http://blog.monkeymagic.net/ ::thoughts on thinking en-us piers.young@gmail.com 2007-05-09T18:11:04+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://blog.monkeymagic.net/archives/2007/05/09/new_feed_address.html I've switched over to wordpress, after getting frustrated with MT. I haven;t managed to sort out the feeds redirect yet, but in the meantime, you might want to update to: http://feeds.feedburner.com/monkeymagic/iISo Sorry for any inconvenience ...... 514@http://blog.monkeymagic.net/ 2007-05-09T18:11:04+00:00 http://blog.monkeymagic.net/archives/2007/05/08/links_for_20070508.html BleakHouse A tool to find memory leaks in your Rails applications. Looks useful. (tags: ruby code debug) Some great presentations on scalability Peter Van Dijck’s shares a bunch of presentations on scaling websites such as twitter, Flickr, Bloglines, Vox... 513@http://blog.monkeymagic.net/ 2007-05-08T23:17:03+00:00 http://blog.monkeymagic.net/archives/2007/05/05/links_for_20070505.html Fantastic Map of Online Communities From Yahoo in the icy north to the IRC Isles (tags: maps online communtiy visualisation)... 512@http://blog.monkeymagic.net/ 2007-05-05T23:17:01+00:00 http://blog.monkeymagic.net/archives/2007/05/02/links_for_20070502.html Generation Me Twenge outlines key characteristics of the current generation of teens/20-somethings that differentiate them from previous generations. For example, she goes through the data on narcissism and self-esteem, looking at how the self-esteem movement in the 19 (tags:... 511@http://blog.monkeymagic.net/ 2007-05-02T23:17:02+00:00 http://blog.monkeymagic.net/archives/2007/05/01/links_for_20070501.html You can't be addicted to communication .. says Keith Hampton "We're all social animals. We want to communicate with those around us. And the BlackBerry is just one of many types of communication that help facilitate that." (tags: communication... 510@http://blog.monkeymagic.net/ 2007-05-01T23:16:59+00:00 http://blog.monkeymagic.net/archives/2007/03/26/links_for_20070326.html Their Space - Demos report on how children use and benefit from online spaces Approaching technology from the perspective of children, it tells positive stories about how they use online space to build relationships and create original content. It... 509@http://blog.monkeymagic.net/ 2007-03-26T23:16:59+00:00 http://blog.monkeymagic.net/archives/2007/03/25/links_for_20070325.html Social tools and creativity in education (tags: education social_software)... 508@http://blog.monkeymagic.net/ 2007-03-25T23:17:03+00:00 http://blog.monkeymagic.net/archives/2007/03/21/links_for_20070321.html bubbl.us - brainstorming made simple Useful frere flash tool. Has most of the things you'd want (tags: mindmap brainstorming visualization tools)... 507@http://blog.monkeymagic.net/ 2007-03-21T23:17:08+00:00 http://blog.monkeymagic.net/archives/2007/03/20/little_legends_any_feedback_gratefully_received.html Little Legends is a newish, free service for parents and carers in the UK. A while ago, my sister and I were discussing how hard it was for her to find anywhere useful and good for mums (schools, late night... 506@http://blog.monkeymagic.net/ 2007-03-20T16:41:07+00:00 http://blog.monkeymagic.net/archives/2007/03/08/the_great_global_warming_swindle.html Fascinating documentary, including why CO2 levels rise after global warming, not before.... 505@http://blog.monkeymagic.net/ Miscellany 2007-03-08T22:56:54+00:00 http://blog.monkeymagic.net/archives/2007/03/08/a_physics_of_society_critical_mass_notes_1.html Ton has written an elegant post about the value of maths in the design of social tools. It reminded me of a book by Philip Ball called Critical Mass, and I realised how little I could really remember of it... 504@http://blog.monkeymagic.net/ Networks & Groups 2007-03-08T19:58:09+00:00 http://blog.monkeymagic.net/archives/2007/03/08/crowd_control.html At the school I'm working at, one of the teachers is coming to the end of her career. She gave me a quick distillation of how she's learnt to keep control in a classroom. There are 3 golden rules: Move... 503@http://blog.monkeymagic.net/ From my work 2007-03-08T17:54:12+00:00 http://blog.monkeymagic.net/archives/2007/02/27/links_for_20070227.html Yugma :Free Web Conferencing, Online Meetings and Web Collaboration Looks useful. Looks free (tags: tools webconferencing free) Bad Usability Calendar 2007 is here! There was a man I used to work with called Leo, and he preferred Pirelli... each... 501@http://blog.monkeymagic.net/ 2007-02-27T23:17:13+00:00 http://blog.monkeymagic.net/archives/2007/02/26/templeton_bombs.html Thankfully everyone's ok.... 499@http://blog.monkeymagic.net/ From my work 2007-02-26T21:36:07+00:00 http://blog.monkeymagic.net/archives/2007/02/25/coping_with_the_printing_press.html Here's a thought. I'd always assumed that invention of the printing press increased the ability of people to pamphleteer, to disseminate new ideas, and to bypass, and sometimes to topple, existing power structures. And I'd always assumed that the Scientific... 498@http://blog.monkeymagic.net/ History 2007-02-25T18:11:04+00:00