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Time to start taking the internet seriously by David Gelernter | Edge"(...) So what's the point? It's a culture. Call it the algorithmic culture. To get it, you need to be part of it, you need to come out of it. Otherwise, you spend the rest of your life dancing to the tune of other people's code. Just look at Europe where the idea of competition in the Internet ...
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Does Google Make Us Stupid? by Janna Quitney Anderson, Elon University, Lee Rainie, Pew Internet & American Life Project"In fact, it's happening all around us, across the full spectrum of how we understand intelligence. It's visible in the hive mind of the Internet, in the powerful tools for simulation and visualization that are jump-starting new scientific disciplines, and in the development of drugs that some ...
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Here Comes Everybody - Book Review | iNewsI was told by the Chief Executive of Patient Opinion at #mps09 (the conference myPublicServices – blog post can be found here) that this book would change my world, and in a way I guess it did. Having only recently joined the Technology, Research and Transformation Team, I thought I didn’t know ...
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Solitude never went so far / #poetry"Solitude never went so far, le plaisir de la vida... (...)"
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The Digital Marketplace | iNewsAn event hosted by Stratford on District Council and Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council on 12th March 2010 at the Heritage Motor Centre, Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwick, CV35 0BJ from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. Why? Both Stratford and Solihull were awarded Beacon status for their work in respect of ...
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The Innovation Shortlist | iNewsThe 2010 MediaGuardian Innovation Awards shortlist has now been announced.
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I wouldn’t mind Nostalgia / #poetry"I wouldn’t mind Nostalgia, Extensions, Traumas on Valentino’s Day (...)
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In the name of the sixties / #poetry"In the name of the sixties what’s thy name of you God I’ve seen ya beautying around.... (..)"
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The Best Things In Life Are Free | iNewsNearly a year ago, I established a newsblog with the purpose of documenting, supporting and celebrating the small and creative ideas that are making a difference in the public and third sectors. Since then, I have managed to find and write up approximately 300 innovations that frontline staff ...
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Are you an avid reader? | iNewsAnnouncing the first ever Big Book Swap – a unique charity event which allows participants to share their passion for reading whilst contributing to The Pelican Post, an amazing organisation which aids literacy in developing countries by providing a quick and easy way for people to send ...
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