Links for 26 August 2008 through 30 August 2008

30 August 2008 in Daily Links by del.icio.us | 2 comments

Stilgherrian’s links for 26 August 2008 through 30 August 2008, collected using a fine-meshed net and a spoon:

Interpreting Privacy Principles | Cyberspace Law & Policy Centre: The Cyberspace Law & Policy Centre is holding a 1-day Symposium o 2 October to discuss the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Report on Privacy (August 2008), and to take stock of the NSW Law Reform Commission’s Consultation Paper 3: Privacy Legislation in New South Wales (July 2008). The Symposium is part of the Interpreting Privacy Principles Project, an Australian Research Council Discovery Project.
Electing a US President in Plain English | YouTube: A quick explanation of the US Presidential voting system from the wonderful people at Common Craft.
The Grand Twitter Experiment | Widgify: One guy’s experiment to increase his Twitter followers so his “channel” is one of “greater influence”. He seems to miss the two far more important aspects of Twitter: how he’s contributed to the conversation to improve his reputation, and what connections he’s made.
My current backup strategy | eirikso.com: A nice explanation of how one media producer stores his backups, with other suggestions in the comments.
50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business | chrisbrogan.com: What it says. The thread through all of it is “be human”.
The Anatomy of a Successful Music Broadcast Event | The Ustream.TV Blog: Nice set of tips on doing live music stuff on this Internet thing.
Explanation before information | Made to Stick: A nice little article explaining why explanations need to come before the low-level facts, not the other way around.
Twitter demystified and debunked | The Fluent Self: Havi Brooks has written a fine, playful piece about Twitter.
Oedipus (with vegetables) | YouTube: The story of Oedipus in 8 minutes performed by vegetables in the tradition of Ben-Hur. Featuring a Potato, a Tomato, Broccoli, Garlic, and Billy Dee Williams as the Bartender. Official Selection 60+ film festivals including Sundance

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Havi Brooks (and duck) on 30 August 2008 at 12:11 pm

Thanks for the sweet commentary on my Twitter piece. Also, must say it’s flattering to be included in a list with Chris Brogan AND performing vegetables. This totally made my week.

Also: I read your About page and it is a truly awesome About page that should be in a manual of how not to bore people to death on an About page. I actually laughed. Out loud. Love it love it love it.

Am subscribing and looking forward to the goodness.

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Stilgherrian on 31 August 2008 at 12:52 pm

@Havi Brooks (and duck): Hey my pleasure! I reckon the vegetables are the true winners here.

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