Juan Cole (talking about blogs) offers a concise discussion of distributed vs centralized systems and introduces the term choke point hegemonies–a term that will probably find its way to Wikipedia before the week is out. As it turns out, his discussion is also useful when analyzing organizational structures, especially when trying to learn why information flow within the organization is blocked at certain points. Recommended.
Several links added today, including Microsoft Academic Search. According to Microsoft, the site will allow one to search through peer-reviewed science journals for the following subjects: “computer-related, physics, electrical engineering and related subject areas.” I tried it and found an article about the energy consumption of the Apple Macintosh.
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95. If it's not physics, it's magic.
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