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Information Overload in the 16th Century
Ann Blair writes about information overload in the Boston Globe: “[In the 16th century] the literate classes experienced exactly the kind of overload we feel today — suddenly, there were far more books than any single person could master, and … Continue reading
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InfoStory Link of the Day: Apple’s First Logo
The Economist’s science and technology blog, Babbage, takes a look at the recently auctioned Apple-1 and reproduces Apple’s 1976 logo. Says Babbage: “It depicts Isaac Newton sitting under a tree with an apple about to fall on his head. The inscription … Continue reading
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JFK Library’s Digital Preservation 1st Phase to Post Online January 13
Today’s Boston Globe on the planned revamping of the JFK Library and Museum’s website with the results of the first four years of digitizing its collection: “The amount of material to be posted online in January is huge — 200,000 … Continue reading
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Francine Berman Calls for a Research Data Census
In the December issue of Communications of the ACM, Francine Berman calls for a “Research Data Census, ” a reliable, cost-effective storage and preservation of research data on national scale. Berman says: “Just as the U.S. Census drives planning for … Continue reading
This Day in Information: Alice’s Adventures Under Ground
Today in 1864, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) gave Alice Liddell a handwritten manuscript titled “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground,” with his own illustrations. It was published a year later as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and has never been out of … Continue reading
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Web Marginalia
Marginize for Web publishers launched today on Boston.com, Xconomy.com, and eight other Websites.
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InfoStory Lost and Found: Vivaldi Manuscripts
Following the recent discoveries of Vivaldi manuscripts in Britain, Tom Service says: “Something’s going on. It’s as if Vivaldi deliberately left some of his original manuscripts around locations in Britain as part of a deliberate attempt to keep posterity interested … Continue reading
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This Day in Information: World of Warcraft Launched
Today in 2004, Blizzard Entertainment released World of Warcraft on the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise. Last month it announced that the online game has reached 12 million subscribers. Strategy Analytics estimates that the market for massively multiplayer online … Continue reading
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Berners-Lee Correctly Defines Social Networking as “pre-Web”
Tim Berners-Lee published today in Scientific American an article titled “Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality.”
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Shop Till You Drop the Phone
IDC announced today that mobile shoppers will account for 28% or $127 billion of the $447 billion the National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts U.S. consumers will spend this holiday season. “More than one third of smartphone-carrying consumers (who represent 24% … Continue reading
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