Telepresence

Maps for the masses, now with custom stylin'

Tracy Rolling, the community advocate for Platial.com (“the people’s atlas) recently sent me a heads up about a new styling feature for the DIY maps that Platial makes it so easy to, er, make. And, by the way, I think...
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Social software provides buffer for shy people

I think 12 frogs is onto something here with Why social software is good for introverts....
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Is identity attention over time?

Adrian Chan asks Is attention over time not identity? while suggesting, semifacetiously, that Creative Commons and AttentionTrust should merge. Is what I make, and what I pay attention to, over time, not, basically, my identity? That’s how an Amazon would...
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Text messages from Jazz Fest

Cell phones help people locate each other at spread out entertainment events like the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (the first weekend of which I just attended for the tenth or eleventh time in the last thirteen or so...
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