Links for 08-10-2007
Reading paintings, the semantic web vs. web3.0, technology vs. privacy, rethinking the CD album …
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“Art should appeal to you first through your senses. That doesn’t mean a painting has to be beautiful to be good, but it must grab your eye in some way. Give a work a moment to do its thing — some works are intriguing in subtle ways.”
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2 – Implementing WordPress 2.3’s New Tagging Feature
“First, to get the concept of tags right, think of tags as index words, and categories more like chapter headings.” Prepare to tune those engines, folks.
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“… we need more writers willing to enter into the trenches, not fewer. We need more writers who are willing to be honest. We don’t need more politicians.” Vote Vandermeer for 2008!
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4 – Understanding The Semantic Web: A Response to Tim O’Reilly’s Recent Defense of Web 2.0
“Most of the big Web 2.0 successes have also been social in one form or another. They have been about harnessing social networks, user-generated content, folksonomies, the wisdom of crowds, and collective intelligence.”
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5 – Technology’s challenge to privacy
“Critics argue that both notice and consent are today little more than legal fictions, as consumers ignore overly complex notices and shrinking technology makes it virtually impossible to obtain informed consumer consent.”
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6 – (People Don’t) Share Music With Friends (Album Mix)
“The compact disc is a lousy product, packaged poorly. You could write pages on all the ideas the record business has shunned. But today, let’s focus on the social experience.” Smart thinking.
