{"id":457,"date":"2008-08-19T10:45:09","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T14:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelnielsen.org\/blog\/?p=457"},"modified":"2008-08-19T12:45:47","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T16:45:47","slug":"biweekly-links-for-08192008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelnielsen.org\/blog\/biweekly-links-for-08192008\/","title":{"rendered":"Biweekly links for 08\/19\/2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rsp.ac.uk\/blogs\/\">Repository Support Project Blog Directory<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Useful list of blogs related to academic repositories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/wiredcampus\/article\/3251\/when-professors-create-social-networks-for-classes-some-students-see-a-creepy-treehouse\">Wired Campus: When Professors Create Social Networks for Classes, Some Students See a &#8216;Creepy Treehouse&#8217;<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>The comments are well worth reading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/socialmedia.typepad.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/structure-of-information-pathways-in-social-networks.html\">Social Media Research Blog: Structure of Information Pathways in Social Networks<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Paper by Kossinets, Kleinberg and Watts which studies how information spreads through social networks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU\">An anthropological introduction to YouTube<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Excellent study of YouTube.  55 minutes long, and worth it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/contest\/\">MATLAB Programming Contest<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>A radically open programming contest &#8211; all the contestants can see each others&#8217; entries, and modify them, in real time.  The result is programming as a &#8220;full-contact sport&#8221; (Jon Udell&#8217;s phrase).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kk.org\/2008\/08\/out-of-control-the-illustrated.php\">Kevin Kelly: Out of Control<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>This is an excellent, prescient book.  Kelly is now making an illustrated version available for free on his website.  I definitely recommend a browse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bjoern.org\/projects\/catbook\/\">Amazing but true cat stories<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>The story of a book entirely crowdsourced off Amazon&#8217;s mechanical turk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/radar.oreilly.com\/2008\/08\/why-were-failing-in-math-and-science.html\">Tim O&#8217;Reilly: Why We&#8217;re Failing in Math and Science<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2008\/07\/27\/PKPP11P3II.DTL&#038;hw=chihuly&#038;sn=001&#038;sc=1000\">Unfavorable &#8216;Chihuly&#8217; review sparks emotions<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>What art is, the role of criticism, and the critic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/itc\/journalism\/isaacs\/client_edit\/Mencher.html\">How to write a lede<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gilesbowkett.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/my-approach-to-giving-presentations.html\">Giles Bowkett: My Approach To Giving Presentations<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>I heard Bowkett got a standing ovation at RubyFringe, so I&#8217;d guess he&#8217;s entertaining at least.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethanzuckerman.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/13\/who-wants-what-google-insight-on-spam-pirated-software-and-other-fun-stuff\/\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6My heart\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in Accra \u00c2\u00bb Who wants what? Google Insight on spam, pirated software and other fun stuff<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/authority\/2008\/08\/reed_elsevier_caught_copying_m.php#more\">The Questionable Authority : Reed Elsevier caught copying my content without my permission.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.longtail.com\/the_long_tail\/2008\/08\/i-wish-people-w.html\">The Long Tail: I wish people would stop using economy as just a smart-sounding metaphor<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>I wish Wired would stop using smart-sounding metaphors, too, but this is nonetheless a thoughtful post.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openaccess.eprints.org\/index.php?\/archives\/446-Use-And-Misuse-Of-Bibliometric-Indices-In-Scholarly-Performance-Evaluation.html\">Use And Misuse Of Bibliometric Indices In Scholarly Performance Evaluation &#8211; Open Access Archivangelism<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Special Theme section in &#8220;Ethics In Science And Environmental Politics&#8221;.  Many interesting-looking articles I&#8217;ll be browsing over the coming days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thewildtype.com\/2008\/08\/11\/intellectual-lineages-the-backbone-of-scientific-social-networks\/\">Intellectual lineages: the backbone of scientific social networks<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Home truths about scientific social networks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/blogs\/2008\/08\/research-web-more-consensus-less-diversity-at-least-so-far\/\">Research + Web = More Consensus, Less Diversity (At Least, So Far) | Britannica Blog<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Thoughtful comments on the concentration of attention brought about by filtering tools.  Many of these problems can be obviated by personalized recommendations, but they are worth considering seriously.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/wp\/nascent\/2008\/08\/data_portability_for_scientifi.html\">Nascent: Data portability for scientific web apps<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jonudell.net\/2008\/08\/08\/a-space-elevator-might-arrive-sooner-and-cost-less-than-you-think\/\">Jon Udell: A space elevator might arrive sooner, and cost less, than you think<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft is apparently running a conference about building a space elevator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.makezine.com\/archive\/2008\/08\/home_science_under_attack.html\">MAKE: Home science under attack<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>A chemist in Massachussetts had his home raided by authorities for doing chemistry experiments. The quote from law enforcement is priceless: &#8220;Mr. Deeb has crossed a line somewhere. This is not what we would consider to be a customary home occupation.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.overcomingbias.com\/2008\/08\/suspiciously-va.html\">Overcoming Bias: Suspiciously Vague LHC Forecasts<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Shouldn&#8217;t we expect bigshot physicists who will want to later crow that the LHC vindicated their theories to bother to devote a little time to expressing their predictions in a scoreable form?&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trending.us\/2008\/08\/10\/twitter-is-the-where-the-news-happens\/\">Twitter is Where the News Happens<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>An example where Twitter and YouTube provided much more rapid coverage of breaking news &#8211; in this case, the explosion of a propane factory in Toronto.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/curiousexpeditions.org\/?p=78\">Curious Expeditions: A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;d be fun to do this for bookstores, too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.innocentive.com\/2008\/08\/07\/creating-a-trust-based-collaboration-market\/\">Perspectives on Innovation \u00c2\u00bb Creating a Trust-based Collaboration Market<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Thoughtful discussion on scientific collaboration markets from David Ritter, CTO at InnoCentive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/science\/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11614176\">Economist: Stars in their eyes<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Article about the discovery of the Voorwerp by a schoolteacher named Hanny van Arkel.  Great example of how open data enables citizen science.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartnow.com\/page\/5991\">The Five Big Mistakes That Changed My Life and How I Moved Past Them<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Thoughtful piece on mistakes from the founder of Pets.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanfranmag.com\/story\/so-open-it-hurts#story_top\">So open it hurts | San Francisco online<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>An extraordinary article about an extraordinary (ex)-couple.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2008\/07\/31\/sec-to-recognize-corporate-blogs-as-public-disclosure-can-we-now-kill-the-press-release\/\">SEC To Recognize Corporate Blogs as Public Disclosure<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>May have interesting unforseen consequences. It certainly increases the impetus for every large company to be a media company.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/doc\/2008\/07\/31\/a-unit-of-what\/\">Doc Searls Weblog \u00c2\u00b7 A unit of what?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Knol is already becoming a den of spam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/savageminds.org\/2008\/07\/31\/how-to-do-research-special-free-sample\/\">Savage Minds:  How to do research &#8211; special free sample<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Key&#8230;is having a discovery network in place to do the grunt work of navigating through the data smog for you&#8230;constructing a discovery network is central &#8230;, because it makes you ask yourself who you are and what sort of things you want to discover.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/nielsen\/\">here<\/a> for all of my del.icio.us bookmarks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Repository Support Project Blog Directory Useful list of blogs related to academic repositories. Wired Campus: When Professors Create Social Networks for Classes, Some Students See a &#8216;Creepy Treehouse&#8217; The comments are well worth reading. 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