links for 2009-05-27

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  • anonymous, uncensored twitter updates for everyone
  • From the Motorola DynaTAC, that power symbol that Michael Douglas wielded so forcefully in the movie “Wall Street”, to the iPhone 3G, which can take a picture, play a video, or run one of the thousands applications available from the Apple Store.
    (tags: history design)
  • Als Beispiel für die Arbeit der Akademie hier der Reader zu dem Workshop “Auskunftsrechte kennen und nutzen – so kommt man an Aktenschätze” (PDF). Aus dem Inhalt: Presseauskunfsrecht, Informationsfreiheitsgesetz, Umweltinformationsgesetz, Computer Assisted Reporting, Grundbuchauskunft, Protokolle der Jahresversammlungen von Vereinen, Europaweite Ausschreibungen, Geschäftsberichte von
    Unternehmen.
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