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Democrats fail to back Barack Obama. (7)
on Lessig Blog (405) permalinkObama has famously (and rightfully) refused money from lobbyists and PACs. After he became the presumptive nominee, the DNC did the same. But both the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee still accept money from lobbyists and PACs. As this issue of reform is (sadly) increasingly invisible in this campaign, we at Change Congress are launching a campaign to get the Dems to be consistent about this. Ideally, the DSCC and ...Contribute comment
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It's Official: Mashup Privacy Protocol OAuth Is Fair Game (50)
on ReadWriteWeb (15141) permalinkOAuth, the open authorization protocol standard that will let users give limited access to their data to third party websites without giving away their passwords, crossed an important threshold tonight. All parties involved in building the spec have signed a covenant of non-assertion, meaning that OAuth can now be safely implemented anywhere without concern about Intellectual Property lawsuits. If you think this is too geeky for you - try out the live demo embedded below. ...Shared by _dot_ (118) afroginthevalley (41) Andrew Terry (154) Andy (100) audi (22) Ben Turner (140) Berkay (30) Bjoern (100) Bruce (72) chrisbrogan.com (114) cvander (49) DavidSS (49) Dominik (154) Edo (122) Harold Neal (27) Hisham (328) Jeff (41) jeremiah (165) John Magnus (211) Jonas Bolinder (42) Leon Ridge-Cooke (62) Makenai (36) Michael K Pate (84) MichaelMJ (44) MiramarMike (104) Nico (89) Nihar (99) nikan (147) Niklas (65) partout (59) pepitogrilho (17) PK (54) Quasidot (160) Quinny (82) Richard Olsen (32) Rob (506) Ross (51) Ryan (30) Sean Blakey (104) Sergey Kapustin (66) Seth (43) small (77) spoon16 (74) Stuart (43) sumidiot (44) tig (179) tobias (30) Trebel (45) ultraviolet (183) walkah (41)Explore read five notes
- MiramarMike said: Slooooowly it comes together and soon we will be using ONE computer. As the article says, an excellent post with a real life example of how this all works at http://www.hueniverse.com/hueniverse/2007/10/beginners-gui-1.html
- Nico said: coole sache, das.
- Jeff said: Hopefully some more fuel to encourage OAuth adoption. I know that OAuth support is something I seriously consider when looking signing up for new "Web 2.0" services
- afroginthevalley said: we are strong belivers of OAuth at Praized
- walkah said: wahooo!
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Revealed: The Internet's Biggest Security Hole (67)
on Wired Top Stories (5770) permalinkResearchers demonstrate a serious eavesdropping risk in the internet's fundamental infrastructure, putting proof to a theory that's long been whispered about in national security circles.Shared by [Curtis W] (129) Aaron (91) Amanda Jones (3) andronin (29) Babychen Mathew (1136) ben lorica (32) Ben Turner (140) Benny Ketelslegers (38) Brettsky (64) Chris (46) Christopher (116) Citizen K (42) dale.brayden@gmail.com (38) Damon (96) Darko (18) Dave Bullock / eecue (17) David Risley (53) Dennis Hostetler (61) doransky (166) ekaye (44) Eric Chen (289) FVT or FVTer (75) genieyclo (155) Greg (25) Greg Panayotou - www.direct2brain.net (30) Jason Joo (119) jayce (89) Jeff Daly (168) John Magnus (211) Juan (16) Kim, Yi-chul (32) krs (73) Kyle D Hebert (70) Leyla Bonilla (175) LM (23) Mark Woodson (22) Marshall Place (27) Matt (77) Matthew (740) Mike Gdovin (140) Mitchell Tsai (278) Mithrill (48) Morton Fox (314) mory (40) Nate (111) Nihar (99) Panda Security (3) Peyman (2) Richard (25) Ryan (60) sadiq kassamali (178) Seth (43) Shankar Ganesh (336) ShuTian (546) solnetwork (205) sooraj (62) Steve (35) Steve Nimmons (120) sturob (40) Takayuki (196) timepilot (26) tomwsmf (89) Walter DeFoor (180) webtime (1325) Will Sullivan (59) Zach (43) Zaki (217)Explore read five notes
- Walter DeFoor said: First DNS, now this? I'm a little terrified.
