March 21, 2007
In mathematics, E8 is the name of a root system and of several associated Lie groups and also their Lie algebras \mathfrak{e}_8. These are the largest of the exceptional simple Lie groups. It is also one of the simply laced...
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March 09, 2007
"PC World has just released its ranking of the 50 most influential people on the Internet—the people who are "shaping what you read, watch, hear, write, buy, sell, befriend, flame, and otherwise do online." Some highlights: Of course whoever in...
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March 07, 2007
Just about to sub a friend for a lecture on "Internet". a timely post then:) Tyler Cowen: Blogging makes us more oriented toward an intellectual bottom line, more interested in the directly empirical, more tolerant of human differences, more analytical...
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February 27, 2007
Internet Evolution - Wireless Internet Access Some 34% of internet users have logged onto the internet using a wireless connection either around the house, at their workplace, or some place else............... Check out this: Love in the Stacks–6 Library Makeovers...
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February 26, 2007
Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, February 26, 2007: Life-Long Computer Skills Summary: Schools should teach deep, strategic computer insights that can't be learned from reading a manual. "I recently saw a textbook used to teach computers in the third grade. One of...
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Our guests arrived at 5 to 8 pm. and after talking a bit on soccer, jobs, geography, traffic and weather at 8:29 the eldest brother officially declared why they were there. That took not more than 5 minutes after when...
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February 25, 2007
Nurcan's destiny back in track (!). I was expecting a call from her to discuss this week but it seems that she had already decided (yeah, who i am to discuss as i fck up constantly). Mum told me to...
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Turkey's pro-European elite is the target of a growing wave of violent ultra-nationalism says Newsweek... More thinking needs on this piece.... Hratch Tchilingirian in Hrant Dink and Armenians in Turkey The assassination of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink on 19...
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February 16, 2007
Bitter Lemons has a special issue on the Arab blogosphere: * The new revolutionaries - Ammar Abdulhamid Blogging is fast becoming a serious threat to traditional authority in the region, be it political or religious. * Arab blogs give youth...
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February 14, 2007
California-based internet giant Google may have to rethink its popular news.google.com service after Belgian courts on Tuesday said it is illegal to publish summaries of news stories and links without newspapers' consent. * Belgian court rules against Google over copyright...
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February 07, 2007
Citizen Media: Fad or the Future of News? The rise and prospects of hyperlocal journalism - By Jan Schaffer - J-Lab Executive Director Fantastic interactive graphic from nytimes.com showing Super Bowl ads from 1984-2006. VIA CyberJournalist quotes some early details...
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February 05, 2007
Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us...Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes.... This video of Michael Wesch who is an Ass't Prof of Anthropology at Kansas State U, made it to the top video list in technorati....
February 02, 2007
Take a look: http://anthropos-lab.net/collaborations/concept-work/ You may also want to tour the rest of the ARC 2.0 site - see especially "News" and the various blogs listed on the right hand side. The next step is for us to publicize it,...
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January 30, 2007
The Digital Edge Award winners for this year were announced. Here is the press release thru CyberJournalist. In other news; * Blog Readership Growing For Major Newspapers * Blogger Offers Four Reasons Why Blogs Fail * PR, Blogging And Social...
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January 29, 2007
In Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox: Wishlists, Gift Certificates, and Gift Giving in E-Commerce Summary: Although gift features leverage the online medium and draw new users to a site, they also introduce many usability pitfalls. Among them are poorly designed email notifications,...
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January 26, 2007
Since things have been hectic around me, i could not congratulate Murat on time. first of all, congratulations for the 50,000th visitor to your site, Murat! Murat has started Turkish blogs one or two of them in each of his...
January 19, 2007
In proposals presented on 15 January 2007, Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding and Commission Vice President Margot Wallström announced three steps towards greater media pluralism in the EU......... * Commission seeks to end 'blame game' over communicating EU...
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Marc K. Hebert in Anthropology 2.0 says: What are your thoughts of Anthropology 2.0? What does this term mean to you? Why is it relevant to the discipline of anthropology today? Please leave your comments below. Anthropology 2.0 may refer...
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Twice as many Americans used the internet as their primary source of news about the 2006 campaign compared with the most recent mid-term election in 2002. Some 15% of all American adults say the internet was the place where they...
