Sunday, August 03, 2003

Initiating Mission-Critical Jargon Reduction. Over the past 20 years, business has replaced government in the public mind as the chief perpetrator of doublespeak. By Geoffrey Nunberg. [New York Times: Business] 9:52:54 PM    comment []

Microsoft and Social Cyberspaces. As this press release reveals, Microsoft is active in researching the nature of trust and identity in virtual community. It's research sociologist Marc Smith "leads the Community Technologies group, which is developing tools that can help people make more informed decisions on which community members they can trust, instead of acting on blind faith. " Thanks, Paul! [Smart Mobs] 9:37:32 PM    comment []

Corn Cam, again, and again! 10:04:55 AM    comment []