- John Magnus said: Scary! Without hacking anything and without breaking anything, Anton Kapela and Alex Pilosov have figured out how to (silently) eavesdrop on IP traffic (by-routing traffic using the Border Gateway Protocol, then forward traffic the to intended the recipient)...
- sooraj said: One by one, Internet's weaknesses coming out to the public?
- Damon said: Scary.
- Darko said: No lepo... razumem samo površno za kaj gre, samo je pa lepo :)
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If You Want To Create a Mashup, Just Ask Your Browser. Mozilla Labs Launches Ubiquity. (106)
on TechCrunch (26067) permalinkAza Raskin at Mozilla Labs thinks there’s got to be an easier way to create Web mashups. Today, he is announcing the launch of Ubiquity, an experiment in using natural language to invoke Web services. Ubiquity is an extension to the Firefox browser that lets you type in what you want to do—insert a map, translate this page, Twitter this block of text, search on Google—and invokes one of 30 Web services. As Raskin describes ...Shared by Aaron (122) Aashay (37) Alex (126) Alex (156) Anand L (53) AnthonyBaker (61) bddemir (19) Ben Shoemate (230) Bob (112) Bradford (14) Burcu Sarar (63) C.K. (308) CB (181) Chris (49) chrisbrogan.com (114) Chuck LeDuc (49) cleiva (59) Costantino (16) Craig (28) Dan McCall (76) Daniel (32) Darko (18) Dave (59) David (38) Derick Valadao (138) Devlin D (46) Dieter Schwarz (24) Dominic Hopton (101) dukz (23) dwk (50) ekaye (44) Eunice (40) Fernando (43) FiZ (35) Flyhorse (43) fr3dly (77) Gelidity (75) Gil Creque (42) Gommit (63) Hooman (21) hyderabadblues (42) iemz (35) James (44) Jared (106) Jason Nielubowicz (48) Jeremy (385) Jitgos (24) John Magnus (211) Jordan (5) Jorge (43) jqueryboy (46) Kat (22) Keef (52) Kerry (117) kevin oshea (33) Klemo (72) lakshmi (19) Lech Ambrzykowski (53) Luana C. (26) Luke G (71) Mark (99) Markus (34) Marque (99) Matteo (40) Matthew (49) maxlibris (31) Mickey (18) Mikael (142) ModernBizzle (24) MrT (34) Nick Nogueira (101) Noah J (31) partout (59) Pejman (45) Pimienta (18) PMinze (105) Praneet (24) Razzu (36) retrofitweb (29) Rhoad Racing (12) richhand (118) Scott (103) Scottdwest (20) Selwin (58) Sergio (22) Seth (62) Seth (43) Sh (17) shark (133) Shaun (54) Sid (124) spolay (47) Stephen (29) stratus (30) Stu (40) sumidiot (44) tamburix (45) tarun (23) TechDad1246 (39) Thinh (156) Tomi (61) Trebel (45) wildgica (179) Yinka (61) ziqbalbh (63) тaмás (55)Explore read 12 notes
- Flyhorse said: This is awesome!
- Devlin D said: I am loving the work that Aza is doing! He is a user experience GENIUS!!!
- Derick Valadao said: Holy smokes. That looks really really cool.
- Noah J said: One to watch.
- Klemo said: Aza Raskin at Mozilla Labs thinks there’s got to be an easier way to create Web mashups.
- Daniel said: Now this is awesome!
- Praneet said: Installed it today.. cool thing.
- Dominic Hopton said: The new hotness, IMHO
- Luke G said: Huge.
- ModernBizzle said: Cool name, logo, and idea!
- Mickey said: ovo samo sto je stiglo na moj RSS reader, Mozilla novi projekat, izgleda ludo (vidi video. alpha 0.1
- chrisbrogan.com said: Can we stop always using maps to describe mashups? Is it just me?
