Barbara K Iverson

Journalists, citizens, here is a list of news sources on Iraq, from Iraq and the mideast, including Al Jezeera’s English language page. What will Colin Powell say to the world? Check out what some not so sympathetic sources are saying. The list was compiled by Al Thompkins of Poynter Instittute. bye for now http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js

Internet revolution persists despite dotcom bust. This is a series of stories by David Minasian, writing in the Economist. He is a commentator on NPR as well. The fundamental change is that e-communications will change the way humans communicate, and thus how organizations and society functions. Don’t miss this one. bye for now http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js

Just off the e-presses, Italians and those who speak Italian are voting for their picks for Saint of the Internet at http://www.santiebeati.it. Those who can’t read Italian can follow the story from CNN bye for now http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js

Now here is a kind of gaming that has potential. Outcomes are built from player actionsin a way that makes me think of creating a flock of birds flying in StarLogo. Obviously, this kind of theorizing permeates the world of literary theorists these days. Note to self: Analyze news coverage, and then develop a model…

I am attending bootcamp this week, and am dragging through 9-10 PM days. Its not really dragging. It is cyclically interesting, but tiring. McCarthy Technologies bye for now http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js

This is a good one, and so apropos of Super Bowl season, it is a new expression “ASTROTURFING” New York Times article (registration required) which has come to designate the kind of e-mail avalanche that robots and daemons can originate on the Internet that looks at first glance like some kind of authentic grass-roots writing…

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Yesterday I set up my RSS newsfeeds again. I used Radio Userland for a couple of years when it was free, but my aim then was to use the feeds to have interesting items for my blog. I never quite got the whole process together. In this new iteration of my “nose for the news…

There was a surge of interest in people’s energy collectives and pedal-powered energy, as well as ways to “upload” power to the power companies in the late 70s and early 80s, especially when the government was offering tax incentives to produce your own power. There were people who worked to “get off the grid” without…

“The court’s decision has troubling ramifications for consumers, service providers and the growth of the Internet,” Deutsch said. “This case will have a chilling effect on private communications, such as e-mail, surfing the Internet or the sending of files between private parties.” READ IT NOW “Well, Ms. Rosen, I’ll tell you what: You forward all…