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19 NOV 09
Is Twitter a Complex Adaptive System? « emergent by design SAVE
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Diving talent into silos is an outdated paradigm. Rather, we should be encouraging the facilitation of diverse groups of people working together on common problems.TAGS
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18 NOV 09
This is a test - please ignore! SAVE
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Aegrotat ee'gro-tat, n (Latin aegrotat, he or she is sick, 3rd person singular of aegrotare, from aeger, sick) A medical certificate of illness excusing student's sickness. Rarely used today except in Britain, and then only in the context of degrees and courses considered as passed by a student too ill to finish the appropriate material. Aegrotat is the only surviving remnant of the Latin verb aegrotare. -
Post a vulgar comment while you’re at work, lose your job SAVE
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"Using the time-frame of the comments, our website location and the IP addresses in the WordPress e-mail, he tracked it back to a specific computer. The headmaster confronted the employee, who resigned on the spot."TAGS
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17 NOV 09
Times editor James Harding outlines plans for online charging SAVE
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""Pledging to "rewrite the economics of newspapers", Harding said the Times would charge for 24-hour access to that day's edition of the paper alongside a subscription model, but dismissed the idea of micro-payments for individual articles.TAGS
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BBC appoints Alex Gubbay as first social media editor SAVE
After announcing late last month that it would create the role of Social Media Editor, the BBC has appointed Alex Gubbay as the first to fill the position.TAGS
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15 NOV 09
A Speculative Post on the Idea of Algorithmic Authority « Clay Shirky SAVE
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"There’s a spectrum of authority from “Good enough to settle a bar bet” to “Evidence to include in a dissertation defense”, and most uses of algorithmic authority right now cluster around the inebriated end of that spectrum, but the important thing is that it is a spectrum, that algorithmic authority is on it, and that current forces seem set to push it further up the spectrum to an increasing number and variety of groups that regard these kinds of sources as authoritative."TAGS
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13 NOV 09
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Readers Favour News Micropayments—But They’ll Only Pay Pennies SAVE
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"Of those that would consider getting their wallets out to pay for Times Online and the rest, three quarters agreed their upper price limit was a measly 10p."TAGS
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Clarkson tops list of possible paid content earners SAVE
"Consumers say they are willing to pay small sums of cash for online articles, with columnist Jeremy Clarkson leading a list of potential earners if paid content takes off. "TAGS