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Not Just Facebook: Niche Online Social Networks?
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 09 Oct '08

09 Oct '08

Friends/ While Bebo, Facebook, Bebo, hi5, MySpace, and Orkut, are among the better known general online social networks, there is an ever-increasing number of online networks that have emerged for and within a wide variety of communities. I am greatly interested in learning of Online Social Networks in These And/Or Other Communities BTW: I Am Aware Of Many Other Communities With Online Social Networks But Am Asking The Web Communities For Their Suggestions. ACADEME AND EDUCATION academici Classroom 2.0 EduSpaces OpenAcademic AFRICAN-AMERICANS BlackPlanet BOOMERS Boomj Eons Second Prime Time BUSINESS LinkedIn Ryze Spoke XING GAY/LESBIAN/TRANS-GENDER OUTeverywhere RELIGION MeeJew MyChurch Muslim Spaces RESEARCHERS AND SCHOLARS 2collab Nature Network Pronetos: The Social Network For Scholars I am also interested in Major Web Sites That Have Compiled A Listing of Online Social Network Sites/Services As Well As Any/All Associated Literature. BTW: I am aware of Social Networking Services Meta List made available on thesocialsoftwareweblog (but it's dated) and of course List of Social Networking Websites from Wikipedia And Recently Learned About SOCIAL NETWORKING GOD: 350+ Social Networking Sites BTW-2: I am also aware of the Ning-based online social networks and Second Life ***PLEASE POST YOUR NOMINATIONS AS A COMMENT ON THE _FRIENDS_ BLOG*** AT [ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/03/not-just-facebook-online-s… <http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/03/not-just-facebook-online-s…> ] OR [ http://tinyurl.com/2hkdyq <http://tinyurl.com/2hkdyq> ] Thanks! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck at iastate.edu <http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/web4lib> There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 <http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490> ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ <http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/> ]

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Call for posters for LOLcat art show - Oct 23
by Marianne L. Goldin 08 Oct '08

08 Oct '08

CALL FOR POSTER(S): I am curating the first-ever LOLcat art show in tangent with Icanhascheezburger.com and am seeking academic posters for our opening event on October 23rd in San Francisco. The poster could be: -Showcasing your own research about internet memes, internet art movements, LOLcats, etc. -An analysis of icanhascheezburger site visitation data (I can provide this dataset) -A parody of a scientific poster done in the LOLcat style/LOLspeak patois Size: 60x40" (landscape or portrait) Deadline: Must be ready to print by Oct 21 There is design and production support available, unless you prefer to do your own poster design. We would like to keep with the standard academic poster format. The show is slated to receive much publicity, and your work will gain visibility on our website (which will be linked to from the icanhascheezburger.com site and thus well-trafficked) and the physical opening event in downtown San Francisco. To apply, please email mgoldin(a)u.washington.edu . Best Regards, Marianne Goldin mgoldin(a)u.washington.edu PS. More info about the show will go live on Oct 10th at www.thelolarts.com ====

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data mining for terrorist.... it doesn't work
by jeremy hunsinger 08 Oct '08

08 Oct '08

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10059987-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2… October 7, 2008 9:30 AM PDT Government report: Data mining doesn't work well Posted by Declan McCullagh The most extensive government report to date on whether terrorists can be identified through data mining has yielded an important conclusion: It doesn't really work. A National Research Council report, years in the making and scheduled to be released Tuesday, concludes that automated identification of terrorists through data mining or any other mechanism "is neither feasible as an objective nor desirable as a goal of technology development efforts." Inevitable false positives will result in "ordinary, law-abiding citizens and businesses" being incorrectly flagged as suspects.

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ITA 09: 8th-11th September 2009: Wrexham, North Wales, UK.
by Vic Grout 08 Oct '08

