Saturday - January 3, 2009
Kevin Lim was positively draped in technology as he walked into a crowded Amherst, N.Y., tavern on a recent Saturday. He had a small camera clipped to his baseball cap, another camera on one shoulder, an iPod and small speakers on the other shoulder, and a laptop and video recorder in his backpack. Lim is a technophile, a blogger and -- his preferred term -- a social cyborg.
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Wednesday - December 31, 2008
The legions of online activists who mobilized to help Barack Obama win the White House were expected to return to their normal routines after the election, but they apparently did not get the memo. Rather, this group seems intent on remaining active as the new administration takes shape, for the most part using the same networking techniques that led to its formation.
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Tuesday - December 30, 2008
In a world where "man boobs" are allowed to flop freely at football games, the strict scrutiny of photos of breastfeeding mothers reflects a double standard that has riled many Facebook users. By curbing the posting of such content -- the implication being that the nursing mother's bare breast could possibly be construed as "obscene" -- Facebook has exposed itself to a public relations nightmare.
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