links for 2007-09-20

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  Making a New World — Doc Searls’ Open Sources II chapter
  There ‘s a reason that Doc is a Berkman Fellow, and this might be the proof
  (tags: doc searls, the because effect, pointer:jp+rangaswami)


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  Silicon Alley Insider: HuffingtonPost Hires “Citizen Journalism” Editor
  Marc Cooper joins HuffingtonPost to head citizen journalism project
  (tags: artisan+journalism huffingtonpost marc+cooper)


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  Purdue to test the limits of text messaging
  When we need to send an emergency message, time is the most critical factor. We have seen reports of messaging rates as low as 200 to 300 per minute in some environments, while we have some vendors making unbelievable claims of thousands per second,” Ks
  (tags: texting emergency+2.0 disaster+2.0)


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  textually.org: Directions Are a Cellphone Call Away
  “Dial DIR-ECT-IONS works as it sounds: You dial the word “directions” into a cellphone (347-328-4667 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              347-328-4667      end_of_the_skype_highlighting) and speak the address, name of business chain or event to which you need directions. Step-by-step directions are instantly sent to your phone via SMS.”
  (tags: texting)