Seb Schmoller

Schirrmacher has thought deeply about the way the information environment has changed how we think and interact with knowledge and asserts that we need to change the way we think fundamentally about concepts like "free will". - Seb Schmoller from Bookmarklet

I'm not in a position to try it myself. - Seb Schmoller from Bookmarklet

Let's hope that people attending the public lecture at the London School of Economics that Levitt and Dubner will be doing at LSE on 9 November - http://tinyurl.com/ylj2gct - will put Levitt and Dubner on the spot with this. - Seb Schmoller from Bookmarklet

These tips are very good solid advice and drive home why email communications should still be treated as a post card that is publically readable. What it does not say is that as a result of gmail using single sign on cridentials (your gmail username and password) you need to take the same precautions on every platform that uses them. Friend feed for example ;) - Dick

Yes. I use different credentials for FF. (Am I missing a point here?) Seb - Seb Schmoller from email

Perhaps, Google allows you to use its gmail username and password for multiple applications (google docs, lattiude, web monitoring etc so you need to take precautions not to get scamed on all these applications as well as just gmail. In addition the gmail credentials (UN/PW) are used by multiple other applications as its an OpenID account so you might expect to use it for all sorts of... more... - Dick Moore

I continue to be impressed with Kiva, a simple way to provide micro-finance to entrepreneurs in less developed countries. The group Dick Moore set up now has 9 members. It could do with many more. - Seb Schmoller from Bookmarklet

Thanks Seb, this is not charity as such ,as you loan the cash and while you don't get interest, when its re-paid you get to loan it again or take it out. Our group "IT people supporting REAL development" has now loaned about £650 but has only put in about £350. The impact that $25 can make to someone's ability to feed and educate their family makes this worth it for me. - Dick Moore

"The Los Angeles City Council's Budget and Finance Committee agreed Monday evening to abstain from voting on a proposed contract with Google Inc. to replace the city's e-mail system, passing the decision on to the full City Council amid unresolved concerns about the cost and necessity of the contract." - Seb Schmoller from Bookmarklet

Los Angeles Times - 28/10/2009 - http://tinyurl.com/yhwaf8h - "The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously today to outsource its e-mail system to Google Inc., making it the largest city in the nation to make the move and handing the Web search giant a major victory in its quest to become a software provider to the world's cities and businesses. After more than two hours of debate,... more... - Seb Schmoller

"Show me the money" - AJCann

"Take a look at your hard drive and tell me for sure that a judge reviewing the charges in a 1-2 minute traffic-court style proceeding would not find you unworthy of a European Internet connection. Three Flickr photos you passed around because they were amusing? Three newspaper articles you downloaded and attached to emails you sent to friends? Three recipes you enjoyed and shared with your family? Three attachments friends sent you that you didn’t ask for but didn’t bother deleting because you didn’t even realize they were copyrighted? Three extended quotes from medical information sites sent to an ailing relative?" - Seb Schmoller from Bookmarklet

"In 2001 a journalist called Sami al-Hajj was arrested on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. For more than six years he was held in the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention centre until, in 2008, he was suddenly released. In an exclusive interview, he talks to Gavin Esler about what happened to him, and why." - Seb Schmoller from Bookmarklet

A 5% wealth tax would raise £91 billion in Germany over two years. Guessing, the pro-rata equivalent in the UK would probably be about £60 billion. (The expected 2009/2010 budget deficit is £175 billion - http://tinyurl.com/nrb3jn.) - Seb Schmoller from Bookmarklet

This follows on from John Perry's wonderful 1995 essay Structured Procrastination: http://tinyurl.com/onmrm - Seb Schmoller from Bookmarklet

My colleague Maren Deepwell has started this blog about the material and visual culture of cemeteries in the past, present and future. - Seb Schmoller from Bookmarklet

I've had a soft spot for Cory Doctorow because of his wonderful 2001 diatribe "Metacrap: Putting the torch to seven straw-men of the meta-utopia": http://tinyurl.com/yg9xo33 - Seb Schmoller

The chief of an endangered Amazon tribe will unveil today the product of an unusual partnership with Google Inc. that pairs high tech with indigenous knowledge in an effort to rescue ancient rain forests and a dying culture. Almir Surui, speaking at the 20th annual Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, plans to showcase Google Earth images years in the making that throw into sharp relief the rapid encroachment of illegal mining and logging onto his people's 600,000-acre reserve. The data-rich maps include layers of videos, pictures, text and historical markers gathered by tribe members. It promises to underscore the importance of the land and propel the Surui people's efforts to become self-sufficient. "Right now, under current development models, a standing forest is always worth less than its extractable parts," Chief Almir, 35, a stocky man with a bulldog head crowned by a feathered Amazon headdress, said through an interpreter. "Forests are very important for the welfare of the... more... - Seb Schmoller from Bookmarklet

Romm's critique continues: Part II - http://tinyurl.com/yfdgpr7; Part III - http://tinyurl.com/yhhzoya; Part IV - http://tinyurl.com/ylr972l. - Seb Schmoller from Bookmarklet