http://networkeffect.org we don't need no steenkin' badges! Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:12:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just listening to an archive of This Week in Tech and was reminded of the beautiful little song by Jonathan Coulter at the end of Portal. Now picture yourself having really bonded with this video game, not to mention the personable central supercomputer, GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System), that ... http://networkeffect.org/2008/03/04/jonathan-coulton-still-alive/ Well, it was fun while it lasted. Free "HiDef" movies through your browser. One funny thing about this site was that I used to own the domain name. Definitely a fish that got away. http://networkeffect.org/2008/02/28/so-long-stage6/ While we were in the green room last night, Micah Sifry from TechPresident, who was on our Brian Lehrer Live show (TWNYC - CH.75) last night (YouTube video coming soon), passed along an innovative website that is digitizing action on the floor of the U.S. Congress. MetaVid, funded partly by ... http://networkeffect.org/2008/01/17/video-killed-the-fillibuster-star/ In the wake of the recent Lane Hartwell\Richter Scales dustup, I have found it useful to watch Lawrence Lessig's TedTalk given earlier this year, which was mentioned in the above referenced article's comments section. My opinion: The internet is, and should always be, the public domain. http://networkeffect.org/2007/12/21/lawrence-lessig-on-copyright-law-today/ It's not like the writing isn't on the wall or anything, but NBC appears to have smartened up by leveraging their kick-ass content and putting it in the correct wrapper. The key praise for NBC here is that they provide the Flash embed code, a la YouTube, which other quality ... http://networkeffect.org/2007/12/17/hulu-sets-phaser-on-stun/ Now anyone can be a news service, and is. The beauty of microblogs is that no matter where feeds are published, you can use any IM client to get your favorite alerts. Younger folks who literally live in their IM client can easily get news, but even if you are ... http://networkeffect.org/2007/12/13/microblogging-has-democratized-wire-services/ Looking for Web 3.0? Go no further. We are entering a third age in which the government and healthcare gets blown apart (in a good way) and rebuilt from scratch. Watch the video for details of one project that is breaking ground in congress. But, this is really just the ... http://networkeffect.org/2007/12/10/open-government/ This is rich. Don't you love paywalls? Just came across a Wall Street Journal article on Burma that is over at their site. It appears to be a plea from First lady, Laura Bush, about Burma. Looks like it could be an influential opinion piece at the right time. The ... http://networkeffect.org/2007/10/13/free-burma-from-the-wall-street-journal/ The stars are aligning for business adoption of social media. Fasten your seatbelts. Click To Play http://networkeffect.org/2007/09/10/web-20-comes-of-age/ http://networkeffect.org/2007/09/10/tim-berners-lee-on-the-semantic-web/