Author Archives: laura

New World For Ancient Eyes

Posted on November 10, 2012 by laura

The Free Music Archive and WFMU are holding a remix contest to demonstrate the potential of open digital libraries, inviting users to remix the Public Domain. While I don’t have a great deal of free time, this idea has great … Continue reading →

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A Passage In Time

Posted on October 31, 2012 by laura

I was in Dublin last weekend, where I went to the Dead Can Dance concert on Sunday at the Bord Gaís Energy Theatre. It’s been just over seven years since I last saw Dead Can Dance. It was in Bethesda … Continue reading →

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Livestream: “Cover Sandy Live” Ad

Posted on October 30, 2012 by laura

I received an email from Livestream yesterday encouraging me to “Cover Sandy live using our Android or iPhone app.” I guess I should be happy that they weren’t able to tell I don’t live anywhere near the Sandy strike zone. … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be Fooled, Facebook Is Forever

Posted on October 24, 2012 by laura

Just over nine months ago, spurred by this post from ZDNET about Facebook rolling out the new timeline feature, I managed to remove all my old Wall posts in emergency mode. Or so I thought…

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Hey YouTube, I Don’t Want To Use My Full Name

Posted on October 7, 2012 by laura

It’s been a while since I logged in to my personal YouTube account, but when I did so a little while ago, I found out that YouTube wants me to start using my full name. I hadn’t heard about this … Continue reading →

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J.K. Rowling At The Grocery Store

Posted on October 7, 2012 by laura

The woman in front of me in the checkout line bought J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy at the grocery store yesterday. I wasn’t prepared for this opportunity and wasn’t able to get my iPhone out of my purse in time … Continue reading →

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Creating A New Blog With The WordPress iPhone App

Posted on September 27, 2012 by laura

Last week Mike Cane told me to stop giving Twitter images. Here’s why. I decided to follow his example and create a new photo blog. As Mike pointed out, Twitter integrates WordPress media into its inline previews, so when I … Continue reading →

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Fear Of Drones

Posted on September 26, 2012 by laura

‘Every person is afraid of the drones’: The Strikes’ Effect On Life In Pakistan “If I am walking in the market, I have this fear that maybe the person walking next to me is going to be a target of … Continue reading →

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Does Apple Hate French?

Posted on September 24, 2012 by laura

An unexpected side-effect of upgrading my iPhone to iOS6, the App Store is now entirely in German. Although I know what schließen means, unfortunately, I don’t really speak German anymore.

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A Rude Education, Millenials Pwnd

Posted on September 20, 2012 by laura

Two articles came my way via Twitter on Friday, The Nanny State Didn’t Show Up, You Hired It via Mike Cane USA – Occupy 2.0: Strike Debt via Douglas Rushkoff The first one discusses how society and marketing change our … Continue reading →

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