My latest bookmarks- Ten reasons to feel uneasy | openDemocracy
- Google Wave Extension Gallery goes live, still very wet around the ears
- The illustrated anatomy of a paper - and how it may look like on a wiki | World Association of Young Scientists
- Opinion Space
- The Ed Techie: What might cuts really mean for higher ed
- MyEdu #education #portal building a uni for the i-me-me-mine generation? #jisc - George's posterous
- Haphazard Journey by Starlight: The relationship between ONline OFFlin INclassroom OUTofclassroom Body Mind Learning
- LRB · John Lanchester · The Great British Economy Disaster
- I am confused by Google Reader "Notes" where it... - George Roberts - FriendFeed
- Gravity
- Twitter: georgeroberts
- georgeroberts: @daveowhite if I was the pizza, I'd be insulted. Baby cup is fine, but Bells?? (p.s. I'm on a Grouse myself so pot/kettle/black)
- georgeroberts: interesting web tech visuals & politics RT @cheeky_geeky: This is not your father's State Department - http://twurl.nl/k3tcl3 (RT @Mlsif)
- georgeroberts: MyEdu #education #portal building a uni for the i-me-me-mine generation? #jisc http://post.ly/S6Cg
- georgeroberts: I am confused by Google Reader "Notes" where it is suggested that I am following 16 people and no one is following... http://ff.im/hjn9K
- georgeroberts: anyone using Gravity? http://bit.ly/8zEfXW (which just made me laugh)
- georgeroberts: Really useful wishlist for social bookmarking RT @enkerli: Diigo is my social sharing tool of choice. ... Wishlist: http://is.gd/a4ep4
- georgeroberts: Vodafone Caught Distributing Botnet Via HTC Magic Phone (Updated) http://bit.ly/9Q4nLi
- georgeroberts: tee hee RT @benwerd: Linux Foundation now selling "fork you" mugs. I guess open source still isn't great at marketing. http://bit.ly/dugvF0
- georgeroberts: totally RT @zephoria: Congrats news media. In framing ChatRoulette scary & risky, you motivated teens who shouldn't participate to do so.
- georgeroberts: @TerryWassall that's what I think and I think it is at least philosophically significant; probably also politically significant
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The internet society – time to get real : Matthew Taylor via @josiefraser
September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment
It [the Internet] is as much a new opium for the people as a catalyst for democratic awakening.
via matthewtaylorsblog.com
This is as true in the “free” west as in the various “authoritarian regimes” identified. It is just that it is not the government regimes or apparatus of the states in the west that are producing and [...]