[ caught In between ] b.s.: 08/01/2005 - 09/01/2005

Wednesday, August 31, 2005
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  1. {08312005}
  2. {09:17:46 PM}
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  1. The definitive collection of idea generation methods
  2. The methods have been drawn not just from the worlds of creative problem solving and innovation, but also from other worlds such as organisational change, strategic planning, psychotherapy, the new sciences and the creative arts.
    
    b/w: 43 folders
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  1. 09:17:46 PM
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  1. {08312005}
  2. {08:25:18 AM}
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  1. New Orleans Is Now Off Limits
    
    (New York Times)
  2. The mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, told reporters late on Tuesday that it would be three to four months before residents would be able to return to their homes, but in Baton Rouge today, officials questioned that timeline.
    
    Stunning. Depressing. Catastrophic beyond words.
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  1. 08:25:18 AM
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  2. weather
  3. regional
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  5. katrina
  6. hurrican
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Tuesday, August 09, 2005
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  1. {08092005}
  2. {11:26:15 AM}
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  1. PostSecret
  2. Anonymous secrets and confessions told on postcards. Interesting.
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  1. 11:26:15 AM
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  2. cyberculture
  3. internet
  4. tags:
  5. voyeurism
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Saturday, August 06, 2005
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  1. {08062005}
  2. {02:26:09 PM}
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  1. How schools are destroying the joy of reading
    
    (USATODAY.com)
  2. Dumbing-down textbooks for political and not educational reasons; upshot: dumb students.
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  1. 02:26:09 PM
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  2. education
  3. politics
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Thursday, August 04, 2005
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  1. {08042005}
  2. {08:12:30 PM}
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  1. things you can do with rss
  2. any task with RSS that requires search or information retrieval from a server.
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  1. 08:12:30 PM
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  2. world wide web
  3. internet
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  1. {08042005}
  2. {11:30:30 AM}
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  1. The Dark Side of Technorati Tags
    
    (Om Malik's Broadband Blog)
  2. GigaOm: "I tag my post, Technorati benefits, and despite all that, my tags help spammers who clog my RSS readers gain more readers. That’s absolutely rotten!"
    
    I agree; but since Technorati hasn't even been registering my tags for the last six weeks, I'm past the point of caring. Technorati is a site that went from useful to crap in the blink of an eye, and it's been breathtaking. Tagging, as currently practiced by Technorati, is a travesty, a sham, a mockery ... a traveshamockery! For these reasons, they're undoubtably headed for a big payday soon, as they're at the top of the tagging pyramid. The minute an Internet service hits that tipping point of diminishing returns is exactly when the "real world" notices and starts investing. But the crest of innovation has already passed, nothing lies ahead but wastelands.
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  2. library and information science
  3. internet
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  1. {08042005}
  2. {10:15:17 AM}
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  1. Wal-Mart opens in Shanghai
    
    (China Herald blog)
  2. Only 100,000 people show up...[but] for the fighting crowds it has been a disappointing experience.
    
    Why is it disappointing? Because Wal-Mart's prices are more expensive than what people can find locally. Wal-Mart is high-end in China. Ain't that a blip!?
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  1. 10:15:17 AM
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  2. global economy
  3. business
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