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I Love Babylon

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Plaque with face of the demon Humbaba | Babylonian | Old Babylonian | The Metropolitan Museum of Art I love Babylon. This image, together with 400,000 more is available as a free resource for non-commercial use. Here.

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Pitching Control

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Antonio Vantaggiato

This ad on Campus Technology worries me. It’s from a company who I believe was on the road to extintion: Real Networks. Remember RealPlayer? They developed a product, named Helix. Their pitch goes like this: Stream lectures. Archive athletic events. … Continue reading →

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Martha Burtis on Yahoo! Pipes

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Last Thursday, March 31st, my students from #nmd2011 and #mcw2011 and I had the pleasure of a beautiful and gracious online class by Martha Burtis from UMW. The class was on Yahoo! Pipes, since I wanted my students to have … Continue reading →

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#letsbuydelicious #2 & #ds106 #webstories

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Antonio Vantaggiato

What better occasion to talk about Delicious’ demise and Yahoo’s foul sale than ds106’s latest assignment. In my last post I told myself (and a few have agreed through Twitter) that there is no reason why some crowd of people … Continue reading →

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#letsbuydelicious .com

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Yahoo is selling delicious.com for $1-2 Million. I can’t really believe Yahoo let the value of delicious go down so much it is now around that of one single house. However, I think this is also a tremendous opportunity. Why … Continue reading →

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