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January 16, 2007
For the first time in a federal court, during the trial of US Vice President’s former chief of staff set to open next week, journalists won’t be the only ones to occupy the press seats. First reported in WPost.... "Another...
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A Canadian study indicates that lifelong bilingualism delays the onset of dementia by 4 years. The scientists were reportedly "dazzled" by the results. Our students keep on hanging to Turkish, maybe this will encourage them to be bilingual:p Agency: DDB,...
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"Professor Rosental Calmon Alves, Knight Chair in Journalism & UNESCO Chair in Communication at the University of Texas at Austin, wants you to mark your calendar for the 8th International Symposium on Online Journalism." It is scheduled for March 30-31,...
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January 12, 2007
The European Union, Turkey and Islam BY NETHERLANDS SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL FOR GOVERNMENT POLICY A Closer Look At The iPhone Apple Inc's Phil Schiller shows John Blackstone the many features of the iPhone. Apple's latest product will go on sale this...
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January 10, 2007
* Three reasons why the iPhone won't be as mega as some think * Apple CEO Unveils iPhone, Apple TV * Steve Jobs reads newspaper with Apple's smart phone * Google Blogoscoped: Steve Jobs Unveils iPhone * Kottke.org: The...
January 09, 2007
55% of online teens use social networks and 55% have created online profiles; older girls predominate More than half (55%) of all online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites, according to a new national survey of teenagers...
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January 08, 2007
What You Need to Know * A "weblog" is defined as a page with dated entries. * The contest is open to any weblogs that existed for a period of time during the year 2006, so weblogs that were discontinued...
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January 07, 2007
Matt Harwood says: As the year draws to a close, and one of the first chapters of Web 2.0 prints it's last word of 2006, I begin to ponder on the movement's effect on life off-line. More specifically, is Web...
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January 04, 2007
Lynching the Dictator. On Saturday morning, the United States helped to officiate at a human sacrifice. By Christopher Hitchens * Traditional media cover Saddam after YouTube does...
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2006 is gone but not the lists. My developing list of bookmarks can be found here. And here are some of the cool listings: Here comes another favorite blog's best of: The Best Links 2006 by Kottke.org “For precise gluing”...
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January 03, 2007
"Nielsen BuzzMetrics has released its list of the top blog posts in 2006. The top post was a petition against changes in the Livejournal interface. The top posts are primarily political posts and David Sifry's State of the Blogosphere posts....
December 31, 2006
My dear readers, a few hours ago, i have read two articles by some notable authors whom I respect and i will use them as pretexts to state my own developing ideas. In my style of writing, i can be...
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December 29, 2006
Dan Gillmor focuses on Google and Newspapers and asks Who’s Getting the Long Range Benefit and adds One More Reason the Newspaper Business is in Such Trouble And the Number One Astronomy Picture of 2006 is…Saturn. Have a look at...
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VIA Bloggers Blog quotes Top-Cited Wikipedia Entries by Bloggers in 2006; Nielsen BuzzMetrics has released data about which Wikipedia articles bloggers most referenced from January 1st to December 10th. It isn't quite the entire year but it does give...
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December 28, 2006
While I still wait to be discovered (!), blogging ethics becomes a hot topic at the end of the year: If You Give a Blogger a Laptop says The Bloggers Blog: if you give a blogger a cool Acer Ferrari...
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December 27, 2006
Here are the top 10 winner and losers according to Richard Menta And here is the Japanese Robot Awards 2006 Announced ads from Greenpeace... In the mean time, Wikipedia Founder is now Working on User-Powered Search while it is claimed...
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December 25, 2006
A lawsuit against IBM is reviving debate over whether Web overuse may be classified as an addiction. The answer will have big implications for business by Catherine Holahan Don't let our girls stay uneducated. There are so many girls in...
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İdil is to be 25, still young:) have a super happy birthday İdil! Burcu is back in depression but i believe this is temporary. Dear Burcu you will get used to your new life and everything will be better. A...
December 22, 2006
Today is the global orgasm day. Enjoy the event:) And a Christmas gift: JK Rowling announces seventh Harry Potter title Shame on me, I haven't read the sixth one yet:( Ads from the American Red Cross. Strupp's Top 10 Newspaper...
