Category: Internet

Some Thoughts on Networking in a Networked Age

I recently came across an article titled “Facebook in a Crowd” in the New York Times magazine.  It was written by Canadian writer, Hal Niedzviecki and details the

Our First Home Is For Sale

So I'm watching the Calgary Flames game earlier tonight and that inspires me to do something I haven't done in a long time – look at the MLS

Facebook Weirdness

See if you can follow this…Shea's cousin posted a comment on a photo that someone he knows uploaded to Facebook.    Shea was able to view this photo

Google Newspaper Archive

Yet another groundbreaking Google project was announced a month ago. I didn't blog about it at the time but I recently rediscovered it via the Vancouver Law Librarian

Friday Fun Link – Deletionpedia (Sept 20, 2008)

Deletionpedia attempts to capture the tens of thousands of pages that have been deleted from Wikipedia for one reason or another.  It sometimes misses the odd one but

Will The Future of Reference…

…Be Found in Social Q&A Sites?  I think so.  Ask.MetaFilter.com is one of my first stops whenever I'm seeking information – whether it's technology, parenting or pretty much

What Do Michael Moore and Radiohead Have In Common?

Besides that cutting edge sense of fashion of course?  Both are mainstream artists who have chosen to release their latest works online.  Moore's new movie, “Slacker Uprising” will

Privacy Is Dead – Get Over It

“Privacy is dead – get over it [part 2] is a talk by private investigator Steve Rambam. It's a talk he has been giving for a number of

Google's Browser Project, "Chrome"

Holy shit.  This is pretty exciting, the more I read about it (and a headline like “Meet Chrome, Google's Windows Killer” doesn't hurt either!)Although I have to admit

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