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How Simple Web Design Helps Your Business (189)
on Smashing Magazine (5552) permalinkMany e-commerce sites these days tend to be loaded down with too much information on their landing pages. The reasoning for cluttered e-commerce sites is simple: the more information you can cram on the page, the more the user will buy. Unfortunately, web buyers are a finicky bunch. Jacob Nielson reports that web users are becoming much more impatient while shopping and browsing online. Instead of spending their time going to a site’s homepage and ...Shared by Aaron (30) Adriano (32) AJ (1003) Akai (76) Alberto (374) Alex (53) Alex Hardy (26) Alex Rosenkranz (14) Alireza (58) Allan Haggett (76) Alvaro Farfan (11) Amer (24) Amit Chowdhry (138) Andrew Littler (144) andrewcsfan (81) Angela (43) Apostlion (39) AquilaX (20) Bastien (79) beatak (88) Benoit Duverneuil (9) blackbelt (25) Bob Hazlett (46) Bramha (94) Brandon Ball (61) Brandon J. Mendelson (65) Brandon Zeman (4) brian collette (23) Brian Evans (7) Brooke Adcox (36) Bryan Webster (28) carlback (35) CesarS (97) Chad (105) Chad Ayers (101) Chandoo (211) Chris Escalante (20) Chris Gilmore (46) Chuck Reynolds (31) Cody (105) craig (261) Cubby Brendle (81) D-Arb (47) Darcy (56) darcy (28) Dave (8) Dave (10) David Cooke (84) Davide Di Cillo (3) Dean Clark (60) Derek Edmond (231) Donnie Berkholz (100) Doug Funny (114) Dudu P (40) Dwayne Anderson (19) Elmer Thomas (474) elsterama (266) Emil (40) Eoin (71) Evert Stobbe (10) Filip Salindrija (4) Frances Leyland (31) Gerrit Tebrake (85) gfurry (111) giro (10) Glen Stansberry (19) Grace Smith (101) Hagdahl (84) Haripako (50) Heinz Grünwald (21) hikbi (334) History of Blogging (495) hunikal (56) Ian Neubert (15) J.D. Rucker (692) Jacob (73) James Tenniswood (41) Jason David Pelker (110) Jason Kingery (16) Jeff Hertlein (47) Jeff O'Connor (18) Jeroen (14) Jerome Dessagne (3) Jimmy Ho (26) Joel (93) Johan Martin (62) John Engler (12) Jonny Hou (34) Josh (54) jrodgers (49) Just A Clerk (60) Justin (22) Kahong (21) Kai Chan Vong (42) Karan (91) Karol F (75) Ken (69) Kevin (44) koovus (229) Kyle James (80) leedsjimbo (37) Leyla Bonilla (175) liamvictor (297) Lon Cohen (32) Maksim Berjoza (93) Mandy Bee (2) marchbox (43) Mark McKay (90) markoa (71) Martin Saulnier (18) masterofthe (23) Matt (34) Matt (53) Matt Campbell (19) Matt Chandler (74) Max Stanworth (260) melmyfinger (24) Miguel Guinalíu (53) Miguel Lopez (245) Mike (25) mjs (48) Mr. Seaver (53) mr.petruccio (85) MrGuff (125) Nabha Cosley (4) Nathan Chase (66) netman (97) Nick Mutton (2) Pär (59) Patrick (239) Paul (119) paulo (150) Peter Costello (20) Peter Norris (9) peteresch (40) Philip Clark (17) Pierre (69) PortentInt (170) Premier449 (24) Rachel Ross (13) Radium (6) Rafael Tosta (51) Rahim (20) Rajiv Doshi (31) rick (43) Robert (28) Ron ALLAN (105) Ryan Christensen (99) Ryan Djurovich (7) sadiq kassamali (178) Scott (103) Sergey (14) Sergey Kapustin (66) Seth (43) Sharon (33) Simon (28) snake (28) stas (10) Stefan (141) Steven (35) Stubbs (44) Sun Tzu (1614) Supereddie (37) tabo (68) Tammy Lenski (9) Thinh (156) Thomas (44) Timothy (294) Timothy O'Neil (20) Tom Wentworth (18) Tony (20) Travis (157) Travis Wright (26) Tyler McIntyre (41) Tyson Williams (188) Ulrich (33) voidfiles (149) webtime (1325) Wesley (29) will (165) Will Sullivan (59) Wind (22) xavierbkk (22) York (255) Zie (14) zoby (35) Zoram (116) zoz (94) 小雨 (74)
- Allan Haggett said: This goes on the "mandatory client reading" list.