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The website can turn any ordinary person with a camera into a journalist, a more powerful version of the "CNN effect." By Moisés Naím, MOISéS NAíM is editor in chief of Foreign Policy magazine, in which a longer version of...
December 21, 2006
Newsdesign blog discusses the Seattle Times first page..." In Seattle, they’re still reeling from last week’s big storm. Thousands are still without electricity and six people have died from carbon monoxide poisoning as the result of using charcoal or...
Satin Pajamas: Best New Weblog; Nominate your favorite new European blog(s) here. First post must be in 2006. Pedigree ad via. Good news for Burcu and for all of us. Burcu finally made it and has become a TA in...
December 20, 2006
Erkan's Field Diary receives the 100,000th visit today. the 50,000th visit took place on 29 August 2006 and here comes the next tour. The visit number comes from the Sitemeter you can see on the left hand and I have...
December 19, 2006
[an old news but worth quoting] Seeking Iran Intelligence, U.S. Tries Google; Internet Search Yields Names Cited in U.N. Draft Resolution By Dafna Linzer When the State Department recently asked the CIA for names of Iranians who could be sanctioned...
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Editors Weblog quotes Jeff Jarvis: "...Jarvis referred to a blog posting where he wrongfully criticized the director of the Press Complaints Commission, based on an online source with an inaccurate quote. Jarvis acknowledged that “the internet can also be worse...
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December 18, 2006
Le Meur posts a concluding message and also replies some of the critiques levelled at him. The end of blogger conferences. I could not follow this major event and linked to some other sites who followed. I have seen that...
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December 17, 2006
Person of the Year: You- Yes, you. You control the Information Age. Welcome to your world. By LEV GROSSMAN As TRT to rebroadcast documentary accusing Sweden of genocide, Swedish Ambassador said freedom of the press is an essential principle...
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December 16, 2006
The blogging phenomenon is set to peak in 2007, according to technology predictions by analysts Gartner. The analysts said that during the middle of next year the number of blogs will level out at about 100 million. The firm has...
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December 14, 2006
Among the sites I follow, Journalism.co.uk seems to provide more news on the Le Web 3 conference. I learnt here that TechCrunch's UK editor Sam Sethi has been fired following his coverage of the recent Le Web 3 conference in...
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December 09, 2006
Today's primitive prototypes show that a more intelligent Internet is still a long way off................. Internet2 Turns 10 and Upgrades here. Greenpeace. Guilty since 1971. (via) It is all lie! Study Shows Cell Phones Safe! And do you wonder what...
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December 08, 2006
A notable news from the EU Observer. "Twenty years after the EU launched its student exchange programme Erasmus, the poorest students still find it difficult to take part in it. Meanwhile, participants from the new member states benefit much more...
December 05, 2006
These images represent terrorist attacks and some of the actors, weapons and targets linked to them. The physical relationship of the items suggests the level of connection. Via CLIVE THOMPSON in NYT Magazine: .....The spy agencies were saddled with...
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November 29, 2006
New guidelines for the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes allow the submission of a blogs. A press release from the Pulitzer Board discusses the widening of the range of online journalims to include blogs and other online content..... This development is...
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November 28, 2006
Wikinews reports: "Kurdish Ubuntu, a Linux distribution, was launched this week with a reception in Diyarbakir. Ubuntu was the first Linux distribution to implement Kurdish localization. Kurdish localization in Linux is an important milestone for Turkey due to ethnic conflicts.......
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November 27, 2006
I would like to congratulate two bloggers whom I follow that were recently quoted in mainstream traditional media: Kambiz Kamrani is quoted in the Baltimore Sun's "Common realities". Kamriz says: Please excuse me while I bask in this accomplishment, I...
November 26, 2006
Here it is. Now we can complain... New Blog Covers Air Travel Complaints! Here is the news and here is the blog Wassily Kandinsky, Murnau Street with Women, 1908. Via * The Digital Age and Plagiarism * Top Ten Geek...
November 23, 2006
"The International Herald Tribune reports that a decision by the California Supreme Court gives bloggers, forum owners and publishers immunity from libelous comments posted on their websites by others. It is a good decision because bloggers should not be punished...
