Posts Tagged ‘ Google ’

Keeping Track (of What’s Yours?) in Web 2.0: Twitter

July 28, 2009
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Last week, there were some major revelations about who owns what in the 2.0 world.  We decided to summarize what we learned in order to help you keep track of your digital footprint. Twitter What they own:  All of your tweets – public or protected What you own:  The ability to protect your tweets...
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Is research too easy?

June 14, 2009
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I am as big a fan of efficiency as anyone. Though I enjoy the smell of old books, I don’t miss looking through library stacks when deadlines approach. However, I do wonder what negatives will result from tools that provide instant access to heretofore unthinkably vast repositories of knowledge. I was recently introduced to...
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I Have Nothing To Say (a.k.a. the nonpretentious Reaction to Obama’s Inauguration)

January 21, 2009
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I Have Nothing To Say (a.k.a. the nonpretentious Reaction to Obama’s Inauguration)

I find it relevant to point out that not one contributor – on the left or the right – weighed in on the momentous day that was yesterday.¹ Does this mean that we’re burnt out?  We needed a breather after the raucousness that was our twitterized Vice Presidential debate.  Or, we’re we too busy...
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Chrome Excites Me but also Scares Me a bit

September 2, 2008
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i’m not sure how i feel when something (or someone) is taking over my life. you can call it a reliance problem or an independence problem but once i start getting too dependent on something (or someone) i sort of freak. (see: all past relationships). my only consolation is that i may not be...
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Mr.Oink’s Zero Entry

August 19, 2008
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What is a Mr.Oink? I am. And what indeed. I’m only the newest product from NonPretentious. I am (and I took a personality test on Facebook to figure this out, so listen up) — I am Creative, Expressive, Logical, Objective, Curious, Compulsive, Spontaneous, Loyal, Ambitious. The personality test also said that I was organized....
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