Archive for November, 2009

60 of the most “thrilling moments” in science history go online

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

The Royal Society marks the start of its 350th year by putting 60 of its most memorable research papers online. Read more..

Dying career: traffic helicopter pilot

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

I still like listening to KGO Radio (AM 810 San Francisco) but on there they still make a big deal about having a traffic helicopter and a team that covers ... Read more..

Common lands

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Why cyberspace should be a public space Read more..

Australian leader will visit Obama

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will visit the White House on Monday as President Obama begins a week during which he will announce his war strategy in Afghanistan and appeal ... Read more..

U.N. censure may start more confrontational phase with Iran

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

The resounding censure of Iran on Friday by the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, signals the start of a potentially more confrontational phase in ... Read more..

The rush to socialize the Enterprise continues with Blogtronix

Friday, November 27th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

When Salesforce copied Facebook a week ago and put social information into its service with a new service called Chatter it got me to look around at what else was ... Read more..

The Real-Time PR Man

Friday, November 27th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

If you attend a tech event or conference you will probably run into Brian Solis. He’s one of those rare PR birds: everywhere all the time. He’s always on Twitter ... Read more..

Google?s infinite strip: the brilliance in Google Wave

Friday, November 27th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Imagine you had an infinitely-long strip of paper that you, and your friends, could write on anywhere along the strip. Imagine that you could write anywhere along that strip anytime, ... Read more..

Open book

Friday, November 27th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

How the web allows anyone to publish a tome Read more..

Lawyers target ‘pirates’ for cash

Friday, November 27th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Around 15,000 suspected pirates may soon get letters accusing them of illegally sharing movies and games and asking for cash. Read more..