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Friday, January 18th, 2008

Why Should I Care What Color the Bikeshed Is?

Explanatory post on the Bike Shed Syndrome, see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_of_the_bikeshed

(tags: opensource open_source collaboration community management funny bikeshedsyndrome)
Reflections on the Open Web Community

Eran Hammer-Lahav on why the “Open web community” is derailing:
“Change is driven by need, and so far, the needs of the open social web has not been fully figured out.” 10 rules for community driven open-web projects.

(tags: eranhammerlahav oauth portablesocialnetworks dataportability collaboration community opensource open_source communitymanagement)
Blogger as OpenID provider

You can now use your blog’s URL as an OpenID URL on any website that accepts OpenID 1.1 authentication.

(tags: authentication openid blogger google blogspot openidprovider)
Rewiring the mind

“people exhibit a strong tendency towards shallow, horizontal, `flicking’ behaviour in digital libraries. Power browsing and viewing appear to be the norm for all. The popularity of abstracts among older researcher [...]. Society is dumbing down.”

(tags: nicholascarr intelligence brain reading education concentration)