Trouble touches an urban oasis
Boston Globe – “Struggling to keep peace at new Mattapan library”
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Archive | January, 2010
A world of connections
Economist – “Online social networks are changing the way people communicate, work and play, and mostly for the better, says Martin Giles”
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Stephen King on J.D. Salinger: ‘The last of the great post-WWII American writers’
Stephen King – “I wasn’t a huge Salinger fan, but I’m sorry to hear of his passing — the way you’d feel if you heard an eccentric, short-tempered, but often fascinating uncle had passed away.”
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‘Citizen cartographers’ map the microcosms of the world
Washington Post – “Coast had the idea for OpenStreetMap in 2004, when he was a student living in London. Coast had a GPS and a laptop, you see, and he figured that with a little programming magic he could build a map of his local haunts that contained more useful information than any service he could find online.”
More at Open Street Map
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Battling the Information Barbarians
WSJ – “China often views the ideas of foreigners, from missionaries in the 17th century to 21st-century Internet entrepreneurs, as subversive imports. The tumultuous history behind the clash with Google.”
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Fastcase? There’s an App for That!
FastCase Blog – “Fastcase for the iPhone is the first of its kind and a breakthrough for two of our biggest passions, legal tech and open access to law.”
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State follows trend to virtual government
Michigan Messenger – E-government promises enhanced services often at a lower cost
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Ban on Dictionary with Oral Sex Lifted
AP – “Southern California District had Prohibited Merriam-Webster Edition Defining Sex Act”
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Calgary library ads target grocery shoppers
CBC News – “New library ads have made their way into the produce and deli departments of 10 Real Canadian Superstores across the city. The slogan for the campaign is “Everything you’re into,” and the advertisements feature lines such as “from barbecue to bull riding” and “from ham to Hamlet.” (via)
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