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#Ebook Deal of the Day: Designing Social Interfaces – Only $9.99! Use code DDDST

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Designing Social Interfaces for only $9.99. Use discount code DDDST to get your savings!…

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Gov 2.0 invades Harvard: A report from #gov20ne – Politicians, advocates, techies and citizens discuss open government

by admin on March 11, 2010

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Last Saturday, several hundred folks gathered at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government to spend the day discussing Open Government. I attended, and Laurel Ruma (O’Reilly’s Gov 2.0 Evangelist) was one of the organizers.

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Four short links: 11 March 2010 – Digital Inclusion, Bookwriting Revealed, Chip Tips, and Mobile Marketshare

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January 2010 US Mobile Subscriber Market Share (ComScore) — Android just overtook Palm, and is growing faster than the other smartphone platforms. And for a reality check, 28% of mobile customers used a browser on their phone. This and more in today’s Four Short Links.

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How crowdsourcing helped Haiti’s relief efforts – Lukas Biewald on CrowdFlower’s emergency shift from microtasks to Kreyol translations

March 11, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Tech-minded volunteers quickly pitched in with a variety of communication and data services in the days following the Haiti earthquake. One company — crowdsourcing platform CrowdFlower — repurposed its service as a text-message translation tool to aid Mission 4636. CrowdFlower founder and CEO Lukas Biewald shares his [...]

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What We Can Learn from Super Heros – A Video by Nilofer Merchant, author of “The New How”

March 11, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.If you like this video, pick up a copy of Nilofer Merchant’s book The New How: Creating Business Solutions Through Collaborative Strategy.
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Four short links: 9 March 2010 – Cooperation is Catching, 3D Visualisation Tool, News Dump, and Fighting Censorship

March 9, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.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 [...]

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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

March 9, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.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

March 9, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.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 [...]

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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.
Attendance is [...]

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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)
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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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