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ReadWriteWeb on Dirty Data (1)
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A short while back, I did a brief series on the value of "dirty data"---copious amounts of unstructured, non-relational data created by the many interactions user have with your site and each other.ReadWriteWeb has a post up about Four Ad-Free Ways that Mined Data Can Make Money, along very similar lines. Well worth a read.Shared by Ken Kennedy (11)Contribute comment -
Locus Online Features: Cory Doctorow: Macropayments (10)
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CommentsShared by Dave (26) Hamish.MacEwan (23) Ken Kennedy (11) Marco (9) Nick Dynice (5) Preoccupations (47) Rachel Cobcroft (96) Sam Harrelson (34) tig (48) Trevor O (8)- Hamish.MacEwan said: AKA traffic overage
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World Bank data now available through APIs (7)
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By way of David Stephenson I’ve learned that the World Bank now offers an API for several of its data sets on development, governance, and business conditions, plus a collection of photos. Here are the indicators you can explore, for many countries, going back to about 1960 (though the data are sparse in some cases): Agricultural land (% of land area) Forest area (% of land area) Surface area (sq. km) Foreign direct investment, net ...Shared by Javed (138) Ken Kennedy (11) Kin (23) Mark (16) mndoci (54) Patrick (19) ScorpFromHell (11)- mndoci said: We want more data ... never enough :)
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Sam Harris: Sexist Pig and Liberal Shill :: Sam Harris (3)
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I’ve received more than the usual amount of criticism for my recent opinion piece on Sarah Palin, most of it alleging sexism and/or an unseemly infatuation with Barack Obama. For those who care, I’d like to briefly respond:- Ken said: "Needless to say, I find Obama’s religious pandering repulsive. The suspicion that he is pandering, out of obvious necessity, and not quite as religious as he makes out, is somewhat comforting, however. But even if Obama were precisely as religious as he appears, he is not a Creationist, Rapture-Ready blockhead. Palin, by all appearances, seems to be one. This is a difference worth noting. Whatever you may think of his politics, Obama is very intelligent and reasonably well educated. Palin thinks the universe is 6000 years old"
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If They Win, Palin Stands Good Chance of Becoming President (12)
permalinkAmericans have an unhealthy desire to see average people promoted to positions of great authority. No one wants an average neurosurgeon or even an average carpenter, but when it comes time to vest a man or woman with more power and responsibility than any person has held in human history, Americans say they want a regular guy, someone just like themselves. President Bush kept his edge on the "Who would you like to have a ...Shared by Brian Cuban (1084) Briana Franco (39) donlbe (23) Floyd (5) Jeannie (59) John Williams (179) johnmarkos (21) JohnWiliams (141) JohnWRoachIII (74) Ken Kennedy (11) Nancy Friedman (3) Trisha (18)Contribute comment
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Cheap CAPTCHA Solving Changes the Security Game (3)
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ZDNet’s “Zero Day” blog has an interesting post on the gray-market economy in solving CAPTCHAs. CAPTCHAs are those online tests that ask you to type in a sequence of characters from a hard-to-read image. By doing this, you prove that you’re a real person and not an automated bot — the assumption being that bots cannot decipher the CAPTCHA images reliably. The goal of CAPTCHAs is to raise the price of access to a resource, ...- Ken Kennedy said: Ed Felton explores some interesting points here. Would you spend $0.25 a year (yes, a quarter) to avoid CAPTCHAs? Should you be able to?
