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The buzz at TiECON 2007 was about Elementeo and its precocious 13-year-old founder and CEO Anshul Samar. “We inject fun into education,” the fast talking entrepreneur confidently proclaimed, touting his new fantasy role playing board game.
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Another flavor of review site is emerging — consumers vote on the best reviews which are aggregated on one site. Good overview from TechCrunch.
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Old and new research shows that repeated exposure to a stimulus that’s barely perceptible — e.g., a banner ad — can enhance a person’s feelings towards what’s otherwise a neutral object. Good overview on the subject here.
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Lionel posts a video on a new Dell Latitude Tablet PC — prior to its official launch, I believe — and it looks THIN and sleek. I see a thumb reader and lots of ports. This tablet should get some attention (Dell is a GCI client).
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The study of thousands of websites across 120 Internet Service Providers found 25 of 41 countries surveyed showed evidence of content filtering. Even websites and services such as Skype and Google Maps are blocked, it said.
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CBS offers a blogger’s toolkit. Essentially, these are widgets only offered through code you can embed on your blog. There’s more flexible ways of doing this, CBS. See www.nikerookieclass.com (Nike is a GCI client).
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iTunes accounts for 75% of all podcast downloads, according to Podtrac. On the whole, podcast downloaders tended to be male, young and educated. Notably, people between the ages of 35 and 54 represented about half of the podcasting audience.
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Some nice numbers on Internet use related to government and politics. Why do people use the Internet to engage in these activities? Because it is really convenient. Prior to the Internet we used to avoid government entitites like the plague.
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Pew Internet Project recently released a report called “Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users.” Here’s an online survey to see where you fit in the typology. I’m a connector, by the way.
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To cut costs and try to adapt, The SF Chronicle will trim 25 percent of its newsroom staff by Summer’s end. This paper has really taken a beating since its former readers have fled to online sources of news and information.
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I love Make and I’m sure I’d have a great time at Maker Faire (see these Flickr photos from SF Faire). Maker Faire is coming to Austin in October. Brooke, talk to me about this.
19 May 2007
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2 Responses to “links for 2007-05-20”
1 Ryan 20 May 2007 @ 3:13 pm
If Dell configured a tablet for Ubuntu, I’d buy it.
2 Brooke 21 May 2007 @ 1:00 pm
I love the guys at Make. I recently talked to them about sponsorship opportunities at Maker Faire. They expect more than 25,000 people in Austin (an influential core audience of tech and DIY enthusiasts) so the opportunity is pretty huge. Regardless, we should go!
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