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http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/top-ten-brains-of-the-digital-future/ Who are the world’s leading thinkers on technology?

Top ten brains of the digital future « Prospect Magazine

The Great Global Awakening has Arrived: Egypt, Revolution and the Drive to Control the Internet

http://emergent-culture.com/the-great-global-awakening-has-arrived-egypt-revolution-and-the-drive-to-control-the-internet/ My study of mythology has led me to conclude that all of our great stories are conscious and/or unconscious projections or some combination thereof, of the total human condition as uniquely metaphoralized by each author.
by Maria Popova Last year, actor Rainn Wilson surprised us with his insightful and utterly un-Dwightlike thoughts on creativity .

Rainn Wilson's SoulPancake

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/02/04/rainn-wilson-soulpancake/
http://www.salon.com/topic/internet_culture

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My year on Match.com

World Map Of Social Networks Shows Facebook’s Ever-Increasing Dominance

http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/10/world-map-of-social-networks-shows-facebooks-ever-increasing-dominance/ Just in case you had any doubts about the fact we live in the age of Facebook , just check out Vincenzo Cosenza’s latest edition of the World Map Of Social Networks .

The WELL: State of the World 2011: Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky

http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/400/State-of-the-World-2011-Bruce-St-page01.html Bruce Sterling is a science fiction author, journalist, speaker, and citizen of the world, spending much of his time on the road, in Serbia, in Italy, and in the U.S.

Mozilla Drumbeat: Open Web Meets Open Learning

What if the same energy, ideals, organizational effectiveness, global army of volunteers and code wizardry that created the Firefox web browser could be applied to learning and education? http://dmlcentral.net/blog/howard-rheingold/mozilla-drumbeat-open-web-meets-open-learning
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704405704576064900279077050.html

Book review: Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?

By CHRISTINE ROSEN In the mid-20th century, the French sociologist Jacques Ellul posed 76 "reasonable questions" that he thought we should ask about any new technology. They included moral questions such as "What values does its use foster?"
http://www.ftrain.com/wwic.html

The Web Is a Customer Service Medium (Ftrain.com)

Thursday, January 6, 2011 By Paul Ford
After working on some influencer identification product reviews and stories recently, I decided it might be useful to compile a list of influencer discovery tools for your use. If I’m missing any software platforms or services in this list, please drop a comment or send me an email and I will update as needed. Consider this an ever-growing resource and bookmark it or share with your networks.

List of Influencer Identification Tools

http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/online-public-relations/influencer-identification-tools/

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! by 1suisse on Flickr (Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic)
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-46257" title="vacation_thegaffneys" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2011/01/vacation_thegaffneys.jpg" alt="" width="660" height="471" /> “Welcome to the workin’ week. I know it don’t thrill you, I hope it don’t kill you.” – Elvis Costello

The Importance of Vacation | Wired Science 

Evan Williams: The Challenges of a Web of Infinite Info: Tech News «

Evan Williams and I have known each other for a long time.

Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality

I think so. That is why I love this project and its potential. by nukem777 Dec 5