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November 22, 2006
U.S. CityTools will launch next month a platform that allows newspapers to share content and even use articles written by the public. According to the developers, several U.S. newspapers are already interested by the service. This is also commented in...
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November 21, 2006
Most of the 2.5 million articles published yearly in our planet's 24,000 research journals are inaccessible to a large portion of their potential users worldwide, but especially in the developing world. One might think that the reason for this is...
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by John Horrigan "Fully 87% of online users have at one time used the internet to carry out research on a scientific topic or concept and 40 million adults use the internet as their primary source of news and information...
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November 15, 2006
This year there are ten categories: * Best audio and/or visual blog * Best group blog * Best individual blog * Most influential post, resource or presentation * Best library/librarian blog * Best newcomer * Best research paper on social...
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November 13, 2006
Our beloved professor Galip Isen started his blog after intensive insistence by me and Burcu! His blog is called spooky sense by garfucius and described as "hedonism a la garfield and a dose of confucius - wormy sides but a...
Scotsman.com reports (thx LexBlog Blog) that a Ipsos MORI study has found that Europeans trust blogs more than television ads or email marketing. Newspapers were still more trusted than blogs. 52% also said they were persuaded to make a purchase...
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November 12, 2006
As more and more social networking sites pop up on the Internet, some people are finding themselves stretched thin. As a result, some are scaling back their involvement. Beyond MySpace and Facebook, two of the most well-known sites, there is...
Paris based organization Reporters Sans Frontières, or Reporters Without Borders, recently released its annual list of countries deemed “enemies of the Internet”. This years’ document counts 13 entries, including China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and North Korea. Compared to last year...
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November 11, 2006
[Please circulate as widely as possible:] Open Access and the AAA Scholarly societies are in crisis, and the AAA is among them. Dwindling revenues from sales of AAA Journals are among the causes, and if we don't staunch the bleeding...
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November 08, 2006
Dave Sifry posted the new state report. The State of the Blogosphere and Posting Frequency in Bloggers Blog in Google Blogoscoped discussed. Good motivation to vote. By leewin. Alex explains why he does not vote......
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Kerim from Savage Minds states Who’s down with OAA? and they have just opened up a Open Access Anthropology wiki. Have a look and also join the discussion list! Rex summarizes what you can do for the open access struggle....
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November 05, 2006
AnthroSource Steering Committee has been dissolved by the dark iron hand of the AAA says Kambiz Kamrani ; Digging Digitally provides a substantive post on the same issue. Littering on the street, who don't do that? Just one candy package,...
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November 04, 2006
Dan Gillmore responds to Howard Kurtz who, at the Washington Post, writes “Tightened Belts Could Put Press In a Pinch“:..... from one of the three parcels of an uncertain terrain in the breathtakingly wondrous deltaic expanse of the Ganges-Brahmaputra. via...
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November 03, 2006
Tim Berners-Lee, Wendy Hall, James Hendler, Nigel Shadbolt, Daniel J. Weitzner: "Since its inception, the World Wide Web has changed the ways scientists communicate, collaborate, and educate. There is, however, a growing realization among many researchers that a clear research...
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November 02, 2006
Well, I cannot join this year's AAA but for those up for San Jose, Savage Minds people are up to promote Open Access and here is also a summary of what they are up to in terms of presentations. Lorenz...
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November 01, 2006
Editors Weblog provided regular info from the World Digital Publishing Conference: * BBC's integration of the interactive newsroom * “Maintaining and growing audience at the local level” * NYT’s Continuous News Desk The same blog also informs us that Al-Jazeera...
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October 30, 2006
CNet has selected 10 research tools that help you go straight to expert sources and keep track of your research. Here is the list. Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1998-2005 by Richard F. Grimmett; Specialist in US National Defense...
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October 29, 2006
Kambiz Kamrani introduces: "Welcome to the first ever issue of the Four Stone Hearth, or otherwise now known as 4SH. For this round, we have only three of the four stones represented, we are missing out on the linguistic anthropologists...
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Gaming Networks, issue 8 of The Fibreculture Journal Edited by Chris Chesher, Alice Crawford and Julian Kücklich Articles: Gillian "Gus" Andrews - 'Land of a Couple of Dances: Global and Local Influences on Freestyle Play in Dance Dance Revolution' Dean...
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October 26, 2006