Berkman Buzz: April 26, 2013
Current Berkman People and Projects 2013-04-26
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John Palfrey reflects on the launch of the Digital Public Library of America
Today is launch day for the DPLA. Hooray! So many people have worked so very hard in the past two years to get the plan down, the services built, the data in, and the site up and running. It’s just a start. There’s vastly more to be done. And it’s not the launch day we had in mind; the in-person celebration will have to wait until the fall. But the team got to the launch date on time and on budget. I’m so grateful to everyone who has put their shoulder to this wheel together, across institutions, time, and space.
From John Palfrey's blog post, "The Launch of the Digital Public Library of America" About John | @jpalfrey
David Weinberger highlights the dangers of literalism on the Web
When The Associated Press appeared to tweet Tuesday that there were two explosions in the White House, we were right to believe the news, even though it turns out that the AP Twitter account had been hacked. There were no explosions; the tweet was false. But believing the AP is not where we went wrong. Our occasional believing false reports should awaken us to the dangers of literalism.
From David Weinberger's piece for CNN, "Why bogus AP tweet tricked us" About David | @dweinberger
"When Your Twitter Friend Turns Out To Be The Boston Bomber" - analysis of Dzhokhar's network by @gilgul: http://bit.ly/14TPb7S >—danah boyd (@zephoria)