Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles"

About this talk: As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. Eli Pariser argues powerfully that this will ultimately prove to be bad for us and bad for democracy.



This is a subject that has worried me greatly since I realized the implications of getting information tailored to my interests. Another thing I worry about is that the lack of exposure to new things will stifle creativity.

Libraries as Social Networks

This Slideshare presentation from the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project is jam-packed with information for and about libraries and the social networking revolution.

The Networked Librarian: Libraries as social networks

View more presentations from Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

Watch "Arthur Unravels"

Cute video...knitting is for everyone...maybe I need to start watching some cartoons again.

Using a French Knitter

Darn It!

Since I've been on my sock knitting binge since October and have knit more than 30 pairs of socks, this video which I found on the Knitpicks web site and Youtube Channel is probably something I will have need of sometime.

The Knitpicks site looks like it has some good information and tutorials for beginning knitters as well.

Lessig: Copyright isn't just hurting creativity: it's killing science (video)

This is a must watch presentation on the effect of current copyright on our society.

The Architecture of Access to Scientific Knowledge from lessig on Vimeo.

It's a Book

Maybe the fact that I've been immersed in e-readers and e-books lately makes me appreciate this more...especially since some e-readers don't lend themselves to children's picture books.