Far from being a marketer’s worst nightmare, smaller, more focused networks are becoming places where people actually listen.
via The Rise Of The Niche Social Network ⚙ Co.Labs ⚙ code + community.
RefWorks, Zotero, Mendeley 3-Way Comparison | The Search Principle
The MLIS [Masters Library and Information Science] Sack of Skills…07.19.13 | The Proverbial Lone Wolf
Edit Wars Reveal The 10 Most Controversial Topics on Wikipedia | MIT Technology Review
An analysis of the most highly contested articles on Wikipedia reveals the controversies that appear invariant across languages and cultures.
See the full article: Edit Wars Reveal The 10 Most Controversial Topics on Wikipedia | MIT Technology Review. The 10 most controversial topics are:
- George W Bush
- Anarchism
- Muhammad
- List of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. employees
- Global Warming
- Circumcision
- United States
- Jesus
- Race and intelligence
- Christianity
Five [Six] Free Online Tools to Learn Another Language | Gizmodo
Five [Six] Free Online Tools to Learn Another Language | Gizmodo
- LiveMocha
- FSI Language Courses
- Duolingo
- Internet Polyglot
- Lang-8
See also: LaMP Teaches You a Foreign Language via Movie and YouTube Subtitles | LifeHacker. LaMP can be installed on Windows computers or accessed online.
12 Tales of Book Thievery | Flavorwire
As devoted book lovers and defenders of libraries, there are few things that upset us more than people who steal books. We read about a recent case of book theft in China this week, detailed after the jump, which compelled us to explore a brief history of shocking book thievery. Greed, desperation, and delusion have compelled ordinary citizens and literary insiders to snatch rare books and manuscripts for dubious purposes. Most of these stories about stolen titles read like a gripping thriller, but the following tales of book theft are sadly all too real.
Comic-Con 2013: 3D imaging at the GameSpot booth | The 404 Podcast – CNET Blogs
What do you get when 89 cameras simultaneously shoot one photograph? One of the coolest bits of tech at Comic-Con 2013.
via Comic-Con 2013: 3D imaging at the GameSpot booth | The 404 Podcast – CNET Blogs.
10 Great Slidedecks from SLA 2013 – OEDB.org
10 Great Slidedecks from SLA 2013 – OEDB.org.
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- Implementing Open Source
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Chocolate: The Scent That Could Save Struggling Bookstores | Pacific Standard Magazine
Belgian researchers report the enticing aroma of chocolate inspired bookstore shoppers to stick around longer, and boosted sales of certain genres.
See the full article: Chocolate: The Scent That Could Save Struggling Bookstores | Pacific Standard Magazine.
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