Social Media

Pipes

Pipes really does allow you to "aggregate, manipulate, and mashup" the web. This tool is so powerful its hard to even begin scratching the surface. Create aggregated rss feeds for... goods or housing in your area, news from around the web, price alerts from auction sites, and anything else you can think of! If you ever wanted to dabble in programming, but didn't want the code thing to get in the way, here's your chance.

Submitted by New Media Rights last modified Fri, 05/16/2008 - 10:28pm

Why Juicycampus.com, Rottenneighbor.com, and gossip sites could be a good thing for free speech

Recently I got a call from a reporter at the local ABC affiliate in San Diego to interview for a story about juicycampus.com. The questions hinted that the story the reporter was looking for was one of how awful and hurtful some of the anonymous posts on the site are for students. I spent 30 minutes telling the reporter what I thought, particularly how similar, at least from a free speech perspective, gossip sites like juicycampus.com are to more widely accepted sites, such as wikipedia, craigslist, and wikilinks, which also allow anonymous posting, editing, or comments.

The resulting story was a disappointment, noticeably lacking any mention of free speech. While this was not unexpected, I figured I'd share my thoughts, and a bit of dismay for the old media, here in the new media world.

Submitted by Art Neill last modified Wed, 04/20/2011 - 10:39am

PikiWiki

From the site:

- create and layout a web page with any content, using the web browser. No downloads.

- share your new web page and let others add their own content to it.

- form groups with other users to privately collect and collaborate on your web pages.

Submitted by New Media Rights last modified Mon, 03/24/2008 - 3:46pm

Scribd

From the site:

Scribd is a free, web-based, document sharing community and self-publishing platform that enables anyone to easily publish, distribute, share, and discover documents of all kinds. E-books, presentations, essays, academic papers, newsletters, photo albums, school work, and sheet music are just a few of the different kinds of documents you can publish and share on Scribd.

Submitted by New Media Rights last modified Mon, 03/24/2008 - 3:39pm

Gogrok for Skype

From the site:

The best way to work with your co-workers online. 

Sometimes voice is just not enough. Imagine if you were to explain the usage of a software application, how do you find explaining that through IM text chat or Skype voice? What if you and your friends/co-workers all want to edit the same file or use the same software application? Gogrok can fill the gap. 

You may share your software/file/desktop with other Gogrok users as long as they are online. It's very easy to use. 

Gogrok works hand in hand with Skype. You may discuss with your friends/co-workers using Skype voice. If you have to show and share something to help understand each other better, launch Gogrok along with Skype to enhance the communication.

Submitted by New Media Rights last modified Mon, 03/24/2008 - 3:28pm

Yugma - Skype Edition

From the site:

Skype revolutionized real-time communication online. Now, Yugma revolutionizes real-time collaboration by enabling quick and instant sharing of ideas by letting you conduct virtual meetings or share desktops spontaneously. Yugma works across platforms - working seamlessly between Windows, Mac and Linux, and is easy to use. Yugma lets you connect with up to 10 other people for free.

Submitted by New Media Rights last modified Mon, 03/24/2008 - 3:11pm

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