- tabo said: woo! etsy!
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OpenTape - Muxtape’s Natural Successor (16)
on Mashable! (12001) permalinkAs Stan noted last week, Muxtape has been voluntarily brought down due to concerns over the RIAA, but you shouldn’t let that stop you from traipsing down that same harrowing path yourself, particularly since there’s now an open source Web package you can run yourself to completely duplicate the functionality of MuxTape. Josh Catone over at SitePoint just found it, it’s aptly called OpenTape. It’s exactly a one-for-one translation of the original MuxTape with one ...Shared by AluminiuM (94) Aranyx (58) Billy Fairchild (156) Buzzworkers (94) capt bro (119) Corvida (356) Dave C. (85) FlorinGrozea (110) Henk-Jan van der Klis (71) Killahurtz (49) Nick (49) Owen (37) Santosh (70) Seth (43) Stef Lewandowski (61) zapnap (109)Contribute comment
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FCC Chairman Dreams of Free Mobile Internet for Americans (9)
on Engadget (14608) permalinkFiled under: Cellphones, WirelessJust over a year ago, we were all making bitter beer faces at FCC chairman Kevin Martin for not going along with a delightful sounding "free internet" plan. Now, it seems the main man's tune has changed. During a recent interview, Martin stated that there was a "social obligation in making sure everybody could participate in the next generation of broadband services because, increasingly, that's what people want." He's reportedly looking to ...Shared by Convoluted (136) ductapeguy (120) eggtea (350) Jeffrey (5) Keener (43) MasterMaq (64) Patty (850) Rich (20) Seth (43)
- Convoluted said: The FCC Chief...
- Keener said: This really would be good!
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Research Suggests Polygamous Men Live Longer (20)
on Slashdot (10685) permalinkCalopteryx writes "Want to live a little longer? Get a second wife. A study reported in New Scientist suggests that men from polygamous cultures outlive those from monogamous ones. After accounting for socioeconomic differences, men aged over 60 from 140 countries that practice polygamy to varying degrees lived on average 12% longer than men from 49 mostly monogamous nations."Read more of this story at Slashdot.Shared by Adrian (84) Alex (449) Chadwick (15) Clint (124) Data Vortex (64) DiMar (70) guruh (61) Gustavo Amorim (27) Keenan (66) Leonid Mamchenkov (45) LuisManson (65) MMS (21) Oneiros (97) philco (32) Robby R (86) Ruben Llibre (91) Seth (43) spsneo (79) Thomas Stromberg (28) Travis (45)Explore read five notes
- Data Vortex said: Obvious.
- Leonid Mamchenkov said: I was suspecting this all that time...
- Chadwick said: HmmmMMmmm... Tempting. Very tempting.
- philco said: it's probably less stressful, not having to organize secret trysts in motels.
- Adrian said: Hooray for science!
