Beyond Today - Larry Page - Zeitgeist 2012 (by zeitgeistminds)
Larry Page talking about what Google are upto at Zeitgeist 2012. Interesting stuff.
Digital // Culture
This is a tumblelog, kinda like a blog but with short-form, mixed-media posts with stuff I like. Scroll down a bit to start reading, or a bit more to read more about me.
Story of Send on Google Green (by googlegreen)
Ever wondered what happens to an email once you press send?
Bitly data shows the best times to post links to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr
Interesting data showing average click numbers for links - useful info for automated publishing. Evidently I’m posting this at the wrong time…
Avengers Record Proves Anti-Piracy Lobbyists Wrong
“Opponents of the lobbyists have counter argued for years that downloads don’t automatically equal lost sales. For starters, there are many people in that group that would never have watched the movie in the cinema anyway. Then there are those that would watch it again in better quality.” (Jon Martindale)
Facebook Social Readers Are All Collapsing
Do you hate those social reader applications that pop up when you click on an article on Facebook? You’re not the only one. Recently, this image went up on Failbook:
Bang on the money. And it turns out that peoples’ dissatisfaction with the imposition of social readers isn’t just anecdotal. Buzzfeed reports that usage figures are spiraling downwards. So what next? Will they become a thing of the past? Will their presence be minimized somehow? Watch this space.
Half Of Smartphone Owners Use Under 100MB Of Data
No surprise here really. Lack of understanding about mobile data usage must be endemic - particularly amongst the non-tech savvy.
Skillshare
A great startup that connects people who want to learn something with those who can teach. Another great example of the democratizing potential of the Web.
Which Social Network Should You Use — and When?
PostSecret is one of the Web’s coolest (and most popular) blogs. Started by Frank Warren (not of boxing notoriety) from a small seed of an idea, this is the remarkable story of PostSecret told at the TED Conference.
Iran Hopes to Be Rid of Meddlesome Internet by August
Even for a country with as strained a relationship with the Internet as Iran, cutting off access entirely seems extreme. Though, of course, bad news for its citizens, it would in a sense be interesting to see a country move from being a one with Internet access to one without. The Internet has developed incrementally over time - what happens when it is removed entirely? Whilst some effects will be predictable, will there be others that are less so?
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