What is book bookness 2013 | l.bicknell
Although this presentation is mainly visual images it really makes you think about what books are and what they represent.
The Power of eLearning…in the Library | Lumos Learning
‘Social Fiction’ Brings Characters to Life via Facebook and Twitter | Mashable
A former Nickelodeon Animation storyboard artist and a Facebook employee have teamed up to create a new form of entertainment: social fiction.
Illustrator Steve Lowtwait and writer Michael Smith are telling a fictional story through social media that’s centered around a protagonist called “Hawk Funn.” They have set up real social profiles on Facebook and Twitter for fictional characters in the story, and they post about the characters’ lives just like real people would. If you follow Hawk on Facebook and on Twitter, you can track the plot and learn about his life as a suburban dad in Colorado and his fear of the indoors.
via ‘Social Fiction’ Brings Characters to Life via Facebook and Twitter | Mashable.
MPAA Says Google Fosters Piracy, Because Why Wouldn’t It | Wired.com
Internet Archaeologists Reconstruct Lost Web Pages | Mashable
The Internet is disappearing. And with it goes an important part of our recorded history. That was the conclusion of a study Technology Review looked at last year, which measured the rate at which links shared over social media platforms, such as Twitter, were disappearing.
The conclusion was that this data is being lost at the rate of 11% within a year and 27% within two years.
Today, the researchers behind this work reveal that all is not lost. Hany SalahEldeen and Michael Nelson at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., have found a way to reconstruct deleted material, and they say it works reasonably well.
Read the full story:Â Internet Archaeologists Reconstruct Lost Web Pages | Mashable.
Feedly, Now Powering 50 RSS-Based Applications, Opens API To All Developers | TechCrunch
Feedly, a service making claims to the RSS reader throne Google abandoned by shutting down Google Reader, announced today that it’s now opening up its API to all interested developers building RSS-based applications. This is a notable step toward Feedly’s goal of not just being another feed-reading application itself, but rather a platform which will allow an app ecosystem to thrive.
via Feedly, Now Powering 50 RSS-Based Applications, Opens API To All Developers | TechCrunch.
Researchers build[ing] ‘Google Earth’ project for the ancient world | theguardian.com
A tool developed by researchers at Southampton University has indexed historic maps, photos and historic documents to provide a simple location search tool for the UK.
The Pelagios 3 project takes data from ancient Latin and Greek sources, which formed the basis of two previous Pelagios projects, and builds on it with documents and maps from Arabic sources, medieval European and Chinese maps, and seafaring charts from the 13th century, cross-linking them into one searchable database.Â
Read the full story:Â Researchers build ‘Google Earth’ project for the ancient world | Technology | theguardian.com.
Eric Berlow and Sean Gourley: Mapping ideas worth spreading | TED.com
What do 24,000 ideas look like? Ecologist Eric Berlow and physicist Sean Gourley apply algorithms to the entire archive of TEDx Talks, taking us on a stimulating visual tour to show how ideas connect globally.
via Eric Berlow and Sean Gourley: Mapping ideas worth spreading | Video on TED.com.
Toronto Public Library now offers free digital magazines | BlogTO
The Toronto Public Library has just given another reason to love having a library card, and to enjoy this benefit you won’t even need to leave your house. TPL has partnered with leading digital newsstand provider Zinio to give members access to digital magazines for free.
Read the full story:Â Toronto Public Library now offers free digital magazines | BlogTO.
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