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Considering "Computational Politics"
Zeynep Tufekci's recent paper in First Monday "Engineering the public: Big Data, surveillance and computational politics" focuses our attention on the shifting power dynamics of data-driven targeting...
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The Emperor's New Repository
The following is the text of a piece originally published in my column "Libraries in Computers" for Computers in Libraries 28(9), October 2008. ---The Emperor's New RepositoryI don't know the first...
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A fork
Recently I hit that mid-career point when I realized that I'd become competent in doing the things I had long wanted to become good at, but I'm not doing them so much anymore because I'm a manager. And...
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The 10 apps I install first on new OSX machines
We're rolling a handful of macs out as desktops for staff where I work, and some folks will be new to the platform. Aside from the obvious suggestions for applications to try or to add that aren't...
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Music 2011
Hi.2011 was the first year in many (since 2002?) that I didn't go to at least 8-10 concerts. I'm not sure what happened. It was a busy work year with a job change; some of my favorite bands play larger...
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Linked Data Feedback Mechanisms
Last week I attended code4lib north at McMaster University in Hamilton. It had the great vibe of the best code4lib events: low key, great mix of old and new friends, and an intense exchange of ideas...
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The earthquake, twitter, and libraries
Our Man In Abiko is publishing a book about people's experiences with the disastrous earthquake in Japan last week. Here's mine:My Twitter app exploded with news of the earthquake when I was about to...
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Music 2010
It's a little late for this but it's one of those if-I-don't I'll-regret-it posts. 2010 was a terrific year for music for me. Many of my favorite artists released excellent new records, and I was able...
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linky linky
Next week I'll be speaking at an event about metadata infrastructure on the topic of "Linking Library Data in the Web." It's always best to lead with a demo so I'm hacking on Ed's linkypedia django...
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Advice to a library school student
Several times a year a non-librarian friend tells me "I have a friend who's interested in doing more of the tech side of libraries, he/she is [thinking about | starting | in | finishing] library school...
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Slides from "Hacker 101/102" code4lib pre-conference
Monday I gave a whole-day pre-conference at code4lib 2010 in Asheville called "Hacker 101/102" and "Hacker 201/202". The morning ("Hacker 101/102") seemed to go well - the thirty or so people who...
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Hey NBC: get out of the way and show us the Olympics
NBC's staff appears to have done everything they can to turn me into somebody who no longer cares about the Olympics. Two years ago at the summer games they had this great deal wherein for the cost of...
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unaloggin' again.
unalog is online again. Registration isn't available yet, so if you're looking for an old school social introvert bookmarks app, drop me a line over email or DM @dchud with a username/pass/email and...
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