Monday, July 05, 2004

Iraq battles its leaking borders. Iraq's prime minister calls on Syria and Iran to help check the flow of weapons, fighters. [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories] 9:02:22 PM    comment []

op/ed: online lucid dreaming. --humdog it is true that art captivates, entertains, challenges, and explains. that is true. art also procides us with models for how to approach and... [The Second Life Herald] 12:39:25 PM    comment []

Knowing Their Politics by the Software They Use. It is perhaps not surprising that the parties find themselves on different sides in the politics of software as well. By By STEVE LOHR. [The New York Times > Technology] 8:03:31 AM    comment []

Kapor and co start a net-politics blog Mitch Kapor (founder of Lotus and EFF) and friends have started a group-blog devoted to the way that the net is changing politics. The modern corporation must be reformed. Accounting of a corporation's impact must include people's work lives, family, community, and the environment. More than this, we must discover what it will take to save capitalism from itself. In an era of ever greater communication and more information, the need for education becomes ever more essential as a key to both economic opportunity and active citizenship. We must look at education as a lifetime endeavor and recast our entire education system. Quality education must be available to all, not just an elite. Link (via Mitch Kapor's Blog) [bOing bOing] 8:03:11 AM    comment []

Claiming a Threat to Innovation, Group Seeks to Overturn 10 Patents. A coalition of lawyers, researchers and software experts will try to overturn 10 Internet and software-related patents that the group says are so sweeping they threaten innovation. By By IAN AUSTEN. [The New York Times > Technology] Earlier story here, too. 8:02:56 AM    comment []

Economist: Life in the vault. On the other hand, says Mr Huang, "the vision of digital content is a much more compelling one than that of home automation." And this is why the new chips may turn out to be as important as Intel claims. They are an opening salvo in a battle between the computer and the consumer-electronics industries over who will dominate the digital household. [Tomalak's Realm] 7:56:29 AM    comment []

News from China 4:27:52 AM    comment []

Catalyzing Collective Action on the Net. Marc Smith's keynote address from O'Reilly's Emerging Technology Conference: Catalyzing Collective Action on the Net Got threads? Online communities are among the most popular tools used on the net. However, these tools have had limited refinement over the last two decades and are now reaching their limit of utility, as volumes rise beyond the abilities of mere humans to keep up. This talk will demonstrate several technologies and concepts that show promise as ways to enhance online communities, making them easier to discover and making it easier to select high-quality content, evaluate that content, and motivate others to contribute significant value. In short, these tools may catalyze collective action by highlighting participants' histories and relationships. Marc's talk is here. Annotating Everything: A Report on Marc A. Smith's Talk at ETech 2004 by Daniel H. Steinberg Daniel Steinberg reports from O'Reilly's Emerging Technology Conference with an in-depth look at featured speaker Marc A. Smith's session on Catalyzing Collective Action on the Net. Marc demonstrated several tools that show promise as ways to enhance online communities. Daniel's report is here. [Smart Mobs] 12:22:03 AM    comment []