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Call to Action from Amnesty Internation

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:59:52 GMT

clipped by: missmartini

Clip Source: librarianinblack.typepad.com

Chinese censorship and journalist prisoner

Today is an Amnesty International rallying day for human rights. I found out about it through a Facebook promotion: Bloggers Unite for Human Rights. The topic that I, as a blogger, would like to highlight is the continued censorship in China, particularly internet censorship. The filtering, blocking, and state monitoring of ideas is offensive to me as a librarian, and if you feel the same way then you may want to read about the imprisonment of Shi Tao, a Chinese journalist.

Amnesty International provides an online action center where you can express your opinion on human rights issues to government officials and other people in positions of power.

Tags: amnesty international, links, bloggers unite, human rights

Now I know what Photobombing Is

Thu, 08 May 2008 03:23:38 GMT

clipped by: missmartini
clipper's remarks: I was reading bits & bobbins & she posted a link to this post about photobombing. It cracked me up and also horrified me. And all these photos are from MySpace (WT?!?) right? right.
Anyway, it is pretty funny and I too have been a victim of the photobomber. Watch out..there's a whole lotta boy butts. Why do boys always have to moon someone?

Clip Source: listoftheday.blogspot.com

Photobombers Of The Day

Photobombers = people who hilariously ruin your nice little picture. A superb idea from Jocelyn; all photos from Facebook.

WTF? Is that a ghost?

Tags: photobombing, hilarious

How the Wikipedia scanner works

Mon, 05 May 2008 19:52:19 GMT

clipped by: missmartini
clipper's remarks: We have to teach kids how to properly use Wikipedia. Some teachers do not mind it's use while other's describe it as "the devil." I am slowly moving on the side where it is ok to use as a reference point but not as a source to cite. As one of our history teachers said, "You would not cite World Book, so why would you cite Wikipedia." Exactly! But I do think it is a pretty good resource.
There have been tales of how people and companies are creating their own entries and this Wikipedia Scanner helps to assure that those individuals do not create their own biased entries. It's good to see that something is in place so hopefully Wikipedia does not turn into another marketing tool like MySpace and Facebook and Google.

Clip Source: computer.howstuffworks.com

How the Wikipedia Scanner Works

by Jacob Silverman

Image courtesy Jake Appelbaum/Virgil Griffith
Virgil Griffith created the Wikipedia Scanner to catch companies and organizations who were editing Wikipedia articles to their own benefit.

In this article, we'll take a close look at how the WikiScanner works, look at some particularly controversial or simply bizarre examples of anonymous editing and consider some of the reactions to the WikiScanner. We'll also show you how you can use the WikiScanner to see what some organizations and companies may be up to on Wikipedia.

Tags: wikipedia, scanner, howitworks, education, interesting

Oh Facebook...

Fri, 02 May 2008 16:49:36 GMT

clipped by: missmartini
clipper's remarks: We make fun of it. People hack it. It just never ends.

Clip Source: www.readwriteweb.com

Facebook Hacked Again

A report on BBC's technology program, Click, has exposed yet another security flaw in Facebook - one that could comprise users' privacy. This particular hack involves using a Facebook application to steal a users personal information - and the information of all their friends - without the user's knowledge.

It's possible for a malicious Facebook application, like the one used in the news story, to masquerade as a game or a quiz. And unlike protecting yourself from phishing emails, it's not simply good enough for you to "know better" yourself - if even one of your friends installs the app, your details get stolen too.

In other words, your security is left to the tech-savviness of you and your friends. (Considering my years in I.T./end user support, that's a frightening concept. Many users aren't smart, savvy, or careful when online.)

Tags: facebook, hacked, rww

LOL! From Laughing Squid - Facebook in Real Life

Thu, 01 May 2008 18:03:26 GMT

clipped by: missmartini
clipper's remarks: Yes.

Clip Source: laughingsquid.com

Facebook In Real Life by Idiots of Ants

Clip Source: laughingsquid.com

[Video]

London based comedy sketch group Idiots of Ants imagines what Facebook would be like in real life on an episode of the BBC series The Wall.

