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My name is Kyle Wright. I am currently a Masters student at Georgia State University in instructional technology and design. I have recently been accepted to the Ph.D. program at Arizona State University in educational technology. My interests include, but are not limited to, multimedia in education, new technologies, and web 2.0.

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June 4, 2009

Altruism’s Bloody Roots | Wired Science

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"By favoring acts of battlefield selflessness, Stone Age warfare might have accelerated the development of altruism. A computer model of cultural evolution and between-group competition primed with data taken from studies of mankind’s hyperviolent early years suggests a bloody origin for a celebrated modern behavior. “Altruism will be strongly favored if it leads groups to win wars,” said Sam Bowles, a Santa Fe Institute economist and institutional theorist, and author of the study, published Thursday in Science. “That would counteract the way that selfish individuals usually dominate the altruistic ones in their groups.”"

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June 4, 2009

Obama's Speech In Egypt: The Word Cloud

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June 4, 2009

60 Examples of Beautiful Night Shots | Inspiration

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"When the sun goes down and sky gradually turns dark doesn’t mean you’ll have to keep your camera in the bag. In fact, it is during the night where some of the most beautiful photos are snapped. No doubt shooting under low light is challenging, but by getting familiar with the shutter speed, exposures, lightning and taking advantages of surrounding objects often help compensate the light and create amazing output."

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June 4, 2009

Best Color Tools For Web Designers | Tools

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"Determining the core color for a web project could be easy but finding the right alternatives to match the core can sometimes be difficult. That’s where the color tools play its roles. Color tools help you determine matching color or even suggest sets of matching color palette when you are totally clueless. Amongst are some of the best color tools web service on the internet any web designers should bookmark, or at least know. Full list after jump."

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June 4, 2009

50 Beautiful Hand-Drawn Web Design | Inspiration

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"Most web designs starts off with a pen and paper before its taken over by Photoshop. However, we’ve noticed a new trend (probably not too new) where designers are bringing back sketches as a form of design. Without a doubt, hand-drawn art is one of the popular styles adopted into web designs. Nothing is better than using these sketchy designs to convey and reflect individual styles."

I cant' believe these are hand drawn. They are beautiful.

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June 3, 2009

Gretchen Rubin: 13 Tips For Actually Getting Some Writing Done

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"One of the challenges of writing is...writing. Here are some tips that I've found most useful for myself, for actually getting words onto the page:"

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June 3, 2009

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey: We'd consider selling

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Twitter is a fast growing internet start up that could revolutionize the way people collaborate. However, it is still in its infancy

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June 3, 2009

50 Great Examples of Data Visualization | Webdesigner Depot

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"Wrapping your brain around data online can be challenging, especially when dealing with huge volumes of information. And trying to find related content can also be difficult, depending on what data you’re looking for. But data visualizations can make all of that much easier, allowing you to see the concepts that you’re learning about in a more interesting, and often more useful manner. Below are 50 of the best data visualizations and tools for creating your own visualizations out there, covering everything from Digg activity to network connectivity to what’s currently happening on Twitter."

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June 3, 2009

Clive Thompson on the Future of Reading in a Digital World

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"When McKenzie Wark wrote Gamer Theory—an analysis of why people enjoy playing videogames—Harvard University Press published it as a conventional hardcover. But Wark also put it online using CommentPress. The free blog theme blew the book open into a series of conversations; every paragraph could spawn its own discussion forum for readers."

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June 2, 2009