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New study shows false memories affect behavior (3)
on PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news (322) permalinkDo you know someone who claims to remember their first day of kindergarten? Or a trip they took as a toddler? While some people may be able to recall trivial details from the past, laboratory research shows that the human memory can be remarkably fragile and even inventive.Contribute comment
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[+1600] Who's the REAL elitist? The McCains have 10 homes! (3)
on Digg (8054) permalinkAFL-CIO President John Sweeney summed it up best when he said McCain "simply doesn't understand the challenges America's working families are facing because he isn't remotely affected by them." It's up to us to tell people who McCain really is, a jet-setting elitist more concerned with corporate lobbyists than hard-working Americans.Contribute comment
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No artists or labels have complained. The site is not closed indefinitely. (Muxtape) (3)
on Techmeme (4037) permalinkMuxtape: No artists or labels have complained. The site is not closed indefinitely. Stay tuned. — Beta users of Muxtape For Bands: you are unaffected by this outage.Contribute comment
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Slide:ology: My favorite presentation book of all time (45)
on Presentation Zen (496) permalinkFinally! Nancy Duarte, the Principle of Duarte Design (the firm behind the creation of Al Gore's Oscar-winning presentations), has published a presentation book for the rest of us. It's called Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations. Slide:ology is practical, it's highly visual, and it's beautiful. I love this book. Slide:ology should come bundled with every copy of PowerPoint or Keynote ever sold from now on. I received a draft copy about three ...Shared by Aaron (30) Alan (88) Alf Kåre (30) amy (33) Anol (32) Bill Shakes (49) CannonGod (776) chrisbrogan.com (114) Courtney (117) DiMar (70) Don (57) Doris (42) Edwin Khodabakchian (45) Eric Eisenhart (13) Fernando Johann (53) Gauravonomics (264) Harold Green (134) James (50) janequigley (103) Javed (561) Jbud1 (35) Jean-François (26) jeffglasson (28) Joseph Rodgers (160) Marianne (72) Mario Sundar (66) Mark (23) Mike F (2151) Ontario Emperor (285) Peter (26) Prashant (32) rexy (179) richhand (118) rnordman (60) Robert Scoble (292) Sam (191) Seth (43) SPE825 (28) Stefan T (26) Steve (28) Todor Christov (176) Tom (33) Victor (72) Zinoc (25) Zoram (116)
- amy said: can i just send this to LIS profs who believe in death-by-powerpoint?
- Eric Eisenhart said: Go get this book. :)I've been reading through a copy while working on an upcoming presentation. Good book. :)
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Open-Source College Textbooks Gaining Mindshare (17)
on Slashdot (10686) permalinkbcrowell writes "The LA Times has a front-page article about how open-source college textbooks are starting to gain traction. One author says, 'I couldn't continue assigning idiotic books that are starting to break $200,' and describes attempts by commercial publishers to bribe faculty to use their books. The Cal State system has started a Digital Marketplace to help faculty find out about their options for free and non-free digital textbooks, and the student group PIRG ...Shared by Adam (20) Alex (449) AScott (8) Atilano (41) darkeye11547 (1094) Glenn Batuyong (266) Jason (378) Jeff Q (67) Jim (22) Matthew (60) Philip Velichko (35) Rob (35) ScorpFromHell (97) Seth (43) Travis (45) Wayne (251) Zach (269)
- Jim said: Provided open-source textbooks can still provide quality, accurate information, I'm all for this. It's long been known that textbook manufacturers knowingly write books with erroneous info and that they're perfectly willing to scalp the average college student to pad their own pockets.
- Seth said: Finally. Feynman had interesting things to say about the sorry state of physics texts in his day. It's a crime that publishers move problem sets around from one edition to the next simply to make sure the previous generation is obselete. Hopefully if online/free/open alternatives are taken more seriously it will combat this shameful engineered obselesense.
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Seth's Blog: Destroying happiness (69)
on Seth's Blog (4801) permalinkA journalist asked me, Most people have a better standard of living today than Louis XIV did in his day. So why are so many people unhappy? What you have doesn't make you unhappy. What you want does. And want is created by us, the marketers. Marketers trying to grow market share will always work to make their non-customers unhappy. It's interesting to note that marketers trying to maintain market share have a lot of ...Shared by Andrew Mitry (103) Andy (22) atul (550) billspaced (111) Brad Garland (57) CB (181) Cem (28) Chad (105) Chandoo (211) Courtney (117) Daniel C (30) Dave (8) Del (63) Diana (131) Doug (39) DrBaher (74) Dustin (23) Eduard Blacquière (16) Erik (37) erojo (20) FlorinGrozea (110) Gauravonomics (264) George (19) George Tziralis (48) gondocs (37) Gonzalo Jimenez (98) Hakim (33) Heather (204) iAlja (183) Jay (35) John Magnus (211) Josh Hoover (27) Josh Lawton (26) Just Mohit (62) Kneale Mann | RedFish Group (45) Logan (30) Lorraine (27) loryn (42) Mahesh (50) marchewa (21) Marcos Toledo (45) martin (61) Michael (58) Mike (114) MikeBoudreaux (96) nikan (147) Paul (38) Raphael Lullis (55) rexy (179) rkcollins (36) Rob (26) Saravanan (28) Seth (43) Shawn (67)
