Author: Kris Krüg
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Your Guide to Wikis
Your Guide to Wikis A wiki is simply a web page that can be written or edited by the public or a group of people. What sets wikis apart from other web pages is the simple way that anyone can edit or add to an existing page, or start a new page. Part of the…
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Photobooth Pictures @ Workspace
For those of you who don't know, that lil white 'puter sitting on the bar at Workspace has an awesome app on it called Photobooth. It works with the onboard camera and you can take fun and silly pics of yourself and the peeps you see at Workspace. I'm currently working on a lil documentary…
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November Drupal Training Update – new Drupal for Consultants
November Drupal Training Update – new Drupal for Consultants Oh, right, the update: we’re locking down the first day as a more general day that should be applicable to people that don’t fit neatly into either Designer or Developer, or that don’t have time for a full 4 day course. So, the first day (November…
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Deconstructing Flickr’s “Interestingness!â€
Deconstructing Flickr’s “Interestingness!†By hinting at the existence of secret sauce, Flickr enters the “we’re more than a pretty face” and “trust us we have amazing algorithms underneath” competitions along with people like Digg. If fact it’s getting to the point that if you can’t work the word Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling…
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Interestingness Is to Flickr As PageRank Is to Google
Interestingness Is to Flickr As PageRank Is to Google The recursive nature of Flickr’s interestingness makes it analogous to Google’s PageRank–the complex site ranking system used by Google that ranks sites fundamentally using the PageRanks of the sites that provide links (“inbound links”) to the ranked sit Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling collection.…
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The Interesting Economy
The Interesting Economy Today, Flickr has interestingness, which is a measure of some combination of how many times a picture has been viewed, how many comments it has, how many times it’s been tagged or marked as a favorite, and some other special sauce. I suppose revealing the Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling…
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Flickr Interestingness Rankings Patents Released
Flickr Interestingness Rankings Patents Released Blog posts about Flickr’s interestingness, and a February Flickr forum post on changes to the interestingness rankings, show a lot of interest in the “secret sauce†on how photos are determined to be interesting. A couple of patent applications were Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling collection. See also:…
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New JPG Magazine Photography Magazine
I joined the new community website over at JPG Magazine. JPG Magazine was started by friends Derek Powazek and Heather Champ and has had close ties with Flickr since the beginning. They’re launched a cool new site with community features and I think it’s going to be a hit. I submitted a couple photos for…
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A Tale of Three Communities
A Tale of Three Communities The online world has created a culture of creation among ordinary people. Meanwhile, magazines are still partying like it’s 1899. Writers write, readers read, and never the twain shall meet. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.
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Middle Finger, Olympics!
Middle Finger, Olympics! I walked right by it not thinking to take a photo of it. Not only do I work in the same office as a company with a citizen journalism site, but I work with citizen journalists. If you see them any of the posters elsewhere in Vancouver and use Flickr, be s…
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Worldchanging Tour: Vancouver November 5, 2006
Worldchanging Tour: Vancouver November 5, 2006 We often show our love for Vancouver in posts on Worldchanging, but now we can show it in person. Please join us for an evening of big ideas and fun people on November 5 at Workspace. Here are the details: November 5th: VANCOUVER at Workspace 6:00-8:30pm Part of the…
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Office has more than a stunning view.
Office has more than a stunning view. Article about Workspace in the dead tree newspaper. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.
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Jump.TV using Drupal
Jump.TV using Drupal JumpTV is -according to itself- “…the world’s leading destination for online television” It offers nearly 200 channels from more than 65 countries, and it recently switched to Drupal! In a short interview we asked Tom Herman why they choose Drupal as th Part of the Conversations and Interviews collection. See also: Shane…
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South by Northwest at Iron Cactus (Monday, March 12, 2007)
South by Northwest at Iron Cactus (Monday, March 12, 2007) Blue Flavor, Bryght and Raincity Studios are proud to present the second annual South by Northwest (SXNW) geek fest party at the Iron Cactus in Downtown Austin. There will be plenty of free drinks and cool people to meet. This year we have booked virtuall…
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How to Geekify Your Halloween
How to Geekify Your Halloween Fanboys and girls geek up their Halloween experience with these ultra-cool projects — one constructed his own Green Lantern ring, another built a robotic Dalek out of a pumpkin (truly awesome). Love the Han Solo in Carbonite serving dish. Part of the creative technology collection. See also: 20 Ways to…
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Drupal 5.0 beta 1 Announced
Drupal 5.0 beta 1 Announced Drupal 5.0 beta1 has been announced. “It comes with many new features, including a web-based install system, improved administration tools, and a shiny new theme! There are also tons of under-the-hood improvements, such as the inclusion of the jQuery Java Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See…
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Online participation: for every regular contributor, nine occasionals and ninety-nine lurkers
Online participation: for every regular contributor, nine occasionals and ninety-nine lurkers Working with everything from political groups to online discussion boards, I’ve heard the same lament: “We have so many members. Why do we have so few people participating?” Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John…
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Vancouver League of Drupalers October 2006
Vancouver League of Drupalers October 2006 For those of you who couldn’t make it Roland blogged the meeting notes. Part of the Vancouver AI Ecosystem collection. See also: Vancouver Tech Journal Isn’t Journalism.
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The Paradox of Registering Bloggers’ Real Names in China
The Paradox of Registering Bloggers’ Real Names in China The powers that be over the blogosphere in China, China’s Net regulator Ministry of Information Industries (MII), has just put forth an initiative that may be issued in the near future, where upon all bloggers in China will be required to register their r Part of…