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‘Twittamentary’ Uses Twitter to Tell American Stories
[TND] The movie is a road-trip documentary, from New York City to Los Angeles, that uses the Twitter to trace the stories of Americans across the country — from a stock trader to a homeless woman, from an improv comedian … Continue reading
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The Internet Was Invented in 1934 (Sorta)
[TechNewsDaily via Yahoo News] Forget Al Gore. The Internet — at least as a concept — was invented nearly a century ago by a Belgian information expert named Paul Otlet imagining where telephones and television might someday go. That was … Continue reading
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Occupiers open Free University
[Salon] While reports were bouncing around Twitter about vandalism in San Francisco and arrests on New York City’s Williamsburg Bridge, birds were chirping in Madison Square Park where perhaps several thousand students (by organizers’ estimates) were attending nearly 100 open-air lectures … Continue reading
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Did May Day succeed?
[Salon] In the home city of Occupy Wall Street yesterday, myriad activities dominated three iconic public spaces — Bryant Park near Times Square, Madison Square Park in view of the Flatiron Building, and Union Square, roughly straddling the East and … Continue reading
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Artists on strike!
[Salon] Occupy Wall Street has drifted far from those early whimsical days. With militant chanting, cries of “F— the pigs,” mass arrests and charges of police brutality, the movement has taken on a warlike air. But art, performance and even … Continue reading
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Hands On: New Mac Mountain Lion OS Spotlights Sharing
[FOX] Short story: It brings much of the iPad experience to laptops and desktops – carrying over features such as the Notes, Reminders, the Game Center app for online gaming and an iMessage app that so far has worked only between … Continue reading
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Occupy SOPA: Inside the New York Protests
[TechNewsDaily – via NBC] The protest largely became a defense of the First Amendment. “I am opposed to any law – especially very badly written laws – that infringe on our country’s basic rights to freedom of speech and freedom … Continue reading
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Occupy Geeks Are Building a Facebook for the 99%
[Wired] “I don’t want to say we’re making our own Facebook. But, we’re making our own Facebook,” said Ed Knutson, a web and mobile app developer who joined a team of activist-geeks redesigning social networking for the era of global … Continue reading
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Occupy Goes to Washington, Finding Politics is Complicated
[Wired] With most of the largest protest encampments around the country dismantled by the authorities, D.C. has two Occupy encampments — largely left unbothered by federal authorities — which are now the liveliest venue for the movement’s experimentation with methods … Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street Prepares for Its Valley Forge
[Wired] “If this is the revolution, this is our Valley Forge,” said a doughy, middle-aged man with frazzled long brown hair. I was shivering when we spoke at 7:30 a.m. Thursday morning — as I had been shivering for the … Continue reading
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