08 Oct '08

ITA 09. Third International Conference on Internet Technologies and Applications 8th-11th September 2009. Glyndwr University (formerly NEWI), Wrexham, North Wales http://www.ita09.org The third in a series of biennial international conferences on Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA 09), will be held in Wrexham, North East Wales, UK from Tuesday 8th to Friday 11th September 2009. The conference will draw together researchers and developers from academia and industry across all fields of Internet computing and engineering. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. In addition to a full technical programme, including keynote presentations, papers, posters, tutorials and special sessions, the social itinerary will include a visit to the historic English city of Chester and a mediaeval Welsh banquet at Ruthin Castle. Information for authors and delegates can be found at http://www.ita09.org. For further details, contact the conference chair (v.grout(a)glyndwr.ac.uk) programme chair (r.picking(a)glyndwr.ac.uk) or conference secretary (d.oram(a)glyndwr.ac.uk) ITA 09 is also sponsored by the Chester and North Wales branch of the British Computer Society (BCS) and supported by the Wales North branch of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), British Telecom iNet (BT iNet) and IT Wales. ITA 05 (http://www.newi.ac.uk/computing/research/ita05/index.shtml) and ITA 07 (http://www.newi.ac.uk/computing/research/ita07/) were extremely successful events. ITA 09 aims to be bigger and better in every way. Come and join us in Wrexham in September 2009! The scope of the ITA conference series is wide and covers all aspects of Internet activity ranging from technical hardware and software solutions to applications and the wider issues arising from them. Papers, up a maximum of 6,000 words, are invited on any of the topics below or related fields. Papers will be submitted via the EDAS conference management system (www.edas.info - details on the conference website). Final, camera-ready papers must conform to the author guidelines at http://www.ita09.org/authorGuidelines.html and must not exceed ten pages in length. Submission deadline: Friday 6th February 2009 Topics of Interest * Accessibility and usability * Agents * AI/Expert systems * Collaborative decisions * Congestion control * Data-mining * Distributed systems * e-Business/e-Commerce * e-Learning/e-Society * Ethical, social and legal issues * Filtering * HCI * Integration * Internet applications * Internet languages * Internet technologies * Multimedia * Music and audio * Network algorithms * Network architectures * Network management * Network optimisation * Network performance * Protocols and standards * Routing * Routing aggregation * Routing performance * Scheduling * Security * Semantics * Services * Storage * Systems failure * Traffic * Ubiquitous computing * Visualisation * Web hardware * Web software * Wireless networks * XML These topics, however, are only intended as an illustrative guide. Please contact the conference chair (v.grout(a)glyndwr.ac.uk) programme chair (r.picking(a)glyndwr.ac.uk) or conference secretary (d.oram(a)glyndwr.ac.uk) for additional guidance. Selected papers not considered appropriate for the conference proceedings may be accepted for poster presentation. Suggestions from senior researchers for organising special sessions, workshops or tutorials are also welcome. We look forward to welcoming you to Wales! Professor Vic Grout ITA 09 Conference Chair Centre for Applied Internet Research (CAIR) Glyndwr University, Wrexham, Wales Professor Vic Grout, CMath FIMA, CEng FIET, CSci CITP FBCS Director of the Centre for Applied Internet Research (CAIR) School of Computing and Communications Technology Faculty of Business, Science and Technology Glyndwr University Plas Coch Campus, Mold Road, Wrexham, North Wales, LL11 2AW, UK Tel/Fax: +44(0)1978 293203 v.grout(a)glyndwr.ac.uk www.glyndwr.ac.uk/groutv www.cair-uk.org

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Call for Nominations for 2008 AIIP Technology Award
by Mark Goldstein 08 Oct '08

08 Oct '08

The Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP - http://www.aiip.org/) is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for our ninth annual AIIP Technology Award. Members and non-members alike are welcome to nominate any company or individual that produces information products (databases, web organizers, Internet sites) as an entry in the competition via a short and simple nominations form found online. There will be two categories; one for web based services and another for desktop software. Successful entries in each category will be new or revamped products or technologies that help information professionals with their day-to-day operations in locating, analyzing and organizing information. The product must be related to the information field; AIIP does not consider accounting, word-processing, database or spreadsheet, or other programs not directly related to locating, analyzing, or organizing data appropriate for this award. The deadline for nominations is October 10, 2008. You will find more information about the AIIP Tech Award and access to the simple nomination form at: http://www.aiip.org/TechAwardNominations Please consider nominating your favorite information products. You can send the completed nomination forms or your questions to: Ed Vawter, AIIP Technology Awards Committee Co-Chair, E-mail: qdinfo(a)comcast.net &/or Mark Goldstein, Co-Chair, E-mail: markg(a)researchedge.com. Electronic submittal of the entry form via e-mail is preferred. Previous winners of the AIIP Technology Award include: 2007: XLineSoft ASPRunner Professional, with honorable mention for IBM Visual Communication Lab's Many Eyes 2005: Copernic Desktop with honorable mention for Devon Technologies DEVONagent and Wolff Worldwide 2004: Net Snippets Professional Edition, with honorable mentions for Dialog Corporation's DialogLink 4.0 and Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 2003: Google Toolbar 2002: askSam 5 2001: eGems Collector Pro 2000: IPO Express 1999: Webforia Organizer The AIIP Technology Award will be presented to the winners at Internet Librarian Conference (http://www.infotoday.com/il2008/) on Monday, October 20, 2008 in Monterey CA. Thanks to our friends at Information Today for their continued support of AIIP and its initiatives. Please consider what information products are most useful to you in your endeavors and help them and us as we select the best of breed for our annual AIIP Technology Award. Thanks! Best Regards, Mark Goldstein, AIIP Secretary President, International Research Center Voice & Fax: 602-470-0389, Skype: mark.goldstein LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/markgoldstein E-Mail: markg(a)researchedge.com, IRC: http://www.researchedge.com/ Harnessing Global Information Resources for Informed Decision Making

