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Welcome to World Social Forum -2004
India

Welcome to World Social Forum -2004
India 01/25/2004 12:48 AM
http://www.wsfindia.org/newsdetails.php?id=22 I LOVE seeing how GPL and Non-Profits work together: The Media Center at WSF 2004, equipped with a complete network lab of 120 computers and 40 lap-top connections was maintained open and functional 24 hrs for the entire forum with FREE SOFTWARE!!! This is the first time in WSF history, that media members were allowed access to the facilities at the Center 24 hrs a day. The challenges were present every day of this world forum,...

2ch: Japanese Web Forum As Social Vent

2ch: Japanese Web Forum As Social Vent 05/10/2004 02:57 AM

Forum 2004: El cerebro social.

Forum 2004: El cerebro social. 07/19/2004 12:59 PM

Forum Qualitative Social Research (FQS)

Forum Qualitative Social Research (FQS) 12/19/2004 03:25 PM

FQS

Forum Qualitative Social Research (FQS) - Online Gateway for Qualitative Research
http://www.qualitative-res earch.net/

FQS is a multilingual online journal for qualitative research. The main aim of FQS is to promote discussion and cooperation between qualitative researchers from different nations and social science disciplines (Anthropology, Communication, Criminology, Cultural Sciences, Education, Ethnology, History, Linguistics, Management Information Systems, Medicine, Nursing, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology). The unique attributes of the Internet—speed, flexibility, interactivity—are employed to develop, in comparison to traditional print media, new discourse forms and standards for quality. It is an experimental project which means being an open project where FQS' content and formal design are developed together with all of its participants—readers, authors, editorial board members and editors alike. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

3G World Congress Kicks Off

3G World Congress Kicks Off 11/05/2003 06:27 AM
3G Nov 5 2003 5:42AM ET

World information summit kicks off

World information summit kicks off 12/10/2003 11:22 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Dec 10 2003 10:46PM ET

World Summit on the Information Society
kicks off

World Summit on the Information Society
kicks off 12/10/2003 12:44 PM
Silicon.com Dec 10 2003 11:04AM ET

Internet World show kicks off with
real-time news

Internet World show kicks off with
real-time news 06/16/2004 06:08 PM
Journalism.co.uk Jun 16 2004 9:40PM GMT

Google Gets Social (PC World)

Google Gets Social (PC World) 01/23/2004 06:34 PM
PC World - Search giant tests a new social networking site.

World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum 09/25/2004 06:10 AM
World Economic Forum
http://www.weforum.org/

The World Economic Forum is the foremost global community of business, political, intellectual and other leaders of society committed to improving the state of the world. The Forum is an independent international organization incorporated as a Swiss not-for-profit foundation and has NGO consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Their members represent the world’s 1,000 leading companies, along with 200 smaller businesses, many from the developing world, that play a potent role in their industry or region. Their members are often innovative and inspiring individuals who challenge conventional thinking and are committed to making the world a better place. They also work closely with communities of leaders from academia, government, religion, the media, non-governmental organizations and the arts. Their members – like their staff – come from all parts of the world, and our Annual Meetings bring together people from more than 100 countries. This will be added to Business Resources 2004-05 Internet MiniGuide.

"The World Economic Forum Webl0g"

"The World Economic Forum Webl0g" 04/30/2004 03:43 AM

My Tuesday with the World Economy Forum

My Tuesday with the World Economy Forum 09/23/2004 01:01 PM
Well, that was an interesting way to spend a day! For reasons beyond my ken, I got asked to talk to the Entertainment and Media section of a World Economic Forum meeting in NYC on Tuesday. How could I say no? Besides, the organizers are completely charming, open-minded, smart people. (Thank you, Alex.) Dinner the night before The event began with a gala dinner for all the assembled industries, held on Governors Island in NYC. From 800 yards away, the bottom of Manhattan looks like a really bad idea, an experiment in how much weight you can add until a...

World Economic Forum webl0g

World Economic Forum webl0g 04/28/2004 07:36 AM

The World Economic Forum has a weblog now.

via Loic

Namespaces and Social Networks in a
Tagged World

Namespaces and Social Networks in a
Tagged World 02/05/2005 09:12 PM

David Weinberger has a brilliant quick statement about how BOTH namespaces and social networks will be used to disambiguate tags'.

