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Comment on the blog of Louis Gray "Does Anybody Care About Non-Blog Commenting Anymore?"

My comment: Great observation, since I've started using socialmedian and similar sites. Owning the content and comments is a big issue for any writer or publisher. Reply from Louis Gray Louis Gray 11 months ago in reply to Jim Caruso 1 person liked this. Owning the content and comments is a big issue for many authors, but not every author. What you're seeing is a metamorphosis between the old way of having siloed content and the new way of knowing the data can flow anywhere. The tricky part is knowing where it's going and determining whether to participate
NASA Blue Marble plus the Moon
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OpenSocial Rapidly Interconnecting Collaborative Social Networks

What's amazing about OpenSocial is how it accelerates the pace of interconnection, previously rampant mostly within single, rapidly growing social networking communities. OpenSocial ties these fast growing communities together for a quantum leap in value and connection (to people, groups, organizations, philanthropic causes, etc.) Blogging, tagging, media (video and picture) sharing, and online personal or professional communities have become interconnected. Browser technology, such as from Flock, add to the usefulness of these ever-more useful tools.
NASA Blue Marble plus the Moon
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USC/Annenberg Study Confirms Value of Layout to Memory and Reading Speed of Articles

"Eyetracking points the way to effective news article design" is a story in the Online Journalism Review of the Annenberg Center for Communications at USC. Featured finding #1: Rewrite + reformat = remember Writing (or rewriting) a story to meet an ideal format (may require reformatting) improved the reader's reading speed and retention of the information. Featured finding #2: Precise and relevant editing = successful design