Yearly Archives: 2007

links for 2007-12-31

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Twins reunited, after 35 years apart To separate at birth… right or wrong? Interesting ethical dilemma to kick off the new year. “They share an easy intimacy that belies the fact that identical … Continue reading

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Mark all as read: momentary headspace

A week offline (well just about anyway) and google reader is telling me I have over 3000 unread items… So I have just hit the “Mark all as read” button. For a brief moment, my google reader is empty. I … Continue reading

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Twitter free

I’m back online after a week of photosynthesis and I find Twitter is down for quite a while for maintenance. I wonder if this means people are actually having to talk to each other. In very short sentences.

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Are you happy with learning at work?

If you have five minutes to spare, Elliott Masie wants to know.

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Why design?

Philippe Starck does his turn at TED. Don’t look up, it’s a trap. [Via Richard Sambrook]

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Facebook as intranet – healthy hype

Bill Ives at FastForward blog writes about how the software company Serena has adopted Facebook as its corporate intranet. They’re using it to take their 800 global employees through a big change programme. They’ve created a few custom apps that … Continue reading

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Dust to digital dust

Before the internet, dying was a simple business. What you said, wrote, created in your lifetime lived on in people’s memories, passed down the generations and turned to myth. And sometimes these had more tangible manifestations, in letters, books, works … Continue reading

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With Facebook friends like these

Someone once asked “If you died, how many of your Facebook friends would come to your funeral?” Rather morbid, but they had a point. I said “How would they know I’d died? I wouldn’t be able to update my status. … Continue reading

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Intranets. I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.

Yesterday about thirty Intranetters (thanks to Andrew for pointing me towards the yahoo group) got together in central London. It was a really good event – a kind of intranets anonymous. Big thanks to Simon Hill and Rod McLean for … Continue reading

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links for 2007-12-05

BBC NEWS | Technology | Factfile: XO laptop (tags: olpc laptop xo)

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