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Brandon McCloskey

Converging on Microsoft: Cloud Storage Divided By National Boundaries | Network World - 0 views

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digiciv cloud computing

shared by Brandon McCloskey on 27 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Brandon McCloskey on 27 Oct 10
     
    Interesting problem with cloud computing. Could it affect trade relationships?
Andrew DeWitt

History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Dreamers, Murray Leinster - 2 views

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history of computers digiciv internet

shared by Andrew DeWitt on 04 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Leinster made one of the first descriptions of a personal computer (called a "logic") in science fiction
  • Leinster envisioned logics in every home, linked through a distributed system of servers (called "tanks"), to provide communications, entertainment, data access, and even commerce
  • Information runs rampant as every logic worldwide crunches away at problems too vast in scope for human minds to have attempted. Societal chaos quickly ensues, the situation became critical.
  • Andrew DeWitt on 04 Nov 10
     
    Sweet story!
Brandon McCloskey

Crowdsourcing: Turning customers into creative directors - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...business-11437839

crowdsourcing digiciv economy

shared by Brandon McCloskey on 08 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • "What we think is good for the consumer doesn't matter - it's what the consumer thinks is good that matters."
  • When you link the consumer to the manufacturer there are huge areas of opportunity
  • It's the internet, of course, that makes crowdsourcing possible - on a global scale.
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  • But there are pitfalls. "The biggest caveat is the issue of curation. It's great you opening the gates up to everybody - but all of a sudden you're going to get a lot more stuff."
  • "We later learned that it was this revolutionary business model. I think the reason it's so pure like that is the reason it's worked so well as a crowdsourcing company."
  • "I think that the way companies are seeing crowdsourcing is a lot different from the way we see it. They are looking at it as this new business model, as a way to outsource your work to an anonymous crowd of people. We're more about giving people something productive to do with their passions."
  • it's not so much the software that makes the company, it's the community
  • "It's an affordable way to be ahead. You're able to see what your customers are thinking and what they're dreaming of, and you're able to measure that against what you're doing."
  • His concern is that by "mining" the crowd in this way, the wealth that results from the work done remains concentrated in the hands of the people who put out the call - ultimately endangering jobs and the economy. Mr Lanier also believes that crowdsourcing threatens creativity.
  • Brandon McCloskey on 08 Nov 10
     
    Examples of successful crowdsourcing
Erin Hamson

Cathedral and the Bazaar - 0 views

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FinalProject Cat_Baz written

shared by Erin Hamson on 08 Nov 10 - Cached
  • Erin Hamson on 08 Nov 10
     
    Web 3 of this name. Appears to be same/similar to Raymond's online version. 
Andrew DeWitt

Modernism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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modernism digiciv wikipedia culture philosophy

shared by Andrew DeWitt on 05 Nov 10 - Cached
  • From the 1870s onward, the ideas that history and civilization were inherently progressive and that progress was always good came under increasing attack.
  • Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection undermined the religious certainty
  • Karl Marx argued there were fundamental contradictions within the capitalist system
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  • The miseries of industrial urbanism and the possibilities created by scientific examination of subjects brought changes that would shake a European civilization which had, until then, regarded itself as having a continuous and progressive line of development from the Renaissance. With the telegraph's harnessing of a new power, offering instant communication at a distance, the experience of time itself was altered.
Chase McCloskey

Honda: The Power of Dreams - 0 views

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media honda dreams

shared by Chase McCloskey on 04 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Chase McCloskey on 04 Nov 10
     
    Honda is producing a series of thought-provoking short documentaries on "various topics of interest to our global community". It's a refreshing alternative to regular advertising, in fact, I haven't seen a single ad in there telling you to buy their products.
Jeffrey Whitlock

Microblogging has become too important for Twitter to rule the field. - By Farhad Manjo... - 1 views

www.slate.com/2225283

shared by Jeffrey Whitlock on 30 Nov 10 - Cached
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      Jeffrey Whitlock on 30 Nov 10
       
      This article briefly touches on many aspects of the Network Effect and the lock-in that can occur because of it. It is interesting that the communities that make some Web 2.0 services so successful are also the cause of their problems.
Madeline Rupard

Widget Box - Widget Maker - 0 views

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digiciv open internet communication blog web 2.0 awesome

shared by Madeline Rupard on 01 Dec 10 - Cached
  • Madeline Rupard on 01 Dec 10
     
    So, I just used this for my blog: http://tamesequels.blogspot.com, and will shortly be posting a digital literacy lab for this. Basically, if you want to put a blog feed as a widget on another blog, you can customize one for free on this website. It's really easy and it gives you a code at the end of the customization to post. Check out my blog to see one. It's the "My Photography" section, and you'll see how it posts everything from that blog really nicely. A great tool for making your website alive.
Bri Zabriskie

Technology Live: Latest Tech News and Gadgets - USATODAY.com - 0 views

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shared by Bri Zabriskie on 12 May 11 - No Cached
  • Bri Zabriskie on 12 May 11
     
    Remember the lawsuit against google when Buzz came out? I am pretty sure that's what this is about. Interesting that they think someone facebook is behind it. 
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