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Elise Beall

SXSW 2011: The internet is over | Technology | The Guardian - 1 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...sxsw-2011-internet-online

digital sxsw technology gamification social future

shared by Elise Beall on 16 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • We've been hearing about this moment in digital history since at least 1988, when the Xerox technologist Mark Weiser coined the term "ubiquitous computing", referring to the point at which devices and systems would become so numerous and pervasive that "technology recedes into the background of our lives".
  • sensor-driven collective intelligence
  • When the GPS system in your phone or iPad can relay your location to any site or device you like, when Facebook uses facial recognition on photographs posted there, when your financial transactions are tracked, and when the location of your car can influence a constantly changing, sensor-driven congestion-charging scheme, all in real time, something has qualitatively changed
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  • You're still creating the web, but without the conscious need to do so.
    • Elise Beall
      Elise Beall on 16 Mar 11
       
      I have great optimism for actually being alive to see all of this happen.  My fear is that it falls into the wrong hands.  Or we begin to rely on it so heavily, that when the system hiccups, the world crumbles.  Recently, in my "Computational World" class, we talked about how the fear is all relative.  My teacher (late 40s maybe?), said he wanted nothing to do with facebook, and has a hard time understanding why people feel the need to share in that way.  He also despises his cell phone, and only carries one because his family insists.  My generation has embraced all of these technologies, and I am positive that my son will grow up with few reservations about this incredible growth in tech.
  • credit card companies can predict with 98% accuracy, two years in advance, when a couple is going to divorce, based on spending patterns alone
  • Videogame designers, the logic goes, have become the modern world's leading experts on how to keep users excited, engaged and committed
  • So why not apply that expertise to all those areas of life where we could use more engagement, commitment and fun: in education, say, or in civic life, or in hospitals?
  • Seth Priebatsch
  • SCVNGR
  • His take on the education system, for example, is that it is a badly designed game: students compete for good grades, but lose motivation when they fail
  • why not start all pupils with zero points and have them strive for the high score
  • Clay Shirky
  • The end state of connectivity," he argues, "is that it provides citizens with increased power."
  • AskNature
  • Nissan, right now, is developing swarming cars based on the movements of schooling fish
  • the internet is distracting if it stops you from doing what you really want to be doing; if it doesn't, it isn't
  • we were not meant to operate as computers do
  • A related danger of the merging of online and offline life, says business thinker Tony Schwartz, is that we come to treat ourselves, in subtle ways, like computers. We drive ourselves to cope with ever-increasing workloads by working longer hours, sucking down coffee and spurning recuperation. But "
anonymous

WRTG 2090: Writing for Digital Media » DAY 15: Tuesday 3/1 - 0 views

www.digitalstudents.net/...day15

shared by anonymous on 27 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • If you’re serious about wanting to improve your writing skills, you may meet with me as often as you’d like, and after we’ve met a few times, I may also post some notes on the drafts we discuss. To sign up for a meeting, use the sign-up sheet in Google Docs.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Feb 11
       
      Just call this to your attention, if you happen to be using the Diigo toolbar!
  • check the sign-up sheet to see which drafts still need reviewers and sign up ASAP.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Feb 11
       
      If you're not sure whose draft to review, please email me!
joeyschusler

The writing of a viral video - 1 views

techcrunch.com/...egies-behind-many-viral-videos

shared by joeyschusler on 24 Feb 11 - Cached
  • joeyschusler on 24 Feb 11
     
    I thought this was an interesting link to analyze when considering making a viral video. we are exposed to so many that this is important information
Ember Patterson

Digital Literacy Activities - 0 views

www.youtube.com/...PolitiFact

shared by Ember Patterson on 23 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Ember Patterson on 23 Feb 11
     
    This video was shown to me and I think it is very important to take a look at it in an age when we are getting our news from all over.
Taylor Meyers

5 new links - 3 views

http://www.dumblittleman.com/: I found this site very useful for getting yourself organized and each week they have new tips. http://lifehacker.com/#!5780575/limit-visits-to-time+wasting-web-site...

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