Archive for the ‘Web’ Category

Standardization Leads to Stagnation (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Oracle and Love Open Source All the More)

The world is constantly changing. Innovation has worked its way into the lexicon of most businesses, as well as the public consciousness. We hear about the latest innovations from companies like Intel, IBM, and Microsoft. And investors inundate these businesses with funding and investments in the hope that they will receive a return from future [...]

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Recreational Reading

Here’s some more news for you to use, or whatever you want to do with it.

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Videos: OTOY In Action. You Have To See This.

Words cannot describe the awesomeness… via Videos: OTOY In Action. You Have To See This. .

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Beware the Twitpocalypse

I’m not sure this is true, it sounds like a publicity stunt to me but enticing nonetheless. Check it out for yourself, but do so before June 13, that’s the twitpocalypse! via Twitter Twitpocalypse Status.

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Ray Kurzweil: A university for the coming singularity | Video on TED.com

via Ray Kurzweil: A university for the coming singularity | Video on TED.com.

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Virtual Ambition

I think that this guy is dead on. I have seen incredible talent in MMOs that is not necessarily reflected in RL (‘Real Life’ for non-gamers). It’s not to say that the talent isn’t there, because otherwise I would expect not to see it at all, even in a virtual world. But there is a [...]

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The Future of the Internet

I’ve had this book for over a year, but I’ve recently decided to re-read it. The information presented here is vital to understanding the future of internet policy. Below is a presentation by Jonathan Zittrain of his book The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It. I highly recommend this book. It’s not necessarily [...]

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Secure Gmail

It seems as if now would be a very good time to secure your gmail account.  If you’re anything like me, security lazy, then you also probably have not secured your gmail account.  I guess the feature has been there for a while, but I had never heard of it or noticed it, although I [...]

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