Archive for July, 2008
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
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javascript bookmarklet prompting a command-line.
So you can get to your favourite search results with as few key strokes and page loads as possible.
By Shaun Inman (haveamint.com), written for Iphone/Ipod Touch users.
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“[23andme] agrees with the ultimate need for regulation, but [says] that harnessing the consumer internet for personal genomics is a really valuable scientific tool” “Harnessing collective intelligence” applied to genomics by Tim O’Reilly
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
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Info sheet on napping
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Dutch (Delft-based) online address and credentials management tool, functionality analogous to Plaxo, Linkedin, Soocial, and the defunct Hailstorm… The business model appears to be hosted subscription management for companies and member organisations. V
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Search and aggregation site to locating members of the same family (up to street level). Some of the info is clearly user-contributed, unclear what source of bulk of information is. SEO-optimised for subdomains/family name and placename.
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
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Adrienne Felt’s research on data access by Facebook applications (extent, need, actual usage) and a proposed architecture (privacy by proxy) that is sufficient in 94% of the cases. http://www.cs.virginia.edu/felt/privacybyproxy.pdf (whitepaper)
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“Since email was the first killer app for the web, it’s used for everything. We’re now observing a fragmentation cycle where we’re discovering better ways of passing around information and getting things done.” Good writeup on other apps taking over email
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
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Drug use does not appear to be related to drug policy, as countries with more stringent policies (e.g., the US) did not have lower levels of illegal drug use than countries with more liberal policies (e.g., The Netherlands).
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