PUBLIC MARKS from summer70

A page full of links to help bloggers

List of Del.icio.us tools updated regularly

Most bloggers will know of the sites mentined here, but for anyone just starting out as a blogger or wanting to upgrade, then this article is very helpful.

Clip: Freedom of speech is the foundation of a functioning democracy, and Internet bullies shouldn't use the law to stifle legitimate free expression. That's why EFF created this guide, compiling a number of FAQs designed to help you understand your rights and, if necessary, defend your freedom.

A new model for artists to promote, publish, and be paid for their music. Discover fresh music on P2P networks.

Clip: "Even if you're not a genius, you can use the same strategies as Aristotle and Einstein to harness the power of your creative mind and better manage your future."

Links on the L/H side to many images of space and links at the bottom of the page to other Space exploration/info/image sites.

Excellent article on Hugo Chavez, Venezuala's President

Clipping:My Notes Center - powerful and easy-to-use digital notes and personal information manager with advanced encryption options, built-in text editor, printing support and a lot of other useful features. Not freeware, but reasonably-priced

clipping: "Flashnote is a rough copy utility that can be used any time during work process and without fear of damaging important data. You'll find it a real help for your computer work."

Flashpaste is a new breed of text copying utility. The Windows clipboard is enough for most computer users but writers, coders, and developers need a more powerful, easily customizable and practical tool. Flashpaste is all that, and more.

Flash video questioning the 'facts' of the Pentagon attack

New bookmarking site

about the perils of social bookmarking overload, but provides some helpful links to bookmarking sites.

The Algorithm March. Makes a lot more sense when the ninjas come into the picture.

links to google all on one page - see r/h bar

In this article we look at what makes folksonomies work. We agree with the premise that tags are no replacement for formal systems, but we see this as being the core quality that makes folksonomy tagging so useful. We begin by looking at the issue of "sloppy tags", a problem to which critics of folksonomies are keen to allude, and ask if there are ways the folksonomy community could offset such problems and create systems that are conducive to searching, sorting and classifying.

From the page: "Basically, readers should see these lists of “individuals” with over 300 RSS feeds as people who don’t actually read much, they just like to subscribe to stuff and let the river flow past them. Look, I’m cool, I am subscribed to 2,000+ RSS feeds and want to tell the world about it. I guess this is another form of marketing, which makes sense why Danny Ayers has 2,549 feeds, just don’t believe for a second he actually follows and pays attention to that many....."

From the page: "Here’s the thing. I don’t have any trouble finding content, nor does sharing my reading list with someone else (although I do publish it) really do anything for me. My problem isn’t finding more stuff to read. My problem is wading through the morass of stuff that comes my way to find the one or two nuggets that are really topical......." Couldn't agree more....

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