links for 2009-07-30
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A proposed Bill to put before the British Parliament intended to abolish many of the restrictive laws and regulation believed to hamper individual freedom, civic society and business
A wiki Bill, the Great Repeal Bill has been drafted by ordinary citizens in a collaborative effort. It is as much an initiative in open politics and move towards direct democracy as it is an effort in deregulation.
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Gilles Vigneault: On fabrique des chaises, on sait pas qui va s’asseoir dedans…
From the comments:
Ce que Twitter nous annonce, c’est un monde où bientôt tout le monde pourra savoir à tout moment exactement où tout le monde est et ce qu’il font dans l’instant présent. -
Flickr Hive Mind is a data mining tool for the Flickr photography database, allowing search by: metadata tags; Flickr photography groups; Flickr users and their contacts and favorites; text annotation; the Flickr Explore algorithm for interestingness. Flickr Hive Mind can also be an effective tool to identify stock photography with licenses that allow non-commercial (and sometimes) commercial use.
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Using the P2 WordPress theme to create a private Twitter-like group
Easier for some than hosting their own http://laconi.ca instance, perhaps -
Respondents have more trust in TV ads and expert online reviews than in their online friends, with 52% trusting television ads and 47% trusting expert reviews. But most surprising is how consumers respond to online friends versus banner ads, which are considered a weak branding source in many areas. But the 33% of people who trust their online friends is only slightly higher than the 31% who trust banner ads.
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Wiki entry on search.creativecommons.org
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"A database of 4,806,498 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute."
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Creative commons search engine
