When confronted with white supremacists, newspaper editors should consider ‘strategic silence’
Reads, Listens, Watches
Reading list of books, magazines, newspaper articles, other physical documents, or online posts
Playlist of posts listened to, or scrobbled
Playlist of watched movies, television shows, online videos, and other visual-based events
Playlist of posts listened to, or scrobbled
Playlist of watched movies, television shows, online videos, and other visual-based events
👓 Twitter is wrong: facts are not enough to combat Alex Jones | The Verge
Jack Dorsey thinks unfettered speech will save the world, but all the evidence says it won’t
👓 What makes a weblog a weblog? | Harvard Weblogs
At Berkman we're studying weblogs, how they're used, and what they are. Rather than saying "I know it when I see it" I wanted to list all the known features of weblog software, but more important, get to the heart of what a weblog is, and how a weblog is different from a Wiki, or a news site managed with software like Vignette or Interwoven. I draw from my experience developing and using weblog software (Manila, Radio UserLand) and using competitive products such as Blogger and Movable Type. This piece is being published along with my keynotes at OSCOM and the Jupiter weblogs conference. And a disclaimer: This is a work in progress. There may be subsequent versions as the art and market for weblog software develops. Dave Winer, June 2003, Cambridge MA.
The unedited voice of a person
A real piece of internet history here, written by the first blogger.
👓 Upcoming Changes in the Blogs. | Harvard Blogging Platform
7/13/2018 In 2003, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society (now the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society) began an unusual experiment: we launched a blogging platform. That seems q…
👓 Friday, August 10, 2018 | Scripting News
I got an email in the middle of the night asking if I had seen an announcement from Berkman Center at Harvard that they will stop hosting blogs.harvard.edu. It's not clear what will happen to the archives. Let's have a discussion about this. That was the first academic blog hosting system anywhere. It was where we planned and reported on our Berkman Thursday meetups, and BloggerCon. It's where the first podcasts were hosted. When we tried to figure out what makes a weblog a weblog, that's where the result was posted. There's a lot of history there. I can understand turning off the creation of new posts, making the old blogs read-only, but as a university it seems to me that Harvard should have a strong interest in maintaining the archive, in case anyone in the future wants to study the role we played in starting up these (as it turns out) important human activities.
This is some earthshaking news. Large research institutions like this should be maintaining archives of these types of things in a defacto manner. Will have to think about some implications for others in the DoOO and IndieWeb spaces.
📺 The Devil’s Own (1997) | Columbia Pictures
Directed by Alan J. Pakula. With Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Rubén Blades. A police officer uncovers the real identity of his house-guest, an I.R.A. terrorist in hiding.
👓 Micro.blog Help | Micro.blog community guidelines
At Micro.blog, we believe there needs to be a line between the social network and the content at your own site. Your web site is your own, where you have the freedom to write about whatever you want, but a service like Micro.blog has a responsibility to build a safe community for its users.
👓 A Guide to Micro.blog For People Who Have A Love/Hate Relationship With Twitter | Jean MacDonald
Jean MacDonald (micro.welltempered.net)TL;DR You don’t have to choose between the platforms, but here are some of the ways that they are different. You don’t have to leave Twitter, but there is a good chance Twitter will leave you …without your favorite Twitter client, that is. You may also be exasperated by Twitter’s refusal to ...
📺 The Edge of Seventeen (2016) | Sony Pictures
Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig. With Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner, Kyra Sedgwick. High-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother.
I’d started this a week or so ago and hadn’t seen the whole thing, so I came back and finished it off. Some interesting snark here on the lives of teens… I wasn’t surprised to see the production company behind it once I’d seen the film. Some generally sharp writing, but I was left feeling a bit flat at the end.
📺 Scarface (1983) | Universal
Directed by Brian De Palma. With Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
I’d delved into this last month, but came back and re-watched several parts including the end. Reminds me what a product of the 80’s this film was. Very indulgent, long, and despite the iconic end, it was not as awesome as it really should have been given the talents involved.
👓 WordPress spam statistics: comments, pingbacks, trackbacks | Ryan Barrett
Comment spam is one of the most common forms of WordPress spam, if not the most common. Here are some anecdotal statistics for this site. During the month of November 2014, snarfed.org received 796…
🎧 This Week in Google 463 The Final Nail in the Snap Coffin | TWiT.TV
Apple Vs Samsung Finally SettledPicks of the Week:
- After 7 long years, Apple vs Samsung is finally over.
- How many cameras is too many on one phone? Five? Sixteen?
- Facial recognition is not ready for law enforcement prime-time.
- How can Facebook, Twitter, etc. defend against foreign interference if the US government won't help them?
- Zero rating trumps net neutrality in California just in time for AT&T Watch TV
- Pictures of Tweets take over Instagram
- Adobe Project Rush will revolutionize video editing this year
- Jeff's Number: $117,000/year is the new poverty line in San Francisco
- Mathew's Stuff: get your Mt Gox Bitcoin refund!
- Ant's Things: Amazon Smile and Geek Questioner
🎧 This Week in Google 462 The People Formerly Known as the Audience | TWiT.TV
The Future of Media, Gaming, and BezelsAs Instagram launches IGTV, the future of broadcasting is rapidly evolving. We explore Skam Austin, a new Facebook/Instagram show/experience/new media experiment. Fortnight is bringing eSports into the mainstream at last. Meanwhile, a new European copyright law will make memes illegal. Disney fights back against Comcast in the battle for Fox. Android Messenger might finally be the Google messaging platform we've been waiting for. The Oppo Find X solves the all screen, no notch problem with a pop-up camera. How to get your money back if you've been scammed by a Nigerian prince. Sell your CryptoKitties now! Leo and Stacey explain blockchain and ICOs. Picks of the Week:
- Stacey's Thing 1: SYLVANIA LIGHTIFY ZigBee Outdoor Colored Gardenspot Starter Kit
- Stacey's Thing 2: Delta Voice Activated Faucet with Alexa
- Jeff's Number 1: Facebook RAICES campaign raises over $13 million, $3 million during this show alone.
- Jeff's Number 2: Facebook stock at all-time high
- Jeff's Number 3: Twitter and Square on the verge of doubling
- Leo's Tool: Google Podcasts App
Revealing the chip-makers and cookie factories in disguise
A woman with a rare neurological disorder details the experience of being lost every day of her life.