Archive for May, 2010

No Museum Left Behind | The Weekly Standard

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Very interesting meditation on long term stewardship, and what can responsibly be changed, what kinds of modifications custodians can make. Visit No Museum Left Behind | The Weekly Standard

NoTube semantic television project – making television more personal

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

NoTube is a European project exploring television's future Visit NoTube semantic television project – making television more personal

YouTube – Columbia Mo SWAT Raid 2/11/2010. Cops Shoot Pets With Children Present

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

From the genre of police behaving badly, on tape, again. Visit YouTube – Columbia Mo SWAT Raid 2/11/2010. Cops Shoot Pets With Children Present

Final Version of "Copying Is Not Theft" Released! | QuestionCopyright.org

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

"Question Copyright's first Minute Meme is a response to messages that have tried to convince people that copying information is the same as stealing property, when it's an entirely different (and generally positive) thing. Until the air is cleared on that point, it's hard to have any kind of useful conversation about copying, sharing, copyright, [...]

Video search still a tough nut to crack – Computerworld

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Computerworld re: the video search panel at WWW 2010 with Hans Westerhof, Jamie Davidson, Marko Grobelnik, and Paul Over. Visit Video search still a tough nut to crack – Computerworld

Open Library Launches

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

"More than doubling the number of books available to print disabled people of all ages, today the Internet Archive launched a new service that brings free access to more than 1 million books — from classic 19th century fiction and current novels to technical guides and research materials — now available in the specially designed [...]

The Full ‘Metropolis’ – NYTimes.com

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Restoring Metropolis via the "perseverance of one man, an Argentine film archivist named Fernando Peña." … “This is great news,” said Stephen Leggett, program coordinator of the library’s [of Congress] National Film Preservation Board. #archives Visit The Full ‘Metropolis’ – NYTimes.com

Online Video and the Future of Broadcasting