October 2011
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Program on liberation technology →
“Lying at the intersection of social science, computer science, and engineering, the Program on Liberation Technology seeks to understand how information technology can be used to defend human rights, improve governance, empower the poor, promote economic development, and pursue a variety of other social goods.”
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Really cool stuff. Check out the podcasts under the Seminar...
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Of Science and Fiction
She wore the Apocalypse and smirked.
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Voz Off
Office Report #3679
Seattle, 2/3/2147
Our narrator fell into a pit of whispers. Last month he filed a complaint. The security team followed it and concluded that his voice had exhausted all its possibilities. We informed him that it was beyond our control to fix it. He has quit his job. I believe he can be found somewhere, reading in mute.
Mark Haddock,
Director of Office Relations.
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conzeit asked: Hey, it's me from Diaspora =p....I read your response to the article "why you'll never quit facebook even if you want to", and I really liked it...but something kinda blew my mind, how in the hell did you quit GOOGLE?
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http://icanstalku.com/
- Raising awareness about inadvertent information sharing
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Re: "10 Reasons You'll Never Quit Facebook even if...
My reply to this article: http://www.businessinsider.com/10-reasons-youll-never-quit-facebook-even-if-you-think-you-want-to-2010-5#youre-not-going-to-go-back-to-waiting-an-hour-to-send-an-email-to-30-people-with-40-photos-attached-1 (In bold: their reasons; not-in-bold: my replies).
#1: You’re not going to go back to waiting an hour to send an email to 30 people with 40 photos attached.
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