Twestival: Charity Begins at Twitter

Re–blog from the Guardian.

A great initiative to use the social web for fundraising. I wish them all the luck!

Updated: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama [Has Not] Joined Twitter [Yet]

Re–blog from ReadWriteWeb.

So it was fake. Why would anyone what to do that?

The Foresight of Google

Re–blog from the Guardian.

Jeff Jarvis introduction to his new book What Would Google Do?, published by Collins, put a smile on my face. I’ve talked about this with friends for the last 5 years. Finally someone has gotten the act together and written a book about it, strengthening the argument and justifying the view. I for one will read this as soon as possible.

Collection Catalogue 2.0 & What is a Museum (Now) Anyway?

Re–blog from Smarthistory.

I’ve been following this discussion in the media and I beg for this to happen. Even for me, as an art interested non-scholar, this would be a great resource, to get more educated on and acquainted with art and art theory. And living in Sweden – on the other side of the world from where this museums are located – the probability that will be able to visit them all and view their collections is minimal. This way I can become at least a bit more familiar with it.

Facebook Opens Up: Lets Developers Access Status Updates, Notes, Links, and Videos

Re–blog from ReadWriteWeb.

The thing I like most about Twitter is the possibility to follow someone without them necessarily following you. I’ll use Twitter as long as that isn’t possible with Facebook. And of course, the longer I use it the more likely I am to stick with it. (That said I use Facebook aswell.)