Tab-clearing linkdump!

My Gods I have a lot of tabs open. Okay, here’s what I’m looking at…

Danah Boyd does the math on the much-touted 90,000 MySpace sex offenders and shows that MySpace is actually far safer for kids than real life, as far as sex predators go.
The whole idea of New Media Office Hours is awesome and I’m totally going to steal it and do something similar in Vermont.
Clay Shirky rebuts the current Time cover story about how to save newspapers with “micropayments.”
More information on the technical nitty gritty of high definition digital imaging than you will ever need. Only serious HD gearheads should bother to click through.
Pharyngula calls bullshit on the singularity.
I want to play this game.

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On February 12, 2009, Cathy Resmer said:

Thanks for linking to the Shirky post. I have mixed feelings about micropayments. I read the Time story, and agreed with it, then read Shirky, and agreed with him.

It’s tough. On one hand, I think you need to pay professionals to do their work. On the other hand, I want that work should be free so that everyone can share it.

But then how do you pay them?

I’m trying to puzzle this out.

Also reading Here Comes Everybody. Is anyone else reading this? I wish there were a book group where I could discuss what I’m reading. Some of it’s over my head, and some of it is blowing my mind, and none of my usual confidantes is able to keep up with my thoughts about it because they’re not reading it.

Anyone?
On February 12, 2009, billsimmon said:

Cathy!

I started Here Comes Everybody and was loving it but got distracted and stopped 1/2 way through. I’ve seen Shirky talk about it extensively and I could probably scratch your talking-about it itch. You coming to the tweet up tonight?

I think the really salient thing in Shirky’s response to the Time piece is that it’s all about saving newspaper *publishers,* but as you point out, the thing we need to be worried about saving is reporting. How do we pay reporters, particularly the long form, investigative ones? Non profit foundations? What’s going to replace traditional publishing?
On February 12, 2009, Cathy Resmer said:

Not coming to the tweet up tonight. I’ve got a library board meeting in Winooski. Long live good old fashioned civic involvement!

Let’s get together soon though.