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POPSFor safety-conscious New Yorkers: CraneWatch b.v0.8 An interactive social mashup site where New Yorkers can research construction sites in their neighborhoods, find current information on safety violations, report street-level observations, and submit news and photos. Very intelligent use of social web technology.
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POPSQuotiki: social quotes I've been hoping to find a replacement for BigCite, a nicely designed social quotation site that vanished some time ago. This might be it. Collect, share, tag, and save quotations. Fully Web 2.0-compliant with widgets and all that.
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POPSHigh childhood IQ linked to antitraditional attitudes in adults A study of a large representative sample of the UK population shows that high childhood IQ is correlated with antitraditional (i.e., liberal, mostly) attitudes in adults (described as "antiracist, pro-working women, socially liberal," and democratic).This correlation is independent of gender, occupation and social class. Full PDF at the author's website (http://snipr.com/3ixli).
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POPSJukeFly: access your music collection from anywhere Seems handy. A nice snappy interface that allows you to stream your music collection into any web browser anywhere. Some social features. Built with Flash. I haven't tried it; if you do, leave a comment. Discovered via Twitter.
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POPSOld-school journalism + blogging, social networks: synergy? Linked from Dave Winer's blog, I think. A cool, experimental idea: connect beat reporters with an online circle of stakeholders joined by modern net-based social-networking tools. In this scenario, the "new" "Web2.0" model of information distribution doesn't kill old-school journalism but reinvigorates it.
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POPSMoustache May. Guys: post your 'stache here, quick Moustaches 2.0. A moustache-growing social networking site. For the month of May 2007, post photos of your growing moustache, and rate and comment on those of others. Make new friends! Change the world! Waste your time!
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POPSDandelife: "Social biographies" An odd, but potentially very cool idea. It's a tweaked blogging concept organized around sharing stories of your life from the past, rather than today's ephemera. Site layout emphasizes social timelines and displaying everyone's data together. Clearly the founders want to build strong community.
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POPSSearchles: social search Apparently there's some buzz about this service. I don't quite understand what it does yet. It combines bookmarking, social networking, and search so you can depend on trusted results. Apparently.
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POPSIntroduction to "communities of practice" Not sure what to make of this concept, but it's interesting. Link should be www.ewenger.com/theory. Author's comment: Theoretically, my work focuses on social learning systems.I am trying to understand the connection between knowledge, community, learning, and identity. The basic idea is that human knowing is fundamentally a social act. This simple observation has profound implications for the way we think of and attempt to support learning.
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POPSSocial media in the classroom I'm not sure if this is just cheerleading for web 2.0, but some of the ideas look promising. Don't know if they'd work out in practice. From Nov. 2005.
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POPSFeeling insecure and rich? Hire a MySpace consultant I clipped this for sheer weirdness value. It was on Netscape.com and Reddit. The site now seems to be swamped. This is the cached version. This is the line that really got me. A mother comments that this consultant's services help her daughter stay "focused": “My daughter is so proud of her webpages” says the mother of one of her clients. “Without Michelle she couldn't focus on her popularity” Then there's this: “What's in can change so quickly” says Mich, “it's important the pages reflect these changes ASAP”.
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