danah weighs in on sopa, using the opportunity to highlight cultural remix practices. go danah.

a lot of hopeful hype, with at least one educator appropriating the OER tag. Ars is always good at gathering the voices, so worth a read. But OER people jave been offering this for years, for free, without distro bottlenecks.

aggregate - annotate - repurpose

one of the clearer and more measured overviews.

The start of the #fuckyouwashington hashtag escspade. How a hash gets started and moving.

This is the way to do it: work towards a genus:species definition (see F/T/W, Ann Berthoff), explaining the rationale behind the choices.

Jennifer Parker's micro-history of short form narrative et al. An interesting angle would be to look at what readers add to the narrative to make the story work. Do they elucidate? Do they create motivation? Do they re-create a micro-meaning?

Straight up explicated list of 4

Last time (1968), the cultural revolution took over and reformed the campuses. This time (2011), conservative cuts to education will inspire students to create their education elsewhere. Jennifer Jones on MOOCs, VLEs, and student occupation writ large.

Fame is changing, and is pinned to the medium: broadcast constructed, to viewer constructed, to popularity, to crowd sourcing master.

Brian Lamb on OER: Why share? Because it's good.

Ah, techcrunch finally catches some of the Reg's attitude. The Big Deal? The AP finally catches up with the colloquial use of email, cellphone, and smartphone. One more win for the corruption of language.

A how to: " How do we:
Connect the dots between our worlds in a way that propels us forward without overwhelming us with technology?
Shine a light on who we really are, but protect our identities and right to privacy?

Perhaps too minimal.
Share with the world, but only what’s appropriate for the world to see?

I say the simplest answer is to find the bonds that already exist and focus on them until they define us, ignoring the rest. Here’s how I do that. Take what works for you and leave the rest.

Recent events in Wisc via texts.

Adam's observations on Murdoch's wooden goose. It's about the news, Rupert, not the publication. The problem isn't the app; it's lack of the social.

a breakneck consideration of email and twitter, adding social signals, and @mentions