Facebook is at first sight some kind of overrated "homepage for dummies". But there is more: it allows to build up social networks through adding friends and...
Have you been at a BarCamp? It is a kind of self-organizing two-day technology conference for geeks, programmers and startup companies dealing with the latest...
Will Facebook gradually decline in significance if Twitter and OpenSocial are increasingly successful? Two primary aspects why Facebook is successful are: 1)...
With OpenSocial I believe that new internet can be discovered or built. I have some philosophical questions in mind too - nothing special. What I get a little...
A blog for 55 word stories by Colin Jaffe. Amazing how many stories with exactly 55 words exist. http://55aday.blogspot.com/ 25 Photographs Taken at the Exact...
Which of the follwing online comunity sites and social networks will be successful? User Reviews and Recommendations of Top Restaurants, Shopping, Nightlife,...
I forgot SlideShare, a community for sharing presentations http://www.slideshare.net/ It is remarkable that SlideShare and StumbleUpon are also available as...
A World of Warcraft (WoW) gamemaster (GM) is a bit like a god in virtual WoW world. He knows everything about the world, which is in this case simply the game....
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Now that users have forged online relationships with 'real' friends and the people they like, they can turn their attention to the folks they hate through two...
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Once something gets a name, it starts to exist. An IKEA bed named OSLO is not just an ordinary bed, it is an individual product with a personal character. IKEA...
Pioneering cancer researcher Robert Weinberg says cancer cells are similar to normal embryonic cells. There are not only cancer stem cells, which are able to...
Making sense of an ever-increasing number of emails, web pages, feeds, and social networking contacts is a tough job for even the most organised person. But...
Garrett Lisi has caused a lot of buzz and media attention with his paper "An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything". But his 'theory' is not exceptionally...
What do you think of the following idea: the world evolves from a situation where nothing exists (everything is equal and identical) to a situation where...
How did the controversial George Bush manage to become president of the United States of America? How did Angela Merkel become chancellor of Germany? Because...
Before the second world war in Germany, in the Weimar Republic, the religious, political, and military system were already clearly separated. The culture was...
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