Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Facebook and the Tunisian Revolution, Why 3-D Will Never Win

Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.

Read:

The Inside Story of How Facebook Responded to Tunisian Hacks
But if Facebook really is becoming the public sphere - and wants to remain central to people's real sociopolitically embedded lives - maybe they're going to have to think beyond the situational technical fix. Facebook needs to own its position as a part of The Way the World Works and provide protections for political speech and actors.
Why 3D doesn't work and never will. Case closed.
So 3D films require us to focus at one distance and converge at another. And 600 million years of evolution has never presented this problem before. All living things with eyes have always focussed and converged at the same point.
Pope warns of alienation risk in social networks
Entering cyberspace can be a sign of an authentic search for personal encounters with others, provided that attention is paid to avoiding dangers such as enclosing oneself in a sort of parallel existence, or excessive exposure to the virtual world.

Watch:

Know:

  • Engadget reports that Barnes & Noble is discontinuing its Nook 3G e-reader. [From: Engadget]
  • The classic 3-D shooter Wolfenstein gets the full on 1-D treatment. [From: Wonder-Tonic]
  • The 'Never said about restaurant websites' tumblr blog sums up our endless frustrations with those terrible, Flash-powered monstrosities that make it impossible to find a simple menu or address. [From: Never said about restaurant websites]

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