Media Brandon Likes

Internet Information

 

Semantic/Social Web

Don't you twitterstand?

Microsociology

http://www.slideshare.net/darmano/the-microsociology-of-networks?type=presentation

Shirky's Information Market Dynamics

http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/03/newspapers-and-thinking-the-unthinkable/

Cognitive Surplus

http://www.shirky.com/herecomeseverybody/2008/04/looking-for-the-mouse.html

US CIO is a great choice

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/white-house-names-first-chief-information-officer/?th&emc=th

- intention to extend the use of “cloud computing” in the federal government and to create a data.gov web site that will put vast amounts of government information into the public domain.
- launched apps for democracy

Start up Stimulus Package

I agree with pts 1 & 2 - they're quick fixes.  Pt. 3 is a reach, actually a clusterfuck.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/04/stimulus-20-it%E2%80%99s-the-startups-stupid/

Twitopia

http://twitpic.com/1faqu/full

Social Networking Debate