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Knight News Challenge: ThinkUp

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newschallenge:

1. What do you propose to do? [20 words]

Build an information network that connects to today’s social networks, but isn’t centralized and dependent on a company or investors.

2. Is anyone doing something like this now and how is your project different? [30 words]

Others from Diaspora to…

Marco.org: The iPhone 4 is great*

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The iPhone 4, by most accounts, is absolutely excellent. I love mine. It’s a huge step forward, and all previous iPhones look dated and primitive by comparison.

But there’s a giant asterisk: it has two major flaws, both of which appear to be physical and unsolvable by software updates:

1. The…

I couldn’t have said this better myself, even if I had hired someone to write it for me.

everydaycarry:

Böker Subcom Titan via jzmtl

This thing is absolutely badass. I think I need one.

Marco.org: The misnaming tic

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People frequently screw up names in the same ways.

Mac often becomes “MAC”. I don’t know why. Names of other computer-related products aren’t usually accidentally capitalized. Nobody says ITUNES or EXCEL.

The iPod Touch¹ gets hit hard, too, by people calling it the “iTouch”. These are often…

johnburke:

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