Links of the Day #10

Today's round up is a mixed bag of anthropology and publicity, web, numbers, visualization and design. I'm trying to catch up, so some of these are no longer timely, but still worth a click.

Many Eyes Posted: 23 Oct 2010 03:03 AM PDT This site is set up to allow the entire internet community to upload data, visualize it, and talk about their discoveries with other people. Time for some acknowledgement Posted: 26 Oct 2010 01:36 PM PDT A blog of PhD acknowledgements. I would never have thought about creating a blog for this purpose. The Internet never ceases to amaze. Anyway, the submissions make mine sound dull. Should I contribute? Royal Pingdom » Internet 2009 in numbers Posted: 07 Nov 2010 08:05 AM PST Some interesting aggregate data about the Internet and its users

Facebook co-founder Hughes builds new social network for causes Posted: 08 Nov 2010 08:24 AM PST "There is no straightforward advantage with Facebook Connect. We're building out on Facebook Connect, like, hundreds of thousands of other sites using Facebook Connect. I truly believe Facebook Connect will fuel the power of the social Web. In time, we'll build user accounts to build on Facebook Connect."

Public Anthropology: Some notes, hopes and wishes « Anthropology & Publicity Posted: 08 Nov 2010 07:23 AM PST Lorenz Khazaleh: "Nearly 70% of all Americans believe the university should, as its primary function, provide job training rather than cultivate critical thinking. Maybe that's the point we have to start from."

Publicity begins at home « Anthropology & Publicity Posted: 08 Nov 2010 07:16 AM PST John Postill suggests two ways to disseminate anthropological knowledge by digital means: 1. We should keep doing those digital things that 'work' for us as individual scholars and students, e.g. making short ethnographic videos for YouTube, keeping a personal research blog, commenting on other people's blogs, sharing anthropological contents via Facebook and Twitter, collaborating via social bookmarking sites or wikis, etc. ... 2.Collectively, we should continue to strengthen and protect the anthropological 'digital commons', i.e that collegial space in which we co-produce and share anthropological knowledge digitally for non-commercial purposes. 25 Popular Color Scheme and Palette Generators | DevWebPro Posted: 08 Nov 2010 07:18 AM PST Another handy tool for web designers.