Links
IN THIS ISSUE:
Social bookmarking
Links (CFPs, IT, how-to’s, misc, geography)
SOCIAL BOOKMARKING
I mentioned in the last ELIST that I started a Dashlog. I’ve given up on that due to several limitations of the service. I realized it makes much more sense to use a social bookmarking service. I’m using http://del.icio.us but there are several others. You can see a list here:
http://del.icio.us/webuse/social-bookmarking
What is social bookmarking? For a detailed description, check out this article: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april05/hammond/04hammond.html
In sum, such sites allow you to move bookmarks/favorites from your localized browser to the open Web. (It doesn’t have to be that open, some services allow some of the content to be private.) Why would you want to bookmark things publicly?
1. You can access your bookmarks/favorites from any network-connected computer.
2. You can see who else is bookmarking sites of interest to you and thereby find other sites of interest to you. It’s great. (Technically you don’t have to maintain your own list to be able to do this, but #1 is a good enough reason to use such a service.)
If you’re not happy with the frequency of ELIST issues (the lack thereof that is), feel free to check out my del.icio.us page any time, I post new links daily. You may still want to read ELIST though as the two don’t overlap 100%. http://del.icio.us/webuse
For those already using del.icio.us, you may find del.icio.us direc.tor to be a handy tool: http://johnvey.com/features/deliciousdirector/
When prompted for a password, just enter your del.icio.us username/pw.
Top links on del.icio.us: http://opencontent.org/oishii/
Popular links: http://del.icio.us/popular/
(I’m not sure about the difference, but the lists are not the same.)
Now onto a more general set of links. I have a huge backlog (social bookmarking services have made it much easier to find material of interest), I’ll just post some things now and will see whether I can get my act together to send out issues more often. Enjoy.
I hope you already know about the Web Archive (find no-longer available Web pages)
http://web.archive.org
For example, this is what my Web site looked like in 1999:
http://web.archive.org/web/20000819070255/www.princeton.edu/~eszter/
.. Now the Web Archive’s founder has a new archiving project in mind: he wants your files
http://slate.msn.com/id/2116329/
CFP: Computational Approaches to Analysing Weblogs (Stanford in March)
http://www.umbriacom.com/aaai2006_weblog_symposium/
[CFP means Call for Papers/Call for Proposals in case this hasn’t been clear]
CFP: General Online Research ‘06 (Bielefeld, Germany in March)
http://www.gor.de/index_en.htm
CFP: Special issue of the American Quarterly on Rewiring “The Nation”: The Place of Technology in American Studies
http://www.americanquarterly.org/index.php/papers/rewiring_the_nation_the_place_of_technology_in_american_studies/
CFP: Special issue of Information, Communication and Society on e-Relationships
http://www.webuse.org/news/2005/06/07/ics-special-issue-on-e-relationships/
Advice on conference paper submissions
http://crookedtimber.org/2005/06/07/the-political-economy-of-academic-conferences
How to Have Your Abstract Rejected
http://www-cad.eecs.berkeley.edu/~rupak/rejectedabstract.htm
Directory of Open-Access Journals - over 1,000
http://www.doaj.org
Journal of Community Informatics - free online
http://ci-journal.net/
International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology
http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu
Sloan Work and Family Research Network
http://wfnetwork.bc.edu/index.php
Doug Henwood’s Wall Street Book - free download
http://www.wallstreetthebook.com/
What Search Sites Know About You
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,67062,00.html
New domain .mobi approved for mobile phone optimized sites
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/07/11/phones.web.reut/index.html?section=cnn_tech
Google CEO Defends Privacy Policies
http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5713639.html
The future of audience measurements
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/magazine/10NIELSENS.html?ex=1270785600&en=e9248309f26f3432&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
An alternative approach to suing fans who download a band’s music
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.02/view.html?pg=5
List of blogs linking to and discussing NYTimes articles
http://nytimes.blogrunner.com/
Blog about newspaper design
http://www.newsdesigner.com/blog/
Example: Austrian newspaper publishes photo montage on cover without
making clear that’s what it is
http://www.newsdesigner.com/archives/000603.php
Social statements through architectural objects
http://heavytrash.blogspot.com
Contest for best short story 50 words or less (deadline: Aug 1)
http://www.spreadtheword.org.uk/microstory/
When negotiating, silence can mean $$
http://www.tradetricks.org/archives/001226.html
Postsecret - “an ongoing community art project where people mail-in [sic] their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard”
http://postsecret.blogspot.com/
Create comic-book art from regular photos
http://www.macmerc.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=209&page=1
Make your own ceiling pot rack
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/main/archives/002661.html
How to fold a shirt
http://www.howtofoldashirt.net/
[Takes a while to get, almost like a puzzle, but certainly quick once you get it.. not that my usual way of folding shirts is that tedious and the result is similar. It’s funny to watch though thus the link.]
