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The Death of a Meta Tag
I just found this article from that wonderful site, search engine watch, about the death of Meta tags, or at least, the death of the 'key word' Mata tag. (I don't know of anyone who actually used it). The things about Meta tags, is that they give a site rigorous time, author, and context specificity, so…
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Not so smart card
The Government’s smartcard gives it a method of carrying out surveillance on all Australians, writes Brian Walters
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Globalisation and the Internet
What is globalisation? Globalisation is a somewhat difficult concept to ground, but it is an important concept nevertheless for our understandings of the 'big picture' Internet. The term globalisation did (at least in the popular mind) come to the fore around the year 2000 (about the same time as the US led technology boom. And…
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Interview with Lev Manovich by Daniel Palmer
I just found the Interview that Daniel Palmer did with the renown Professor of New Media, Lev Manovich in 2001 for the magazine Real Time. It is interesting; he explicates the term ‘new media’ well. Q. Why the language of ‘new media’ – which would seem to be an historically variable term – and not,…
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Resurrecting the Dead
It is strange where historical significant video footage ends up. Here is the only remaining footage of a Tasmanian Tiger taken at the Hobart Zoo in 1936 (that somehow ended up on Youtube.com). Now, just imagine in the BBC or the ABC digitised and provided access to their vast archives. This footage is ‘public domain’;…
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A blog’s life
A blog's life – Technology – theage.com.au This is a good interview with a 'Professional Blogger' (Jason Hill talks to professional blogger Darren Rowse).
