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Four short links: 9 March 2010 – Cooperation is Catching, 3D Visualisation Tool, News Dump, and Fighting Censorship

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Cooperative Behaviour Spreads Through a Group, But So Does Cheating (Not Exactly Rocket Science) — Fowler and Christakis suggest that people tend to mimic the actions of those they played with. They could be directly imitating the actions of other players, or they could be looking out for cues that tell them the ‘right’ or ‘normal’ way of behaving….

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The state of open government in Canada – David Eaves on Canada’s open government success stories and the folly of non-beta thinking

by admin on March 9, 2010

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David Eaves, a public policy entrepreneur and a speaker at this week’s Gov 2.0 International online conference, discusses the rise of open government in Canada’s cities. He also looks at the country’s federal inertia, and he explains how a beta mindset could benefit government projects.

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IntelliJ Idea9 ActionScript 3/Flex Workflow Part 2

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Welcome to part 2 of my IntelliJ Idea 9 ActionScript 3/Flex workflow series. If you followed part 1 you should have a HelloWorldProject setup along with a HelloWorld module. Now it is time to learn how to compile our SWF and go over the other core features IntelliJ Idea 9 has to offer. Lets not waste any more time, here we go!

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Happening Tomorrow: Where 2.0 webcast on mapping, mobile, and local trends – A Free Live Event at 10am PT

March 9, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.In this webcast, moderated by Brady Forrest of O’Reilly Media, you’ll hear from the following:
Diann Eisnor of Waze will discuss the creation of realtime mapping data sets.
Joe Stump of SimpleGeo will discuss tying mobile services to webservices.
Kara Nortman of CitySearch will discuss local data trends online.
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Mobile phones and smartphones are not the same thing

March 9, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Comparing a basic mobile phone to a spiffy new smartphone is like comparing a circa-1993 desktop computer to a Macbook Pro. They’re related in a basic sense, but the discrepancies are immense. Arthur Attwell, co-founder and CEO of Electric Book Works, expands on the divide between mobile [...]

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#Ebook Deal of the Day: Hadoop: The Definitive Guide – Only $9.99! Use code DDHAD

March 6, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.“Hadoop: The Definitive Guide” for only $9.99. Use discount code DDHAD to get your savings!…
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Four short links: 5 March 2010 – GMail CRM, Django Best Practices, Stats-Think, and WoW Number Crunching

March 6, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Rapportive — a simple social CRM built into Gmail. They replace the ads in Gmail with photos, bio, and info from social media sites. (via ReadWrite Web)
Best Practices in Web Development with Django and Python — great set of recommendations. (via Jon Udell’s article on checklists)
These and [...]

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MySQL migration and risk management – Database expert Ronald Bradford on the pros and cons of migrating from Oracle to MySQL

March 6, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Ronald Bradford has been guiding DBAs through key aspects of database integration for years. In this Q&A, he discusses the pros and cons of migrating from Oracle to MySQL (hint: it’s not just about cost savings). He also weighs in on how Oracle’s acquisition of Sun will [...]

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Free Book Samplers! – Designing Great iPhone Apps, Being Geek, Power Your House, Your Money, and more.

March 6, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Check out our free PDF book samplers from these new and upcoming books:
Tap Happy: Designing Great iPhone Apps
Being Geek
Power Your House
Personal Investing: The Missing Manual
Your Money: The Missing Manual
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Register now for our Gov 2.0 Online Conference – A Free Live Event – March 11 @ 9am PT

March 6, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Gov 2.0 Online Conference — Gov 2.0 International: Global Innovation Meeting Local Challenges. Gov 2.0 is a worldwide revolution, you don’t want to miss this event. The agenda includes: Beyond Borders: Improving Global Diplomacy and Citizen Empowerment with Gov 2.0, Open Government in Canada, Israel Gov 2.0: [...]

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Apps for Army Launches – The Hybrid Enterprise?

March 4, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.The Army launches Apps for Army. Contest or harbinger of the hybrid enterprise that combines planning and emergence under one roof? Apps for Army looks to uncork the Army’s cognitive surplus and let soldiers start solving their own problems in code without the personal risk of going [...]

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Four short links: 3 March 2010 – Most Dangerous Code, 3D Printing, Artificial Irony, and Live Visualisation

March 4, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors (MITRE) — I could play bingo with this on some of the programs I wrote when I was learning to code. Now, of course, I am perfect. *cough*cough*. This and more in today’s Four Short Links.
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1 in 4 Facebook Users Come From Asia or the Middle East

March 4, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Asia’s share of the more than 400 million active Facebook users recently surged past 15%. With a market penetration of 1.7% in Asia and Africa, the company has barely scratched the surface in both regions. While the company continued to add users in Southeast Asia, there were [...]

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The implications of a money-making Android app – Car Locator pulled in more than $400 per day when it was featured in the Android Market

March 4, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Success stories were an important (if overblown) part of the iPhone App Store’s development. It looks like the Android Market could be following a similar path. Edward Kim, creator of the Car Locator app, saw his daily revenue jump from around $100 per day to more than [...]

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#Ebook Deal of the Day: Head First iPhone Development – Only $9.99! Use code DDHFP

March 4, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Head First iPhone Development for only $9.99. Use discount code DDHFP to get your savings!…
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Climate Wars: Global Warming, ClimateGate, Web 2.0 and Grey Power – The Revenge of the Codgers?

March 2, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.The UK newspaper The Guardian has a really useful long 12-part series Climate Wars. I don’t think anyone wanting to get up to speed on the so-called Climate Wars could find a better introduction, given the controversy, and without having to buy in to every statement there [...]

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Foursquare wants to be the mayor of location apps – Dennis Crowley on Foursquare’s gameplan and the secret sauce that drives the mobile service

March 2, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Dennis Crowley cut his teeth on location services at mobile pioneer Dodgeball. Things didn’t work out there, but he used his Dodgeball experience to shape Foursquare, an on-the-rise app that blends mobile, location awareness and a clever points system. In this Q&A, Crowley discusses Foursquare’s revenue streams, [...]

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#Ebook Deal of the Day: Learning Rails: Live Edition – Only $9.99! Use code DDRAS

March 2, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.“Learning Rails: Live Edition” for only $9.99. Use discount code DDRAS to get your savings! The Live Edition of Learning Rails starts with an update of the book from Rails 2.1.1 to Rails 2.3.5. Code that changed over the past…
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Mashables’ 10 Reasons to Attend or Watch a Global Ignite Week Event

March 2, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.“Today marks the start of Ignite’s most ambitious endeavor to date: Global Ignite Week. This week-long Ignite extravaganza has been eight months in the making and is a first of its kind,” writes Jennifer Van Grove in her Mashable piece, 10 Reasons You Should Attend or Watch [...]

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Four short links: 2 March 2010 – Visualising Tweeted Data, Voting Licenses, Space-Time Mining, and Processing for the iPhone

March 2, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.SatScan — Free software that analyzes spatial, temporal and space-time data using the spatial, temporal, or space-time scan statistics. It is designed for any of the following interrelated purposes: Perform geographical surveillance of disease, to detect spatial or space-time disease clusters, and to see if they are [...]

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