Links last week - 080608

The following is a selection of links collected from 26th May to 1st June. Shared via Google Reader, FriendFeed and Twitter. Organised roughly by library (dot) category: Systems and the elements - People, Information and Technology:

Systems

• Mobile social web: 975 million users by 2012 - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mobile_social_web_growth.php
• Second Life enters the world of mobile phones - http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9958201-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
• Robots - society's helpers or mankind's downfall? - http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2008/06/robots-societys-helpers-or-mankinds.html
• Should social networks be regulated? - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/should_social_networks_be_regulated.php
• Is the main character missing? Maybe not (example of an author appreciating a copier's spin on his work) - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/02/business/media/02garfield.html
• Complexity theory and environmental management - http://www.crichton-official.com/speech-complexity.html
• Police State 2.0 (the Chinese government is upgrading the firewall) - http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2008/06/police-state-20.html
• David Weinberger and the Ninja Gap - http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/06/02/david-weinberger-and-the-ninja-gap/
• A 10$ mosquito net is making charity cool - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/02/us/02malaria.html?_r=1&em&ex=1212638400&en=20b8a032cf45fdee
• A little bit of history from 1833: Ms. Software, meet Mr. Hardware - http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/06/dayintech_0605

People

• Working harder or smarter? - http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/02/working-harder-or-working-smarter/
• Eric Schmidt reveals Google's secret - http://blog.hbs.edu/faculty/amcafee/index.php/faculty_amcafee_v3/eric_schmidt_reveals_googles_secret/
• Kevin Fox of Gmail and FriendFeed on user experience design - http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-06-02-n56.html
• JD blog post - re-humanising organisations - http://www.joiningdots.net/blog/2008/06/re-humanising-organisations.html
• A funny spin on the trolley paradox - http://www.cognitive-edge.com/blogs/dave/2008/06/the_trolley_paradox.php
• If you've never heard of the trolley paradox, this old blog post explains it - http://www.joiningdots.net/blog/2005/12/knowledge-is-personal.html
• Keep it short, make it instant (IM is less distracting than email and phone) - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/technology/07online.html
  

Information

• Nassim Nicholas Taleb: the prophet of boom and doom - http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article4022091.ece
• Mobile sensing - http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/02/mobile-sensing/
• Mars bars and murder (the stupidy of targets) - http://www.cognitive-edge.com/blogs/dave/2008/06/mars_bars_and_murder.php
• Taking a breather from social media? Maybe we're doing it wrong - http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/06/02/taking-a-breather-from-social-media-maybe-were-doing-it-wrong.html
• Why online noise is good for you - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/why_online_noise_is_good_for_y.php
• Why we should love logarithms - http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080529/full/news.2008.866.html
• I have terrible news (read the page before you click Back) - http://www.samsmith.co.uk/404.html

Technology

• The state of the Internet report - http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2008/06/03/the-state-of-the-internet.aspx
• The dawn of the flat network? - http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9958221-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
• The rise of holograms - I'm never getting on a plane again - http://blogs.technet.com/johnbri/archive/2008/06/03/i-m-never-getting-on-a-plane-again.aspx
• How to spot the technological singularity - http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2008/06/how-to-spot-technological-singularity.html and also from Nick Carr - http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2008/06/singularity_eco.php
• Pages and page tables - an overview - http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2008/06/06/pages-and-page-tables-an-overview.aspx
• Five tips for effective use of PNG images - http://blog.httpwatch.com/2008/05/29/five-tips-for-the-effective-use-of-png-images/
• Live Mesh could be Twitter Plan B - http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/06/live-mesh-could-be-twitter%e2%80%99s-plan-b-or-we-might-have-to-do-it-ourselves and also from Steve Gillmor - http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/01/plan-b/

Microsoft

• Producer for PowerPoint 2007 goes into beta - http://blogs.msdn.com/hied_northeast/archive/2008/06/06/producer-for-power-point-2007-goes-to-beta.aspx
• Service pack 1 for Performance Point Server - http://blogs.msdn.com/normbi/archive/2008/06/04/new-performancepoint-server-service-pack-1.aspx
• Video interview with head of MS Research, Rick Rashid - http://www.fastcompany.tv/video/head-microsoft-research-building-star-trek-future
• Is your group seeking information? Search together - http://research.microsoft.com/displayArticle.aspx?0rc=n&id=2020

SharePoint

• Collection of 100 web sites hosted on SharePoint - http://www.wssdemo.com/Pages/topwebsites.aspx
• SharePoint search relevancy tool (should come with a health warning, tweak column weighting with care) - http://blogs.technet.com/john_westworth/archive/2008/06/05/sharepoint-search-relevancy-tool.aspx
• JD blog post - Classifying content in SharePoint - http://www.joiningdots.net/blog/2008/06/classifying-content-in-sharepoint.html

Google

• Bad weather is good for Google (how they track the ad clicks) - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/02/technology/02google.html
• At Google, a search guru's dream comes true - http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9960259-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
• The mouse that roared (Google Labs is launched) - http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/07/the-mouse-that-roared/
• 50 cool things you can do with Google Charts API - http://www.collegeathome.com/blog/2008/06/05/50-cool-things-you-can-do-with-google-charts-api/
• Google launches hosted site search, not ditching mini after all - http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/02/google-launches-hosted-site-search-not-ditching-mini-after-all/

...And finally, fun video of the week - Social Media in Plain English:

Link to video on YouTube - Social Media in Plain English

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