April 21, 2007
by donkasprzak
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As you may know the well known television series WKRP in Cincinnati has been butchered due to copyright. And yes I am old enough to have watched this show growing up in Ohio…which made me feel good about the fact … Continue reading
April 21, 2007
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With a lot of anticipation I read Robert Scoble’s Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers. For some time I had been skimming his blog Scoblizer since he became Microsoft’s first official blogger and rose … Continue reading
April 17, 2007
by donkasprzak
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Wisconsin is moving in the right digital direction, literally at the speed of light. Announced yesterday the UW System is connected to a new network named Boreas. Boreas was the name of the Greek God of the North Wind, but … Continue reading
April 16, 2007
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While searching for Masters hilights I found AT&T’s Blue room media directory. Their visual identity jumped right out as a copy of Terena, Europe’s version of Internet2, a high speed academic research network. Terena’s brand identity was redesigned in … Continue reading
April 15, 2007
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The real golden rule: He who has the gold makes the rules. I’m always disappointed to see how copyright handcuffs what an artist can create. For example: This message is from RealViz’s Stitcher program, a photographic virtual reality rendering program. … Continue reading
April 14, 2007
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A chance to remix history? Confused by the current developments inside the Beltway regarding the firing of attorneys in the Justice Department? Millions of emails regarding this process are “missing” resulting in another Bush Administration scandal. Now the Democratic congress … Continue reading
April 7, 2007
by donkasprzak
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I read about Chris Anderson’s Long Tail in Wired Magazine back in the day (2004 – wow how time really flies) and immediately recognized the Amazon story. How many books can you tap into at a local reseller? Two or … Continue reading
April 6, 2007
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Google continues to revolutionize the way social networks can thrive in a web2.0 world. The only problem with this is the amount of time it will take to render VR imaging for My Maps. Now the challenge for Google Earth … Continue reading
April 5, 2007
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The University of Michigan has a Master of Science in Information degree in Social Computing which brings online communities, social networking and user content into a formal degree program. Very interesting. I actually like the competency requirement. 12 credits from: … Continue reading
April 2, 2007
by donkasprzak
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X+Y does NOT equal Z. Students enter high school thinking X of the world. In college they should better be exposed to Y because by the time they graduate, the real world will be Z. And there is nothing worse … Continue reading