Category: social media
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Obama by the Social Networking Numbers
(from Cathy Davidson HASTAC; thanks to Torsten R for the link) Jeremiah Owyang, whose blog is Web Strategy by Jeremiah, posted these numbers on November 3, his comparative analysis of the social networking of Barack Obama’s campaign and John McCain’s and their relative followers. Pretty interesting! Here’s the link for the blog posting that is…
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Subject: [HASTAC] HASTAC Scholars Forum with Howard Rheingold: Participatory Learning launches Mon., August 25
Hello everyone, Howard Rheingold will be vlogging on participatory learning with HASTAC Scholars starting August 25 on www.hastac.org. The HASTAC Scholars Program will kick-off the week of August 25th with an inaugural Scholars-led discussion forum exploring the topic of “Participatory Learning†and featuring social networking pioneer Howard Rheingold. The topic coincides with the theme of…
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Digital copyright: it’s all wrong
A draft treaty proposes draconian measures to protect copyright. THE forces of reaction are fighting back. As they often do, they are carrying out their planning in secret, in the knowledge that if more people knew of their activities they would not be allowed to get away with it (link)
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What is HASTAC?
A consortium of humanists, artists, scientists, social scientists, and engineers from universities across the country, HASTAC (“Haystack”) is committed to new forms of collaboration across institutions, disciplines, and communities to promote creative uses of technology. Since 2003, we have been developing tools for multimedia archiving and social interaction, gaming environments for teaching, innovative educational programs…
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What is Mashable.net?
Mashable is a news site for the social networking movement (link).
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The world’s most hated blogger
The man known on the internet as “the world’s most hated blogger” is cooling his heels at an undisclosed location near Sydney, working on a way to climb back out of the very deep hole he now finds himself in (link) From the Melbourne Age