America is a nation of Smiths, Johnsons, and Sullivans—but also of Garcias and Nguyens. Zoom in on the map below to see what surnames proliferate in your part of the country.

There’s been a surge of messages to us asking us to please write about and expose Spokeo, a company that collects and then sells your personal information.

Data laws are so lax in the U.S. that companies can do this sort of thing quite legally.

Qwiki is the world’s first “information experience”, powered by a technology that transforms static information into interactive stories.

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The Digital Artists Handbook is an accessible source of information that introduces you to different tools, resources and ways of working related to digital art.

Big Think is a global forum connecting people and ideas.

It may be a cliché to say that knowledge is power, but that doesn’t make the statement any less true. We know that there are just 24 hours in a day, that you are bombarded with information, and that the bombardment will only escalate.

LIZ Danzico is part designer, part educator, part editor. As an independent consultant, she traces the roots of her craft back to her parents. According to Liz, "Growing up at least a little information architect gave me an organizational advantage over my friends."

WikiLeaks combines the protection and anonymity of cutting-edge cryptographic technologies with the comfortable presentation style of Wikipedia, although the two are not otherwise related. Our network also collects materials in person and from postal drops. We also run a network of lawyers and others to defend our work and our sources.
WikiLeaks information is distributed across many jurisdictions, organizations and individuals. Once a document published it is essentially impossible to censor.

New Model Captures Spread of Personal Information through Social Networks
If you ever share personal information with friends online you probably already use a special set of rules to determine what to reveal and what to keep secret. Now a new model of social networks attempts to capture that process.

Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology is selling a mobile phone application that offers a unique feature over other password-storage applications

The iSchools are interested in the relationship between information, people and technology. This is characterized by a commitment to learning and understanding the role of information in human endeavors. The iSchools take it as given that expertise in all forms of information is required for progress in science, business, education, and culture. This expertise must include understanding of the uses and users of information, as well as information technologies and their applications.

Having calibrated utility & test files is a must for any audio engineer. The corner stone being pink noise. I have found most DAW to be severely lacking in this area. After much frustration with Protools incorrectly calibrated “Pink” from it’s built in signal generator. I’ve captured 45 sec of full range -20 ref 0vu true random pink noise from a Dolby SDU4.

using the www for research

The Intute Virtual Training Suite - a national JISC service for UK
universities and colleges offering over 60 free web-based tutorials
teaching Internet research skills. (This service was formerly known as the
RDN Virtual Training Suite)

The LearnHigher Project - a partnership of 16 Universities forming a HEFCE-funded Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL).

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