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TMI: Twitter and The Age of Information Overload
Tue, 09/21/2010 - 23:09 — dsakharovaI came across the following article: "Ev Williams: Twitter Will Actually Help Information Overload"
http://gigaom.com/2010/09/02/ev-williams-twitter-will-actually-help-information-overload/
FDA Calls the Shots on the Data Required on Food Labels
Tue, 09/21/2010 - 22:22 — evanGMO salmon is under review for FDA approval. This news has given rise to the classic debates over food labeling and the system for governing it.
Electronic Health Records: Home Edition?
Tue, 09/21/2010 - 22:19 — rowynAmerican Baby Photo Becomes Japanese Web Sensation
Tue, 09/21/2010 - 21:35 — emilybarabasPower to which people?
Tue, 09/21/2010 - 21:08 — arielhaneySelecting a CMS based on content strategy instead of features
Tue, 09/21/2010 - 20:56 — arthurStrategic Content Management - Jonathan Kahn
Search Takes a Social Turn
Tue, 09/21/2010 - 20:41 — arielTaking us back to the old ways of gathering information, web search companies are now tapping the power of immediate social circles instead of social networks to suggest answers to any question we might have. With virtually endless information available to us on the internet, companies have been trying to hone in on how best to present us with information that interests us, and how to make money from it.
How can we cope with information overload?
Tue, 09/21/2010 - 20:33 — sagharI remember the old days in school when finding online articles or electronic books was not as easy as today. There was neither easy internet access nor enough content available. If a person could manage to access to the internet, the resources s/he was able to find were limited and very often unorganized.
Remixable Digital Law School Casebooks. Metacrap or Controlled Vocabulary?
Tue, 09/21/2010 - 20:27 — rgeorgeHarvard Law School professor Jonathan Zittrain and his team showcased Collage at the Berkman Center today. What's Collage? It's a tool that facilitates the creation of "an online casebook that's free, remixable and that can be used not just for a specific class, but for instructors" in law schools.
Galaxy Zoo: Crowdsourcing for Science
Tue, 09/21/2010 - 19:56 — monicaIn the age of information huge datasets aren't hard to come by. Everyone is trying to make sense of the rampant information made available to them. One of the largest (at least in terms of potential size) datasets to be analyzed is — somewhat ironically — the universe. It's big.