I sure as hell hope so. I'd hate it if there was nothing to disambiguate tags.

Namespaces and Social Networks in a Tagged World
As the interest in tagging and folksonomies grows, we are going to be faced with a choice: Namespaces or social networks.

The problem is that tags are too simple and ambiguous. (That's also their strength, but we'll let that go for the moment.) As tens of millions of people start tagging Web resources, many tags will include too many disparate items: When you're searching for pages about London, do you really want to get pages about Jack London? And, no one really wants information about London; we always want information about some aspect of a topic. So, the "London"-tagged pages about London's club scene are noise to someone looking for information about London's form of government.

Namespaces, or domains of discourse if you prefer, are one way around this. For example, the Global Voices group that encourages inter-national blogging, suggests tagging relevant pages with the prefix "gv" as in "gv:ghana" or "gv:thailand." We will undoubtedly see a proliferation of such prefixes, and if tagging really takes off, we may end up with an unregulated version of the domain system in which multiple organizations squabble over who gets to use a particular prefix.

Social networks provide an alternative. If I knew who the people associated with Global Voices were, and if I knew who was the author of particular tags, I could search for the "ghana" tag and find only the ones created by GV members. That wouldn't be perfect because it would get pages tagged by GV members for personal use, but it might be good enough, especially with further refinement.

This is not an either/or. I'm confident we're going to see both namespaces and social networks used to disambiguate tags. And there are undoubtedly brilliant ideas waiting to be had. But it seems highly likely to me that social networks are going to become more important than ever in a world gone made with tagging.

[Operating Manual for Social Tools]

I love this piece.

It's especially heartening for me to listen to David talk about social networks - as I know he's against the 'Friendster/Tribe' school of thought - but seems to have accepted a more generalized notion of what social networks are - and will be.

Anyway - I never said I liked those explicit social networks - it's just that it was so much dam fun gaming them (apparently Joi had fun -too!) But it's up to folks like David - who keep us honest - especially when it comes to the difference between something explcit liek calling someone "your friend" - versus truth and honesty.

Google enters social networking world

Google enters social networking world 01/24/2004 07:13 PM
Jan 23, 2004 ... is not entirely new to the social networking arena, their toolbar gives web browsers (well, microsoft branded ones anyway), the ability to instantly weblog, or ...

Iraq War Dominates World Economic Forum
(AP)

Iraq War Dominates World Economic Forum
(AP) 01/24/2004 03:37 AM
AP - The war in Iraq and the threat of terrorism dominated the World Economic Forum as the United States appealed for cooperation on both issues and the U.N. chief warned that an overly narrow focus could worsen global tensions.

World Forum Discusses Rising Oil Prices
(AP)

World Forum Discusses Rising Oil Prices
(AP) 05/15/2004 10:03 AM
AP - Fluctuating oil prices should not cause alarm, but are a key source of global instability, participants at the World Economic Forum said Saturday.

World Forum Bans Neckties at Meeting
(AP)

World Forum Bans Neckties at Meeting
(AP) 01/22/2004 02:10 AM
AP - How to make the annual Alpine gathering of global movers and shakers more "human"? The World Economic Forum decided to ban neckties.

Intel & Xerox Speak @ ICT World Forum

Intel & Xerox Speak @ ICT World Forum 12/17/2004 06:40 PM
Intel & Xerox Technology Chiefs Speak At 2005 ICT World Forum, concurently with CeBIT, March 8 - 9, 2005, Hannover, Germany. [PRWEB Nov 15, 2004]

Forum Antiquum : Ancient World Internet
Resources

Forum Antiquum : Ancient World Internet
Resources 12/02/2003 01:21 AM
Forum Antiquum : Ancient World Internet Resources
http://ww w.sas.upenn.edu/~ekondrat/ForumAntiquum.html

"FORUM ANTIQUUM [is] a 'gateway' site providing easy access to hundreds of internet resources related to the study of the ancient Mediterranean world (between ca. 5,000 B.C.E. to ca. 1500 C.E.). The pages within this site are divided into two groups. Group 1 collates links to websites dedicated to an historical epoch and/or geographical region (e.g. Ancient Egypt); each is internally organized by category (e.g., Archaeological Field Projects, Related Organizations, etc.). Group 2 collates links to sites devoted to disciplines or topics not necessarily anchored in a specific region or historical era (e.g., Numismatics)."

