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This from Open Culture… in Psychology | January 21st, 2009 Speaking at the TED conference in 2007, Malcolm Gladwell (author of The Tipping Point, Blink, and now Outliers: The Story of Success) introduces you to the food industry’s pursuit of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This in from BoingBoing… Andrew sez, “The National film Board of Canada (NFB) has opened up its vault – more than 700 films, clips and trailers are now available on the film board’s new website launched today. From entertaining shorts … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This from Science Commons and BoingBoing… Making the Web Work for Science Science Commons designs strategies and tools for faster, more efficient web-enabled scientific research. We identify unnecessary barriers to research, craft policy guidelines and legal agreements to lower those … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This from LifeHacker… Even in this golden age of Big Internet Companies Acquiring Everything In Sight, there are still a few independent, small webapps out there that don’t get the attention they should for their useful functionality. Every once in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Amazon released its previously announced Public Data Sets web service this evening. The project encourages developers, researchers, universities and businesses to upload large (non-confidential) data sets to Amazon – things like census data, genomes, etc. – and then let others … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This in from Gizmodo This looks like a new killer app. Adobe researchers have constructed a time machine that lets you view any web page over time, scrolling to see changes in data. But the Zoetrope software that lets you … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This from BoingBoing… Malcolm Gladwell has a good piece in the current New Yorker about how hard it is to figure out what makes great teachers great. Read the blog post Read Malcolm Gladwell’s article Continue reading →

This in from Open Culture… Google Brings Massive LIFE Photo Archive to The Web Google is bringing the massive LIFE photo archive online. 2 million photos are already uploaded, and another 8 million will be coming online soon. The current … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Remember everything. Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere. _____________________ This is a very cool app … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This in from LifeHacker… Check out their readers choices of the best photo sharing sites. Continue reading →