1. Obama has yet to fill empty seats at civil liberties watchdog committee 3 hours ago   permalink

Obama has yet to fill empty seats at civil liberties watchdog committee
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing

It's been a year and Obama has yet to fill the empty seats on the government's main civil liberties oversight committee: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board was recommended initially by the bipartisan September 11 commission as an institutional voice for privacy inside the intelligence community. Its charter was to recommend ways to ...

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2. Cell PHones to replace wallets and tickets 39 minutes ago   permalink

Emily / Textually.org

A new report by Juniper Research - titled Mobile Ticketing Applications & Markets - predicts cell phones will replace traditional paper tickets for everything from cinemas to air travel. The study also said airlines and bus and train operators are developing a range of new mobile tickets that will work via text messages, bar codes or downloadable ...

3. Latest Japanese phones not looking good 41 minutes ago   permalink

Emily / Textually.org

Japanese phones used to be years ahead of anything we had here in Europe and decades ahead of those in the US, but not any more. The latest US and European smartphones are super-slick devices with gorgeous user interfaces, while the latest Japanese phones are almost the exact opposite. [via Mobile Mentalism ]

4. Steampunk leather mask with a breathing tube beard 3 hours ago   permalink

Steampunk leather mask with a breathing tube beard
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing

Another sweet creation from Ukrainan steampunk leather mask-makers Bob Basset, this one with a cute little breathing-tube beard in the style of the Pharaohs. Leather mask "F" Previously:Steampunk "Raptor Pilot" mask #4 Boing Boing Boing Boing: Cthulhu mask on eBay Steampunk Soviet gas-mask - Boing Boing...

5. The Watering Hole - Spawn of the Dead 4 hours ago   permalink

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6. Playing With Foursquare Data 9 hours ago   permalink

Playing With Foursquare Data
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Foursquare is the new Dodgeball. Which is to say that it is my (and many other people's) method for tracking where we go (and in most cases our social activities). On a daily basis I use the iPhone app to announce some of my whereabouts to friends. I share specifics selectively, but in aggregate my information is shared publicly. (Disclosure: ...

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7. The Data-Info-Knowledge-Wisdom hierarchy 14 hours ago   permalink

Davidw / Joho the Blog

As part of my Be A Bigger A-Hole resolution, let me note that the Harvard Business Review blog has just run a post of mine that looks at the history of the DIKW pyramid and why it doesn’t make that much sense.

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8. The iPad is real-life social 16 hours ago   permalink

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As a computing device, the iPad has some obvious limitations that have puzzled many tech-savvy Apple devotees, provoking a variety of critical articles explaining where Steve Jobs has gone wrong.

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9. Rethinking Open Data 16 hours ago   permalink

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In the last year I've been involved in two open data projects, Open New Zealand and data.govt.nz. I believe in learning from experience and I've seen some signs recently that other projects might benefit from my experience, so this post is a recap of what I've learned. It's the byproduct of a summer reflection on my last nine months working in ...

10. Web 2.0 Expo SF - May 3-6 2010 1 day ago   permalink

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The 4th edition of Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco is scheduled for 2010 - Web 2.0 Expo will return to Moscone West May 3-6, 2010. Make sure to save the date!