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ground transport
by Mark D. Johns 08 Oct '08

08 Oct '08

I may have missed this, and if so, apologies, but... Is there a recommended mode of transport from the Copenhagen airport to the University and conference site? Do the convention hotels run shuttles? Is there a shuttle company? Or do we just have to take a taxi? -- Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA http://academic.luther.edu/~johnsmar/ ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain

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Best practices in online outreach and activism across multiple cultures
by Deborah Elizabeth Finn 08 Oct '08

08 Oct '08

Dear AIR Colleagues, I'm asking this question on behalf of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (<http://ippnweupdate.wordpress.com/> and <http://ippnw.org>). As you can probably imagine, this group mobilizes physicians and medical students from around world to abolish nuclear weapons. They also work to prevent injuries caused by conventional weapons. IPPNW (with a little help from yours truly) is currently looking at the way that it uses online resources for outreach, activism, advocacy, and organizing among its stakeholders. While the physicians and medical students share the experience of a medical education, they are not all from a single culture and do not all speak English as a first language. Therefore the team at the international office is looking for best practices in online outreach, activism, advocacy, and organizing across multiple cultures. Any suggestions? Links to peer-reviewed research and how-to manuals would be extremely welcome. Many thanks and best regards from Deborah Deborah Elizabeth Finn Cyber-Yenta Boston, Massachusetts, USA deborah_elizabeth_finn(a)post.harvard.edu www.cyber-yenta.org Skype: Deborah909 Twitter: Deborah909 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah909 "Nothing softeneth the Arrogance of our Nature like a Mixture of some Frailties. It is by them that we are best told, that we must not strike too hard upon others....They pull our Rage by the sleeve and whisper Gentleness to us in our censures." -George Savile (1633 - 1695)

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Lessons in Second Life (day and time change)
by jeremy hunsinger 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

distribute as appropriate -jh we're returning to our fall schedule. tuesdays at noonish slt, 3ish est. Every Week on Tuesday(noon-1:30pm SLT) join us for Lessons in Second Life, an open table forum centering on what can be learned in sl in both formal and informal settings. The forum is open to faculty, students, and interested parties of all kinds. We meet at the _blacklibrary hyperborea 91, 30, 26 im buridan simon for more information. Come share your ideas for learning in Second Life http://slurl.com/secondlife/hyperborea/92/30/26/ jeremy hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu ) wiki.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ Learning Inquiry-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/ . _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators _______________________________________________ softwareandculture mailing list softwareandculture(a)lists.tmttlt.com http://lists.tmttlt.com/listinfo.cgi/softwareandculture-tmttlt.com _______________________________________________ softwareandculture mailing list softwareandculture(a)lists.tmttlt.com http://lists.tmttlt.com/listinfo.cgi/softwareandculture-tmttlt.com _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators

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The Vulnerable Researcher and the IRB
by jeremy hunsinger 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

http://www.thehastingscenter.org/Bioethicsforum/Post.aspx?id=2476 a little off topic, but worth the read.

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"Hack the Debate" - Twitter and CurrentTV join together
by Tuszynski, Stephanie 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

Some of you may already be aware of this. For all the debates in the US presidential election this month, CurrentTV (the network founded by former Vice President Al Gore) has collaborated with Twitter.com to run a program called "Hack the Debate." Essentially what happens is CurrentTV selects messages being posted to their Twitter channel/page and runs those messages on the bottom of the tv screen during the debates. It's a little like Pop Up Video for politics, for those who remember that show. Current and Twitter are both promoting this as being the first time this has ever been done, running live "tweets" over a tv broadcast. I'm sure it's the first time it's been done with Twitter, but running text messages over a tv broadcast has been done before, I'm pretty sure. I've participated in both of these so far. There's a severe lag between what's posted to Twitter and what appears on the television screen, leading to some unintended humor and of course the majority of the actual messages on Twitter don't appear on the television screen (the network is also filtering out profanity, etc.). At first there wasn't much interaction between people posting on the Twitter channel but during the VP debate you started to see more messages being aimed at other people posting, so who knows what will happen during these last 2 debates. http://current.com/topics/88834922_hack_the_debate PS - See some of you in Austin this week, I hope! Dr. Stephanie Tuszynski Assistant Professor of Communication Bethany College

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