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Seems a little inconsistent. - Cindy

Welcome to ThoughtCast, an online watering hole for ideas. Its focus is on conversations with authors, academics and intellectuals, and its sub-beat is ‘public media’ — a topic of personal interest to me! I’m Jenny Attiyeh, the host and producer. ThoughtCast offers something that is glaringly absent from the media today: a bridge between the publications and pursuits of the intellectual world and a curious, informed, mainstream audience. By providing detailed, unhurried and personal conversation with current writers and thinkers, ThoughtCast is that rare hybrid – a show that is both informative and engaging – a synergy between mass media and the ivory tower. Think of it as “Terry Gross comes to Harvard.” - Cindy

backchan.nl is a project from the MIT Media Lab. It was primarily designed by Drew Harry and Joshua Green (MIT CMS), with implementation support from Cherrie Yang and Dan Gutierrez. Prof. Judith Donath advised this project. - Cindy

Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches by John W. Creswell - Cindy

How to conduct surveys: a step-by-step guide By Arlene Fink - Cindy

Pierre Bourdieu distinguishes between three forms of capital: economic capital, cultural capital and social capital. He defines social capital as "the aggregate of the actual or potential resources which are linked to possession of a durable network of more or less institutionalised relationships of mutual acquaintance and recognition". - Cindy

Martin Irvine, Founding Director and Associate Professor, irvinem@georgetown.edu - Cindy

Xtranormal’s mission is to bring movie-making to the people. Everyone watches movies and we believe everyone can make movies. Movie-making, short and long, online and on-screen, private and public, will be the most important communications process of the 21st century. Our revolutionary approach to movie-making builds on an almost universally held skill—typing. You type something; we turn it into a movie. On the web and on the desktop. - Cindy

Five types of social model: 1.No relationships declared (e.g. Amazon reviews, blog comments) 2.A community site (e.g. YouTube, Yahoo Answers) 3.A group (e.g Yahoo Groups or a Flickr Group) 4.Symmetric/2 way “personal” relationships (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn) 5.Asymmetric/1 way/fan/follow relationships (e.g. Twitter, IM, Flickr) - Cindy

Major changes basically boil down to this: ‘Highlights' are merged into the News Feed, & there are two home page views to choose from-- the News Feed & the Live Feed. The News Feed uses Facebook magic to determine the posts & updates that seem like they would be most interesting to you, and adds back in items like notifications when friends are tagged in photos, follow fan pages, join new Facebook groups, add other friends, RSVP to events, etc. By contrast, the Live Feed is literally the live feed of all status updates from your entire network of friends on Facebook. While you are viewing the News Feed, a bubble next to the Live Feed link keeps a running count of the number of new updates in the Live Feed. You can also customize what shows up in the Live Feed by clicking on Edit Options at the bottom of the Live Feed page. The removal of the Highlights section from the right panel also mean that the Events box will shift up where things like friends' birthdays will be more visible. - Cindy

Hulu subscription - Gizmodo - Cindy

"Facebook is not our competition. We're very focused on a different space." - Cindy

MIT Media Lab is particularly interested in developing research programs in the areas of: (1) Social Computing and Community Technologies, (2) Storytelling Technologies, Games, and Entertainment, (3) Persuasive Technologies, (4) Arts and Design, and (5) Privacy, Safety, and Trust. - Cindy

"The demographics of the disabled are changing, as is the power of assistive technologies. And these changes have serious implications both for the role and visibility of the disabled in Western society and the ongoing debate between augmentation as 'therapy' and augmentation as 'enhancement'." - Cindy

Good point re: seeing what lists you appear on - "In most cases, it helps show how people perceive you. This is especially helpful for people who don’t have a defined purpose on twitter. You may get categorized by geographic region or industry, but you may also get organized into trait specific lists. This can help you ascertain how you can be more useful on twitter." - Cindy

How to get a human on the phone! - Cindy

Karen Moore is an almost fortyish mother of two living in Wichita, Kansas. A Medical Laboratory Technologist by day, a mother, wife, cook, amateur photographer and science fiction fan by night. She is an expat Canadian from Montréal, Québec who moved to Wichita in 2005. - Cindy

"Why would any woman want to speak out on television when the inevitable result will be a merciless critique of her physical appearance? God forbid she is larger than a size 4 or under 5 foot 10, because then the way she feels politically is irrelevant. I worry about the long-term damage this kind of weight obsession is doing. We are grooming a generation of women who are less likely to speak out about their beliefs because of the assault that comes on their physical appearance as a result." - Cindy

Funny. - Cindy

Weekly webisodes re: fascinating, high-demand careers and how job seekers can land them. The top 10 in-demand jobs of 2010 didn't exist in 2004. America's career landscape is changing, and education is changing with it. - Cindy

by Dom Sagolla, one of the original members of the team that built Twitter. The book focuses on helping people get the most of out writing messages for Twitter, Facebook and other social media that involves short form communication. The advent of Twitter and other SNS, as well as the popularity of text messaging, have made short-form communication an everyday reality. The importance of communicating with simplicity, honesty, and humor. This is the first writing guide specifically dedicated to communicating with the succinctness and clarity that the Internet age demands. - Cindy

the world's largest open platform for data - Cindy

A nonpartisan, nonprofit "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics, FactCheck.org monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. FactCheck.org's goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding. FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. - Cindy

Blog for the world's largest open platform for data - Cindy

A friend asked me to post an explanation of what I meant when I said at PDF09 that “transparency is the new objectivity.” First, I apologize for the cliché of “x is the new y.” Second, what I meant is that transparency is now fulfilling some of objectivity’s old role in the ecology of knowledge. - Cindy

"Could be the biggest suit ever that will include deposition questions involving the words 'sans serif.' " - Cindy

"Could be the biggest suit ever that will include deposition questions involving the words 'sans serif.' " - Cindy

You need to focus on What, Why, and How: - Cindy

Not everyone needs a lawyer to file a lawsuit, especially if the argument involves a few thousand dollars. This is where small claims court comes in. It lives up to its name. In Kansas, small claims is for recovering amounts of $4,000 or less. This could be over a contract dispute — for example, you paid a repair bill but the broken thing still doesn’t work. These cases, which don’t have lawyers, can be confusing for people unfamiliar with the court system. Here’s some instructions to help you navigate small claims court. - Cindy

The courthouse can be daunting to those who don’t go there often. When you do, you may be stressed because you have a problem that needs to be resolved. A divorce. A traffic ticket. To recover IMG_1675money or property. A crime. This section is intended to help guide you through different parts of the courthouse. We will continue to update pages with new sections. - Cindy

Missing GraceMed's Downing Clinic for Children, located in Gordon Parks elementary school. - Cindy