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June 16, 2006

Internet Sites of the Week

Digital Maoism: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism
An essay by computer scientist and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier which criticizes the “wisdom of crowds.” Particularly critical of Wikipedia.
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/lanier06/lanier06_index.html
(Source: Boing Boing)

Explore Shakespeare with Google
The complete works of Shakespeare, searchable.
http://books.google.com/googlebooks/shakespeare
(Source: beSpacific)

Leveraging the Knowledge of Our Peers: Online Communities Hold the Promise to Enhance Scientific Research
http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request
=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040199

Peer Review
A Nature debate includes a wide range of perspectives from “leading scientists, publishers and other stakeholders.”
http://www.nature.com/nature/peerreview/debate/index.html
(Source: Nascent)

reBlog
“A reBlog facilitates the process of filtering and republishing relevant content from many RSS feeds. reBloggers subscribe to their favorite feeds, preview the content, and select their favorite posts. These posts are automatically published through their favorite blogging software.”
http://www.reblog.org/
(Source: Chris Stokes)

Woot
An irreverent shopping site which offers one item per day until it is sold out. A FAQ is included, as well as a blog, and you can get updates via RSS.
http://www.woot.com/Default.aspx
(Source: Physics.Org)

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Received June 10 - 16, 2006