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1860 Census now open for browsing

Footnote has posted the 1860 Census with its usual array of tools and goodies, some of which require a free membership. But the basic browsing and viewing is open to all. Footnote does a nice job with this stuff, including annotation tools and other

Posted: May. 9, 2008 01:10 AM

Open vs. closed disasters

I've taken the title of Sharon Richardson's post at JoiningDots because it's so apt. She writes:What's weird from an information and context perspective is how remote this disaster feels, compared to other events such as the Tsunami, Hurrican Katrina

Posted: May. 8, 2008 05:51 PM

Donate to Burma

Moveon.org is recommending that we donate to the International Burmese Monks Organization, which already has a network of local people in place. Moveon.org thinks that money donated to the monks via Avaaz.org is more likely to do good quickly there.

Posted: May. 7, 2008 05:13 PM

Harvard Law goes Open Access

The Harvard Law faculty has voted unanimously for an Open Access policy based on the one that the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences passed a few months ago. Yay! John Palfrey, Harvard Law's new vice dean for library and information resources (and

Posted: May. 7, 2008 03:54 PM

What is OAI and why should you care

That's the apt title of a post by ZA3038 that provides an interesting overview of the Open Archives Initiative, about which I know, um, let's see, carry the one...embarrassingly nothing: At its core, the OAI promotes interoperability between differe

Posted: May. 7, 2008 08:17 AM

Flypaper

Flyp, an online mag, is in beta but it's already gorgeous.[Tags: flyp ]

Posted: May. 6, 2008 03:10 PM

[berkman] David Ardia: Citizen Media Law Project

David Ardia is giving a Berkman lunch talk on the Citizen Media Law Project. David begins by acknowledging his colleagues on the project, which has been student-driven to a large degree. [Caution Live-Blogging: I'm missing things, getting them wrong,

Posted: May. 6, 2008 01:46 PM

Keynote 08 to Powerpoint 08

The latest version of Keynote exports files in Powerpoint format that the latest version of Popwerpoint can't read. Charming.A discussion board pointed out, however, that if you strip out all the presenter notes from your Keynote file, the exported K

Posted: May. 6, 2008 11:30 AM

Market bullying

I wanted to find out what Microsoft Expression Media or, as Microsoft puts it, Microsoft® Expression® Media is, so I did what any red-blooded Netizen would do: I googled it. The top hit is Microsoft's home page for it. It wants to show me videos

Posted: May. 6, 2008 10:13 AM

My hearts with ethanz

Best of luck to Ethan Zuckerman, he of the big heart and huge brain, as he undergoes eye surgery...[Tags: ethan_zuckerman ]

Posted: May. 5, 2008 12:09 PM

YOUR FEEDBACK

	So You Think You Know SQL? By Andrew Powell Tony wrote: I spent 6 years at Oracle and did a fair amount of performance tuning. In general, it is not the DBA's job to tune SQL for the applications. Most DBA's have only a vague understanding of those issues. Their job is generally to keep the database running reliably. ...
	SYS-CON.TV to Switch from Adobe Flash Video to Microsoft Silverlight By Internet Video News Desk Andrea wrote: Wow, You're switching to Silverlight without even knowing what will happen with this technology? Not smart. I will not be watching your website, for sure.
	Akamai's Tim Napoleon To Keynote iTVCon - Internet Video Conference in San Francisco By Internet Video News Desk geciktirici wrote: Thanks a lot
	Internet Video and Youth Entertainment Network GoFish Gets Top VC as Advisor By Internet Video News Desk insideStory wrote: Wasn't GoFish gonna buy Bolt.com and salvage it from a lawsuit and subsequent $10M settlement with Universal Music? What happened to that deal?
	iTVCon - Starts Next Monday! Check Out the Full Speaker Lineup By Internet Video News Desk DefineYourTerms wrote: Obviosuly "Internet video" can refer to streaming video from realtime broadcasts, streaming archival material or downloading video files for watching later, all of which are viewed on the computer. Does it also refer to watching movies and other TV prog...