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Finally, a reason to Twitter: A student at the University of California at Berkeley was arrested in Egypt for photographing a demonstration. His Twitter message, “Arrested”, sparked a series of events that led to his being released from jail. More…
A new social network on Internet2: Muse was developed by student Web programmers at the University of Washington for Internet2, an advanced computing consortium of colleges and businesses. Visit Muse.

Linked to in a uWedD thread: “…the web is a conversation. Marketing,[...]

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Friend of mine IMs me. I say, “What’s up?” He says, “I’m stumbling.” “Huh?” I say.
Turns out stumbling is what you do when you use the StumbleUpon toolbar and click on Stumble! This takes you to a webpage that other stumblers with likes similar to your own (you choose these when you sign up) have rated “I Like It!”. You can rate sites, too–even leave comments about them to share with your ‘fans’. Fans are people who have clicked “add[...]

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The internet is not a big truck.
Watch Jon Stewart rip the Alaskan senator, who is chairman of the Senate commerce committee, on his ridiculous inability to explain the way the internet works. Classic.

Edit: The link above is dead, but I found the clip on SpikedHumor.com!

Also, have a listen to DJ Ted’s Techno Tubes Mix. Senator Stevens, your 15 minutes begins now.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
UPDATE: A Series of Tubes: The Trailer. [link] Will the fun never stop?

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