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Links curated recently on Delicious.

• Reset Information Age
  I am tickled to think of the fun to be had analyzing this particle dataset! Talk about atomic data elements!! ;P
• TEDxRainier Speaker Will Hewett
  Will Hewett shows us how to achieve change by way of dramatic performances. Here’s a model for how to improve your facilitation sessions!
• TEDxRainier Speaker Joe Justice
  A year after hearing Joe’s formal presentation on WikiSpeed it continues to be THE project to observe to date on best collective resource sharing practices.
• Smith Hall UW
  Smith 205 will be the venue for INFO481A during the Autumn 2012 Quarter

Links curated recently on Delicious.

• Intergraph Geospatial
  Map data. Wicked!
• FCC Commissioner Begs To Differ
  How much denial should be accepted from companies that settle FCC investigations of regulatory violations.
• How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
  This article touches deeply on who has ultimate responsibility for our information on the cloud: oneself. If one is to utilize a system to simplify one’s life, one should understand the complexities and risks inherent; and, adapt a lifestyle of password and backup management to fit their needs.

  This journalist daisy-chained his accounts in such a way as to make it trivial for someone to hop from one of his devices to the next.

  Everyone likes to talk about how Apple makes life so simple, while looking the other way on the compromises the company makes in designing their services. They have made a bundle of money using single sign-on (SSO) to make it trivial to jump from one device to the next. I am always wondering why people have to gravitate to so many flavors of devices… the answer lies in how deeply you want to live the technocrat luxe life.

  The day will come when so many so-called geniuses can’t get to their tools, information, and personal resources, as the lights go out!

Links curated recently on Delicious.

• WordPress › The Events Calendar « WordPress Plugins
  This plug-in is a robust solution to handle events in calendar form in WP.
• Integrating Post Categories & Tags With Events | Modern Tribe Inc.
  This article explains how to extend the functions.php in WP to handle tags within events.