"Notes and Comment From the World
Economic Forum, 2004"

"Notes and Comment From the World
Economic Forum, 2004" 01/25/2004 09:49 PM

Joho the Blog: My Tuesday with the World
Economy Forum

Joho the Blog: My Tuesday with the World
Economy Forum 09/24/2004 01:46 AM
reports at length on his visit to, and participation in the World Economic Forum .. facts of life

hyperorg.com/blogger/mtarchive/003089.html
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Notes and Comment From the World
Economic Forum, 2004

Notes and Comment From the World
Economic Forum, 2004 01/25/2004 09:31 AM
Sketch book of a journalism professor, and first time participant, at Davos.

World Economic Forum: Global
Competitiveness Programme

World Economic Forum: Global
Competitiveness Programme 07/23/2004 06:25 AM
World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Programme
http://www.weforum.org/site/homepublic.nsf/Conten t/Global+Competitiveness+Programme

Operating as part of the World Economic Forum, the Global Competitiveness Programme is perhaps best known for its flagship publication, The Global Competitiveness Report. These series of reports are perhaps the most authoritative assessments of national economies throughout the world. The Reports themselves were first published in 1979, and continue to be made available in a variety of formats. And while the entire contents are not available here, visitors may read executive summaries and peruse other data. One of the most recent publications is the Lisbon Review, which assesses the progress made by the 15 EU member states (as of April 2004) in implementing the goals of the Lisbon Strategy of political and economic reforms.
Additionally, the site includes competitiveness report summaries on Africa, the Arab world, and the worldwide improvements in global technology. This will be added to International Trade Resources 2004-05 Internet MiniGuide. [From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2003. http://scout.wisc.edu/]

PressThink: Notes and Comment From the
World Economic Forum, 2004

PressThink: Notes and Comment From the
World Economic Forum, 2004 01/26/2004 01:15 AM
Jay Rosen on the Alps' embrace of Davos' human-scale bustle .. Notes and Comment From the World Economic Forum, 2004

journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2004/01/25/davos_ sketch.html
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World Economic Forum Selects Kiyon As
2005 Technology Pioneer

World Economic Forum Selects Kiyon As
2005 Technology Pioneer 12/19/2004 03:33 PM
The World Economic Forum has selected broadband mesh network technology company, Kiyon, Inc. of San Diego, CA as one of its 2005 Technology Pioneers. Kiyon’s software kernel is downloadable and solves the key throughput problem for wireless broadband transmission while continually self-managing all network and application functions automatically. Kiyon’s technology serves as an “Operating System for Convergence” for high bandwidth applications connected by WiFi, UWB or other wireless protocol. [PRWEB Dec 11, 2004]

Loic Le Meur Blog: Video clip of my rant
on the Future of Business in Europe
panel at the World Economic Forum

Loic Le Meur Blog: Video clip of my rant
on the Future of Business in Europe
panel at the World Economic Forum 05/02/2004 05:40 AM
Loic's rant at the European WEF meeting .. Video

loiclemeur.com/english/2004/05/video_clip_of_m.html
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Social Issues Surround Social Software
(Ziff Davis)

Social Issues Surround Social Software
(Ziff Davis) 06/25/2004 10:06 AM
Ziff Davis - Participants in the Supernova conference give insight into the social dynamics around the use of online social networking services, Weblogs and wikis.

