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Twitter continues its uninterrupted advances as it moves to take over the world and enslave us all to its demonic will... No, wait. That's Google.

Twitter is the kind, simple, uncomplicated app that's melting the hearts of even the most curmudgeonly of us.

Google is the multi-tentacled monster of the deep. Twitter is a sad-eyed kitten. In the end they'll both steal your soul, but you'll feel better about one. You figure which.

Anyway, on to more Twitter matters...

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Twitter's been around since 2006 and in the public eye since 2007, but recently it's exploded into the consciousness of the general population. I think we can all agree that when a social technology makes it into the heads of Congress, it's no longer "the-latest-thing." But now that Twitter's hit the mainstream, the social network possibilities have multiplied.

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NMC 2008 Conference program | Archived media from NMC 2008 Conference | del.icio.us tags for NMC2008

Another great New Media Consortium summer conference has come and gone. This one was hosted by Princeton University and was attended by more than 500 new media and education technology professionals from around the country. Nearly 90 sessions were offered during the four days and Gina, Marie and I took in as many as we could. An abundance of "link-ful" goodness after the jump...

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Now on the Second Life Main Grid - Tulane Island!

We're still making changes, but Tulane Island is now available for work and play! Grab your avatar and take it for a spin...

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I'm going to channel Navin Johnson for a moment... "The new iPhone's here! The new iPhone's here!"

No, really. The iPhones are here. What? I'm a week late, you say? Maybe. But I finally laid my hands on one of these beauties yesterday and, honestly, it is all it's cracked up to be. Not perfect, to be sure, but the interface – the breakthrough element of this product – is outstanding. You only need to handle an iPhone for a short while before you realize that you're dealing with The Next Big Thing™.

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Now that the dust has settled and the NMC 2007 summer conference is one for the history books, thought I'd do a little link wrap-up.

Many of the presenters submitted their presentations for online posting, and some sessions were even recorded for podcast. The full list of available presentations is on the NMC site: NMC Summer Conference Presentations. Check them out - they've included the poster sessions, too, several of which were facinating!

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As promised, here is Ted Castronova's keynote address from the NMC conference: Edward Castronova: Fantasy Regnant

The "take-away" is this: This century is going to be one dominated by creations of fantasy authors. Ted's not necessarily even speaking about a domination of media or even culture, but rather of our work, our politics and even our daily lives.

It's audio only, but well worth a listen. (I'm looking for his slide presentation online - I'll link it if it turns up).

The final session I attended during the Attended 2007 NMC Conference was presented by a group from the host institution. Edgar Huang and Clifford Marsiglio of the School of Informatics at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and their team have been conducting a methodical survey of available streaming technologies and their capabilities. The extensive results haven't been published yet, but the conclusions they shared are, in some cases, surprising.

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Phillip Long over at MIT has a lot to say about institutions preparing to enter Second Life. The school's initial foray into that virtual world was part of an attempt to get freshmen into the right dorms. At MIT, you don't pick your final residence hall until you've been on campus for three weeks. Makes for a better long term match if you can see the place and get to know the character of the residents before you commit to the place for the entire year.

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Attended Victor Edmonds afternoon presentation on coursecasting and the state of the art. Victor runs the Educational Technology Services (ETS) at Berkeley, a dynamic organization and a real leader, for many years now, in the realm of on-line media production and delivery.

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