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Muddiest Point 12/06/10

How popular is the Shibboleth AA process and how long does it take for authentication to occur?  A few seconds? Or longer?

Assignment 6 My Website

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Comments for 12/6/10

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Readings for 12/6/10

Epic article- This was an interesting article to read.  I feel that in terms of the public's personal rights versus helping protect the public from terrorist attacks we must have a balance between the two.  Because as is shown by numerous examples on the Epic terrorism awareness website, people abuse the powers they have.  Those voted into positions of power can more easily be bought out by companies willing to invest in the new security technology because these companies fund their campaigns.  But, we must all be mindful that striving towards a balance will protect peoples rights as well as their safety.

No place to hide site- I read the interviews and the one with John Ashcroft was fascinating.  I appreciated his quote about September 11, 2001 that "many Americans had thought we were insulated by the great oceans."  Many people felt this as true and did not believe that anyone could organize and plan out such a terrible crime.  And that's why right after it, there was so much fear and a push to keep the public "safe" and expand the rights of other organizations.

Youtube- could not access it

Readings 11/29/10

 For the weblogs article it really interesting to consider the fact that major search engines have started to include blogs in their searches.  That from when blogs first started to now they have grown in such immense popularity.   And that they are starting to take the place of a lot of news organizations as being a primary means for obtaining information.  Its the same as with the concept of Wikipedia, the power of the individual to spread information over the power of the traditional large organizations is really growing.  

The wiki article states that for wiki's "collaboration streamlines workflow and allows quick updates of outdated information."  I think this is definitely true.  I went to visit Chatham Universities library and spoke to one of their librarians.  And she told me that they have a wiki for the staff because, they have certain librarians who just work the night shifts from 5-12 and they work either just on Friday,Tuesday, or Weekends so there is no way for them to communicate and sometimes it is difficult for the day and evening staff to communicate, therefore they started a wiki.  This way they can synthesize, disseminate, and update large volumes of information without sending out multiple emails.

Social tagging in Libraries-  It was interesting to read about this being introduced into libraries and I think they would really be useful for students and professors to learn and collaborate with.  I especially liked how the author described the internet as "frustratingly uncatalogable."  Which is a fascinating way to look it.  Mostly, because this is true when you think about the deep web, but also even the surface web can be difficult to navigate.

The Jimmy Wales video was really great!  I feel that I've learned a lot about the organization and what makes it so great.  It's fascinating that they technically have one employee and they don't have advertisements to fund them.  That Wikipedia is "a social concept of cooperation" and where individuals try to report on the views of "reputable" parties.  I have a lot of respect for Jimmy Wales and his ingenuity.

Muddiest Point for 11/29

I have no muddiest point for this week.