May 17, 2009

Teens and social networking

Social networking researcher danah boyd (yes, she likes to have it without caps) has shared some questions that she has gotten from people on US teenagers and their use of social networking sites and her responses. Her very short and concise answers are surprisingly informative and thought provoking.

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May 15, 2009

Wolfram|Alpha "computational knowledge engine"

For people that may have missed this despite all of the recent buzz, the Wolfram|Alpha "computational knowledge engine" is supposed to be launched sometime this month (May, 2009). Wolfram|Alpha is a search engine that will take various types of input and, drawing on data available on the Internet, will present, contextualize and perform computations on that data. This will be an incredibly valuable tool for researchers. Here is an introduction to Wolfram|Alpha that illustrates some of the things that it will do.

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