How to make pizza (very thorough guide)
http://www.billyreisinger.com/pizza.php
How to draw the Rugrats characters
http://www.cooltoons.com/various/drawinglessons/index.html
Tips for better sleeping
http://www.bettersleep.org/OnBetterSleep/NSF_BSC_tips.asp
Train to run a 5K
http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml
Tim O’Reilly on self publishing books
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6870
If you are even just remotely a fan of Star Wars (original episodes) then this link is for you!
http://www.storewars.org/
:-))
Major time waster of the week: game of untangling dots (should be especially of interest to social network researchers)
http://home.cwru.edu/~jnt5/Planarity/
Flickr - community photo site (like with social bookmarking, here, too, you can tag your photos so others can find them and you can find others’ photos regarding a theme using tags)
http://flickr.com
Mine: http://flickr.com/photos/eszter/
Toogle - generates ASCII images from the Google Image results
http://c6.org/toogle/
For really Web-savvy Firefox users who’ve got Greasemonkey installed, this Search Keys feature is quite helpful
http://www.squarefree.com/extensions/search-keys/
[For the not so super Web-savvy, worry not, I will be featuring detailed instructions for downloading/installing Firefox, Greasemonkey and other goodies in a future issue.]
Google Earth - Super fun! Not only for geography geeks:)
http://earth.google.com
[This requires that you download a separate program, it’s well worth it. I am serious, go download this NOW. Windows only.]
Fun with Google Maps (some of these require some amount of geekiness, but some should be of interest to most people)
Are you still using Mapquest or Yahoo! Maps? It’s time to switch to Google Maps if you’re in the US. It also covers metro areas in Canada and the UK now.
http://maps.google.com
Google Maps is more user-friendly. For example, you can click on the mouse and drag the map around. You can also switch to satellite view to see the actual terrain. You can also create a URL to the exact map you decide you want to share/print. Moreover, people have come up with lots of great features for it, read on for more.
** Create your own annotated Google map
http://www.gmaptrack.com/
For an example, see my Evanston and Chicago maps
http://www.gmaptrack.com/map/locations/285/548 - Evanston
http://www.gmaptrack.com/map/locations/285/547 - Chicago
[Click on one of the items on the right then zoom in using the bar on the left of the map.]
** Nice merging of Google Maps and Craig’s List rental/for sale
information (immediately see pictures of apts to rent/real-estate for sale on the map)
http://www.paulrademacher.com/housing/
[unfortunately only available - for now? - for certain metro markets in the US]
** Annotate Flickr photos with Geotags
http://www.geobloggers.com/
.. how-to:
http://steeev.f2o.org/mt/2005/05/geotagging_flickr_with_google_maps_and_greasemonkey_part_2.html
** Google Maps and metro stations (requires varying levels of tech know-how including use of Firefox)
Chicago: http://www.holovaty.com/blog/archive/2005/04/19/0216
NYC: http://monkeyhomes.com/map/nycsubway.php
DC: http://monkeyhomes.com/map/dcmetro.php
** Interesting sights on Google Satellite
http://www.googlesightseeing.com/
Examples:
Area 51, Nevada
http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/08/area-51/
Honolulu Diamond Head State Monument
http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/honolulu/
Spaghetti junction in Atlanta, Georgia
http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/20/spaghetti-junction/
** Making your own customized Google Map tour
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000917034960/
[requires some amount of technical know-how, but not impossible]
Acronym/Word of the day: Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki
[”Acronym of the day” expanded to “Word of the day”, this way I can sustain it, perhaps.;)]