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jimgiles

  1. All hacks with an idea that needs doing: Knight News Challenge open, $5m up for grabs! Theme is data: bit.ly/LiOkPA about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  2. Yet more on why Facebook's ad-targeting could be a dead end, this time from @dsearls: hvrd.me/MIySAB 11:04 AM May 28th via TweetDeck
  3. "the joy of finding content in unexpcted places". Great piece on the NYT engineer who reverse-engineered @Horse_ebooks: bit.ly/KKxxqL 10:34 AM May 28th via TweetDeck
  4. @msbernst Congrats, and welcome to the Bay Area! 2:43 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
  5. Turning the spotlight on cyberbullies...by ignoring the First Amendement. Silly silly stuff. Wired story: bit.ly/JCsPY2 2:21 PM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  6. Big congrats to @theatavist on securing $1m from Eric Schmidt, Founders Fund and others. Richly deserved! nytimes.com/2012/05/21/bus… 9:20 AM May 21st via web
  7. "We The People" petition on open access, via @iansample & @brembs: Today we mobilize the forces of academic Freedom bit.ly/KM4D7g 6:57 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
  8. How the Professor Who Fooled Wikipedia Got Caught by Reddit - The Atlantic bit.ly/L6pelk 7:57 AM May 16th via Tweet Button
  9. @mufferaw email me if you don't get anywhere on the court records, i know some people who can help 9:26 AM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to mufferaw
  10. Congrats to @markgfh on getting the Geek Manifesto out: amzn.to/J5xCX0. Looking forward to checking it out. 7:38 PM May 14th via TweetDeck
  11. Can a computer come up with catchy brand names? My latest in @newscientist, on AI creativity: bit.ly/Kpbbun 10:47 AM May 10th via TweetDeck
  12. "Weisenthal stands apart by starting earlier, writing more, publishing faster" NYT on Business Insider: nyti.ms/JjbcPG 7:29 AM May 10th via TweetDeck
  13. Team news: we're 100% delighted to have developer-designer @philgyford & editor @RogerDHodge helping out: bit.ly/KM4eAY 10:23 AM May 9th via TweetDeck
  • Name Jim Giles
  • Web http://www.jimgil...
  • Bio I'm a freelance journalist. I write about the messy interface between science, technology and society.
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