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Social software? Check out Google Map mash-ups.

I asked a colleague from work today if he had any news about new Internet phenomena that would be cool to check out. He told me about the concept of social software. Social software is where someone takes an existing computer program and combines it with ... Read >

Make your own TV show

If you're anything like me, you've spent many, many hours of your life watching television. From sit-coms and game shows to cartoons and reality TV, we've sat in front of the box for a large part of our life watching stories of one sort or another. What w... Read >

www.flickrmap.com gives life on Earth a picture.

Last week I wrote an article about all the new and cool uses of Google Maps when they're mixed with other software technologies, (See 'Social software? Check out Google Map mash-ups.' by Jesse S. Somer). In that same vein of 'map usage being taken to the ... Read >

By the way, Are we on the same continent?

I'm amused how little geographic location matters on the Internet. I often smile when I wonder if the person I'm chatting with is even on the same continent. Everyone in the world might as well be just across the street, if they are using the same messeng... Read >

World Wide Jigsaw

I think that people can solve all of our problems, if we could just work together. In fact, I think that solutions of many of our problems already exist in pieces scattered here and there all over the world. For example, all over the planet the Sun is shi... Read >

The Global Village Never Sleeps

The Internet is like New York, a city that never sleeps, except for the fact that it is not actually a city. The Web's 'anytime' nature is a boon for people who want to talk to someone at 4 am such as anyone who is doing shift work. Before the Internet, i... Read >

A Wonderful Lack of Information: Anonymity is good.

When you talk to people online there is a wonderful lack of background information. Generally, I'm in favour of the 'all-the-information-you-can-get-your hands-on' theory, but in this case less is better. Talk to someone face-to-face and you can't help ma... Read >

Realizing we are each other, we can learn to give of ourselves.

You might think I am some sort of idealist or believer in a utopian society, but there are some questions that I like to ask and wonder about in relation to the future of our species. One such question that often comes to mind is, 'Can individual people... Read >

Islands in an Airport Lounge

A few weeks ago, I went to collect some friends from the airport. They were arriving just after 11 PM on a Wednesday night. I arrived fifteen minutes early, in case their flight was early, and settled down in the arrivals area with all the other peopl... Read >

The Internet Gift Elf

It is 11:15 am on December 23rd and I've just finished my Christmas shopping, which is about normal for me. I usually think about gifts, both what I'll buy and what I'd like, from around the 14th of December until about the 20th December. Then I do the ... Read >

Moon.Google takes you there. Virgin Galactic lets you see the stars during the day.

Every kid who has ever lived has wondered what it would be like if they could travel to the Moon. Originally I assume they would have imagined it as a giant white disc that one could fall off of if you got too close to the precarious edge. Now we know tha... Read >

Media Law Obligations for Journalists on the Internet

Journalists in most contemporary societies have the freedom to express their opinions and thoughts through the use of the media. The Internet is frequently the chosen media for journalists to express their ideas due to its speed and also its popularity. H... Read >

Email is a wonderful tool, especially if used properly.

I'm part of a group of five or six friends, who "physically" get together most weekends (as opposed to virtually). We also email each other, usually every few days, to generally trade jokes, share news, and discuss scheduling problems to do with when we a... Read >

Technology or spirituality: Which one will 'save' us?

Many people these days believe that technology, and in particular Information Technology, is the key to attaining a future world that is both ecologically and environmentally sustainable, as well as being socially stable. Are they right? Others believe th... Read >

Benefits of Researching on the Internet

There are many benefits that can be gained by researching on the Internet. Not only is the level of research that can be achieved on the Internet relevant to today's university students, but these benefits are also available to high school and adolescents... Read >