Changes

This blog is still on my mind. Just thought of sharing.
The topic of this page/list is Urbanism, but I see it applied to Web 2.0 and technology in general. I found it very insightful and useful to think about new tech in terms of these points. In brackets I listed some examples I immediately thought of:

1. From latent to explicit;
2. From browse to search; (library, catalogs, indexes)
3. From held to shared; (music, files, books, ideas)
4. From expiring to persistent;
5. From deferred to real-time; (Live feeds, Twitter)
6. From passive to interactive;
7. From component to resource;
8. From constant to variable;
9. From wayfinding to wayshowing; (GPS)
10. From object to service;
11. From vehicle to mobility;
12. From community to social network; (Live journal to Facebook, Twitter, etc)
13. From ownership to use; (What is the point/worth of having/creating something if it is of no use?)
14. From consumer to constituent. (To be of worth)

Source: http://speedbird.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/the-elements-of-networked-urbanism/

Twitter

Twitter as a valued marketing tool >> Reuters

On the other hand, the absurdity of Twitter:

"This Journalist is Brought to You By... "

This Journalist is Brought to You By... via CNN
- supporting journalism by having product placement? This is against all journalism codes, but I thought this would be a fun way of demonstrating how that can be put into motion.

(This link has more to do with Communication Studies in general rather than this course.)

Nielson on social networking sites

http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/nielsen_globalfaces_mar09.pdf

I haven't gotten to reading through it yet, but still want to share first.

Link: Next big investment - Web 2.0

Every time a forest burns down, new plants grow again! In the same sense: 10 Reasons Why This Is A Great Time To Invest In Innovation. Just a few points in the page, so I am looking forward to finding the followup article.

Reboot!

First PC class post strike, and we talked about the portfolios. Blogging has always been a second nature to me, so I will pick this up first. Today I copied some of the posts I had on another blog into here, to start myself off.

I added a widget on the side to keep track of which projects I have done, and linked them to posts that talk about it. So, all the items other than Bibliography will link to this post first. It seems a bit redundant seeing as the Topics/Labels widget would perform the same function. I just thought I could keep track easier when I write up my portfolio. 

Get out.

Replace Livejournal with Facebook album.

LINK: There is such a thing as too much choice

The extinction of mass culture
The advent of 300 channels and the Internet has fragmented audiences - and the explosion of choice has left us poorer


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