Expert forum for knowledge presentation:
Resources for communication & Forum for
discussion, planning, and collaboration

Expert forum for knowledge presentation:
Resources for communication & Forum for
discussion, planning, and collaboration 12/04/2003 07:14 AM

Forum Systems Previews Forum XWall(TM)
3.0 Data-Level Networking for The
XML-Internet at NetWorld + Interop

Forum Systems Previews Forum XWall(TM)
3.0 Data-Level Networking for The
XML-Internet at NetWorld + Interop 05/10/2004 02:46 PM
XMLMania.com May 10 2004 6:43PM GMT

eTwine.com Launches Fun & Interactive
Free Blogging Tool and Becomes First
Social Site to Integrate Blogs with
Social Networking & Online Dating
Features

eTwine.com Launches Fun & Interactive
Free Blogging Tool and Becomes First
Social Site to Integrate Blogs with
Social Networking & Online Dating
Features 08/13/2004 12:47 PM
eTwine.com integrates new interactive blogging tool with its existing social networking, online dating, and event planning features. Members can share their blogs entries with friends and other members, as well as rate other blogs, add comments to any entry, and sort entries by most popular and highest rated in this unique feature. [PRWEB Aug 13, 2004]

Social Issues Surround Social Software

Social Issues Surround Social Software 06/25/2004 09:01 AM
Participants in the Supernova conference give insight into the social dynamics around the use of online social networking services, Weblogs and wikis.

Member Forum Spotlight: Photography
Forum

Member Forum Spotlight: Photography
Forum 02/05/2005 10:11 PM
dmullins's Member Forum is a "place for photographers young and old to explore their craft or hobby. To analyze technique, equipment, backgrounds, traditions, effects, explorations, war stories, failures, perceptions, and whatever the creative photographers of the world can come up with." Check it out!

Social people don't need social
networking

Social people don't need social
networking 12/14/2003 09:54 PM
Kevin Werbach points out that social networking sites like LinkedIn and Tribe and so forth have very little to offer highly connected people like Esther Dyson, who would nevertheless be a real asset to the network:

Esther and Pierre don't need LinkedIn to reach pretty much anyone they want to contact. Yet there are a whole lot of folks who want to reach them, and don't have a personal connection to do so. So the service worsens their email overload with little corresponding benefit.

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Social Applications For Social Devices

Social Applications For Social Devices 07/13/2004 01:53 AM
The mobile phone, by its very nature is a "social" device. It's designed to help connect you to someone else. While most of the early efforts to create "mobile data" have come from a broadcast mindset (delivery produced content to an audience), it looks like some are finally realizing that mobile data apps need to be social to really catch on. If they're not making use of the mobile phone for what it's good for, then it's unlikely to get too much attention. MIT's Tech Review has a good overview of a variety of different "social" projects related to mobile devices, from the ever popular "Dodgeball" mobile social networking application to Fluidtime's dorm room washing machine SMS scheduler (and negotiator, should you find out you need the machine now and someone else has it booked). These are the types of applications that really are the future of mobile phones -- and not the ability to watch the latest reality TV series on your phone or to receive a marketing message from Disney.

3G kicks off

3G kicks off 08/31/2004 12:40 AM
The Scotsman Aug 31 2004 3:39AM GMT

The third testament... kicks ass!

The third testament... kicks ass! 09/09/2004 04:11 PM
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter

Scoble kicks RSS ass?

Scoble kicks RSS ass? 09/12/2004 05:17 AM

Yesterday I wrote about how Seattle is kicking my ass, now it's time to debunk Scoble's gross condemnation of RSS.

On Wednesay he posted that MSDN was limiting its RSS feed, dropping full text, because they were serving terabytes through RSS, and weren't happy with the economics.

Either Scoble didn't explain or I wasn't paying attention, because they were doing something very strange< /a>: aggregating all their blogs into one feed. They have thousands of blogs. In any hour the chances that one or more blogs changed is near 100 percent. And the feed is huge, every time you load it, you're downloading a lot of blog posts you don't care about.

The solution is simple, and it follows the grain of the Web, follows the intent of micro-publishing, and it's the way every other blogging community works -- simply offer a feed for every blog. That takes care of everything. It's just wrong to turn a community of weblogs into one giant Usenet group or Yahoo mail list.

So why does Scoble blame RSS? He's got the journalist's impulse for sensationalism and he can't say Microsoft is broken or they'd fire him. ";->"

Futurex kicks off

Futurex kicks off 05/18/2004 10:36 PM
Sunday Times South Africa May 19 2004 2:49AM GMT
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