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Chrome, Android, and The Cloud (36)
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A journalist friend of mine once said about Google "they are a freak of a company, the best advertising business ever built is funding the largest collection of mad scientists ever assembled". I love that description of Google and have used it many times. But it suggests that Google is chaos and I don't think that is true at all. Google is building a collection of web apps, like gmail, gcal, and google docs, that ...Shared by ack (17) Akshay Kapur (4) Alan Veeck (10) Alex (6) Andreas (4) Andrew Boardman (69) Anton Johansson (53) atul (95) Charles (3) Charles (12) cooperative (46) css (5) dani (22) David (14) dgdeschenes (11) Gauravonomics (53) GeniusBoyWonder (27) glecharles (17) Gordo (4) Isaac (52) Jared Hanson (11) Javed (138) Jeff (8) John (19) joshuabacker (12) Ken Kennedy (11) louisgray (150) MASTERMIND (45) MrGuff (83) Nuno (15) Paul Moss (10) Peter (5) Simon (34) svartling (28) Vincent van Wylick (22) Will Cole (9)Contribute comment -
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Best way I've ever seen a browser (or other piece of software) launched. Bodes well!Shared by A Puri (1) Abdullah Cetin CAVDAR (60) Adolfo Corujo (2) AKs (255) Alexander Goldovsky (8) andré.friedrichs (57) Andreas (7) Andréia Bohner (5) Andrew Harmel-Law (27) Andrew Long (15) ani625 (92) anitsirk (14) Ankur P (9) anthony (24) Antonio Volpon (27) Aren Grimshaw (2) arjo (28) Arne Richter (1) Artis Cordobo (15) atul (95) Babluit (7) Babychen Mathew (359) Ben (1) Ben Clarke (3) Benjamin (1148) Bjarte S. Karlsen (10) Brad Britton (14) Brad Jackson (33) brennanrusnell (8) Brian (2) cgsheldon (158) Chandrashekar (1) Chris (15) Chris (20) Chris Hamilton (1) Chris Jobling's (20) Colin Bruce Milne (5) currios (35) Cynthia Kiser (9) Daniel Mackel (9) Daniel Sandler (11) Dave Cronin (2) David Bradley (25) David Szetela (3) Dennis Laumen (18) derek munneke (16) diego (26) Diego (2) dobata (377) Dominic Hartley (10) Edlef (3) Ellen Daleng (8) ethanator1088 (69) Florian Wagner (1) Franz (14) Gautham Pai (7) Geert De Laet (5) Glen (19) Guy (789) Haisheng HU (19) Halo Efekti (64) hatch (21) Howard Yermish (3) Hutch (15) Ian Tindale (17) Iman (28) jackmason (2) Jarrod Trainque (4) Jason Jones (4) Jean Ruaud (2) Jeremy Johnson (11) Jim (18) Jo Santana (1) Joe (106) Johny Brain (13) Jon Leirdal (3) jonas (8) Jonas Lekevičius (7) jorgemaestre (11) José Cuerva (17) Josh Kramer (2) Judith Perrolle (7) JulioHM (33) juzcoim (2) Kars Alfrink (3) Katrina (13) Ken Kennedy (11) Kevin Rossen (2) Konstantin Weiss (15) Krisalis78 (35) Lambert (19) Leonardo Souza (13) Leonid Mamchenkov (12) LouCypher (57) Lua (12) lunamoth (25) Maksim Berjoza (24) Manuel (19) Marcus (3) marilink (14) marklipton (4) martin king (13) miasarmento (110) Michael Rose (17) Michel (14) Michel Vuijlsteke (27) MidgetWombat (6) Mingo (1) Miss P (22) moonboy (19) Morgaine (9) Morten Larsen (2) Narayanan Hariharan (177) nicola (11) Norman (21) Nuno (15) ocde.cn (16) odeb (52) oevl (22) Paul Jacobson (15) Peety (143) perspikace (26) priyang (1) raddevon (18) Rahim (10) rchk (27) Rich Brooks (1) Rick Dillon (7) Ritu (686) roel (20) Salim Ben Sahel (23) Sammee (3) Sergey Kapustin (12) Si (8) SJudd (4) Sophia Lucero (3) soupenvy (19) Stefan Asemota (8) Steve Bosman (17) Steve Winton (1) Steven (21) stevioz (22) Stuart Robertson (2) sue (10) Sumesh (103) Sven (12) tewfiq (36) Tom de Grunwald (5) Tom Verhoeve (1) Tomáš (1) Trindade (40) vilo (3) Wayne Smallman (30) Xavi (3) Илья (8)Contribute comment - Oy...D*C can be rough on a guy! Having fun, though. I should head podcast track way today, though. (1)
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Sarah Palin on the Issues (4)
permalinkTired of media reports of fundraising and poll results instead of policy issues? At OnTheIssues.org, you can see the view of every candidate on every issue.Contribute comment
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4 Appendices that conclude “How to build the Open Mesh” (8)
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I’ve been finalizing my book “How to build the Open Mesh” and I wanted to post the four Appendices that conclude the book. Here they are: Appendix - A = “What does Google’s Open Mesh look like?” Most of the infrastructure, services and applications that Google offers work all by themselves and are not dependent upon anything else. Google has launched OpenSocial and built Google Friend Connect. Appendix - B = “How is Yahoo building ...Shared by Darius (0) erhan (54) hyderabadblues (5) Jonas Bolinder (8) Ken Kennedy (11) pablo (12) Ross (16) Yung-Hui Lim (81)- Ken Kennedy said: Looking forward to reading these more closely.
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How To Follow The Democratic National Convention LIVE On The Web (3)
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If you're a political junkie but couldn't take the week off to trek to Denver, have no fear. With journalists, delegates and bloggers toting minicams, and multiple live feeds emanating from the floor, the coronation of Barack Obama and Joe Biden will certainly be the most-covered in convention history. But, as this video from the Chicago 1968 Democratic Convention reminds, more cameras doesn't necessarily mean more drama. Still, it will be interesting to see what ...Contribute comment -
Introducing Ubiquity (527)
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An experiment into connecting the Web with language. It Doesn’t Have to be This Way You’re writing an email to invite a friend to meet at a local San Francisco restaurant that neither of you has been to. You’d like to include a map. 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