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this is imho really significant – reuters has special ability to productize complex but obvious phenomena – like semantic web a few years ago, and social curation now. also super great to see friends from Percolate and Klout are part of this project.

New Reuters Site Turns News Decisions Over To Social Media

News agency Reuters launched Social Pulse, which it describes as a “social media hub” that will display “the most talked-about news, companies and influencers across the Web.” The site is unique in the news-curating space in that it uses trends from the Twitter accounts Reuters and its journalists follow to arrange headlines:…

via: www.readwriteweb.com

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My idea to “Kill Hollywood” This is in response to the excellent Y Combinator “Kill Hollywood” request for startups. I think it’s simple (though not easy ): beat them at their own game by starting a new studio. A kind of studio that has never existed. A kind that could not have existed before.

via: blog.rsbrown.net

it caught my eye, because he is actually writing in response to Y-Combinators appeal to kill hollywood, not because it is supporting SOPA, but:

but because SOPA brought it to our attention that Hollywood is dying. They must be dying if they’re resorting to such tactics. If movies and TV were growing rapidly, that growth would take up all their attention.

via: http://ycombinator.com/rfs9.html

… now, coming from media background, I was doubly fascinated with this happening:

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1. what a stupidly short-sighted appeal from y-combinator – as if they don’t remember that TV didn’t kill the radio, than cable didn’t kill the TV, and that internet didn’t kill the cable. if anything they are all jointly killing our old ways of life.
2. what an ignorant attitude from a random geek towards a humongous industry that developed trough 120 years. don’t get me wrong, his analysis is 85% correct – that’s exactly how the movie industry works, smart-ass!

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to think that someone would want to build a highway under Stonehenge…

As We Were Saying: Stonehenge’s great escape

Today is a double landmark for the Heritage Journal. This is our 1,000th post since we switched to our current WordPress format and coincidentally it is also 3 years to the day since we did so. So we thought it a good moment to start an occasional series in which we revisit some of our earlier posts. We are calling it “As We Were Saying”….

via: heritageaction.wordpress.com

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this is by far best summary of reasons I have seen so far. all true, all tried:

Why Every Professional Should Consider Blogging

I often argue that professionals should share their knowledge online via blogging. The catch is that virtually anything worthwhile in life takes time and effort, and blogging is not an exception to this statement. So before committing your energy to such an endeavor, you may rightfully stop and wonder what’s in it for you. Is blogging really worth it?

via: technicalblogging.com

… in reality, every bloggers cares about one or two of these points. for me they are (1) improve communication skills, and (3) personal repository. they were the reason I started blogging myself. and then, after a while, all other benefits creep into your life and y

ou get used to them. and people start calling you blogger. then, you should always keep in mind the ones that get you going in the first place, in order to stay true to yourself. the readers can detect when you start deceiving them and they will go away.

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From Russia with fashion: MediaMarkt 2010 calendar

MediaMarkt stores calendar 2010 is an exellent idea and perfect project! The authors made remixes to traditional russian images for russian fairy tales…with moder point of view! It`s the best AD-campaign in 2010, i think! Did you like this tales? =)

fashionfromrussia.blogspot.com

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po spletu odmeva ena zanimiva kvintesencialna infografika:

The budget explained in simple English – Mr. Conservative

Something as complicated as the United States debt simplified in a way we can all understand… Lets remove 8 zeros and pretend it’s a household income.

www.mrconservative.com

us budget deficit in simple english

… zanimiva je ker ne poskuša biti na silo vizualna, pa je še vedno izjemno povedna. mislim da rabimo različico za Slovensko realnost…

Nekaj podatkov o Slovenskih javnih financah (2010):

• Prihodki od davkov: € 7.011.901.071
• Drugi dohodki (EU & obresti): € 1.613.100.580
• Proračun: € 12.333.046.786
• Proračunski primankljaj: € 3.708.045.135
• Dolgovi države: € 3.621.773.371
• Privarčevano z intervencijskim zakonom: € 65.000.000

Ce odstranimo 5 ničel se lahko pretvarjamo da je to družinski proračun:

• Leten dohodek družine: € 70.119
• Donacije človekoljubnih sosedov: € 16.131
• Denar, ki ga je družina porabila: € 123.305
• Nov minus na kreditni kartici: € 37.080
• Obstoječ minus na kreditni kartici: € 36.217
• Privarčevano: € 650

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wow, what an awesomely fun project from my fellow Slovenians.

I can well imagine those dusty librarians having immense amount of fun packaging these together and trying to imagine the reader who will have receivedThe Stranger, 1Q84 and The Little Prince in an existentialists pacage, and how that will impact her life from that point onwards, and how she will  become a better person and help older people cross the street, and gather courage to divorce that annoying husband after 15 years and start having relaxed fun in life again.

i got a bit carried away here, but the project really sounds like something libraries should do more often. people like to get surprised in real world.

Slovenian library creates surprise book packs based on genre

Last year we saw both people and dogs loaned out by libraries, but it would seem there’s still plenty that can still be done with books as well. Aiming to introduce more fun into library loaning, The National and University Library of Slovenia recently ran a program offering mystery packs of books to their customers.

via: www.springwise.com

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amazing analysis / view / info-graphic almost, on the expected lifespan of personal computers companies.

The conditions for survival and prosperity

Yesterday’s post described the history of personal computing platforms over the past 37 years. It showed a distinct shifting of “eras” between traditional personal computing and the emergent mobile computing represented by device-based platforms.

Underlying these lives (and deaths) of platforms were the growth (and decline) of fortunes of companies

via: www.asymco.com

the chart is potentially good argument against apple-skeptics: they are in the business twice the time everybody else is, surely they learned more about users of personal computers than anyone.

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