst Labs is mesmerizingly brilliant ~ and there’s a melody for every mood you could possibly feel or imagine, and truly one of the most refreshing flashy user experiences i’ve encountered…
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Reading Time: 3 minutesLast week I started adding SpeedLinks to this blog. I’ve been looking for a good excuse to experiment with Yahoo Pipes for some time now. So, I wanted to find out if I could take the concept of the original Perl script I found, and create a pipe to do all the work (with little,…
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Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m sometimes amazed at the sites that make the del.icio.us popular list. I enjoyed the following entry on Wikipedia: the Dunning-Kruger effect. The Dunning-Kruger effect is the phenomenon whereby people who have little knowledge systematically think that they know more than others who have much more knowledge. The phenomenon was rigorously demonstrated in a series…
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWeb 2.0 Applications, Web 2.0 Sites, Web 2.0 Directory – FeedMyApp Well, FeedMyApp is a directory where you could submit your (or not your) own web 2.0 app. Doing that “you feed your app” receiving many, many visitors from there and you help us keeping up-to-date the directory! Tags: directory, list, web2.0 LUCID DREAMS Tags:…
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Reading Time: < 1 minutesmoking_timeline_2070x1530.gif (GIF Image, 2070×1530 pixels) – Scaled (54%) What happens to your body if you stop smoking right now? Tags: health, speedlink, visualization The Getting Things Done (GTD) FAQ | zen habits Tags: faq, gtd, speedlink The Ultimate RSS Toolbox – 120+ RSS Resources Never again will mankind have to look for RSS info in…
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