Tags: facebook, comedy

The fine line between our public & private lives online

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:15:04 GMT

clipped by: missmartini
clipper's remarks: Here is another article about how public and private lives are no longer being separated on the web. I have discussions about this all the time with my friends and peers about the etiquette and propriety needed online, especially in a field where so many kids can find you if you are not careful.
Our behavior online is so important now because, as I have recently experienced, it is so easy for my students to find me online. I have resorted to putting a lot of things "private" or "friends & family only" and am using a social networking blog site that has privacy options.
I also wonder about when or if there will ever be a line between private and public life. It is disappearing. Insurance & employers are penalizing individuals who smoke AT HOME and employers are viewing individuals MySpace or Facebook pages. When does it stop? Will it? When is it viewed as encroaching on individuals rights or lives?

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

"I hate to think of what's out there. . . . There's so much out there that it's hard to know what's there," said Ken Blackstone, a Prince William schools spokesman. "But as public employees, we all understand the importance of living a public life above reproach."

When Young Teachers Go Wild on the Web

It's almost like Googling someone: Log on to Facebook. Join the Washington, D.C., network. Search the Web site for your favorite school system. And then watch the public profiles of 20-something teachers unfurl like gift wrap on the screen, revealing a sense of humor that can be overtly sarcastic or unintentionally unprofessional -- or both.

By Ian Shapira
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 28, 2008; A01

Local school officials said they don't necessarily scrutinize Facebook when they conduct background checks on teachers. But in some parts of the country, they do.

Tags: education, teaching, social networking sites, sns, propriety, private, public, lives, personas

Interesting question & post from Attempting Elegance

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:21:02 GMT

clipped by: missmartini
clipper's remarks: I work at a school library and this is a great question. I will have to take some time to reflect on it.

Clip Source: rogersurbanek.wordpress.com

Attempting Elegance

What is real library work, anyway?

“I’m not trying to be a pain, but if someone’s, like, just doing Facebook, can I kick them off? Can you? I have actual work to do!”

Tags: libraries, library, work, school, social, judgment

Online Images - Facebook & copyright

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:58:26 GMT

clipped by: missmartini
clipper's remarks: I am teaching a unit on images and their use for the classroom. I found this really interesting post about how Facebook hijacks your rights to your images without people really knowing it.

Now, I really hate Facebook.

Clip Source: www.jmg-galleries.com

Facebook’s Rights Grab: How Far Does It Go?
Jim posted in Copyright, Photography, Links & Articles on February 27th, 2008

What I found is that unknowingly people using applications that reference photos are in fact indirectly posting photos to Facebook subjecting them to the excessively far-reaching terms specified in their Terms of Use. It’s not very obvious but many applications that you’d think would reference images from their source location (say a blog for example via Flog Blog) are in fact duplicating images and hosting them on Facebook. The net result being images hosted on Facebook as though you had manually uploaded them. The distinction legally is identical, but is far from obvious for the end user.

Tags: images, facebook, rights, copyright, photography, links, blogs, jmg-galleries

Beacon, Facebook, privacy - Creepy

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:05:46 GMT

clipped by: missmartini
clipper's remarks: I opted out of having Beacon on my Facebook page but I wonder now if it still tracks your information via your friends and contacts pages. Mister JT twittered about this and then sent me this link. It really is frightening how much companies can track you online and how they are using it. I read a someone's Vox post awhile back where they commented that they could not wait to see all the music and reading suggestions that would pop up one day...well, that day is now.
The freaky thing is that it supposedly still tracks you even if you are logged off and non-users..even though they are denying it.

Clip Source: www.marketwatch.com

Facebook's Beacon collects non-user data as well

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Facebook has acknowledged that its controversial word-of-mouth advertising system may collect information about a much wider group of people than previously disclosed, including Internet users who are not members of the social network.

Despite the outcry among privacy advocates, comments on blogs suggest that many Facebook users seem unaware or unconcerned about the nature of the social network's advertising initiative.

But privacy advocates said Facebook's attempts to collect Internet user information and activity, and cash in on that data, has heightened concerns because social-network users share vast amounts of very personal information that can be later used in ways over which they have no control.

Tags: facebook, beacon, marketing, privacy, tracking