But of more interest to me was the fact that this ad-hoc crowdsourcing was driven primarily by human empathy for an anthropomorphized object.
Contents contributed and discussions participated by Katie Hines
Akron/Family -- Internet Song on Vimeo - 0 views
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Things you can't do on the internet.
YouTube - Macy's Thanksgiving parade RickRoll - 0 views
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I can't believe I hadn't heard about this.
RELEVANT Magazine - The Cloning Question - 0 views
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Check out the questions in the 5th paragraph.
Noteboek | quietube - 0 views
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awesome animation!
thesixtyone - a music adventure - 0 views
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click the "creative commons" tab on the left for some great stuff!
eKarjala » I thought paper would protect you - 0 views
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A short observation of how things get popular on the internet.
Tweenbots in NYC - 0 views
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A fascinating experiment on the kindness and compassion of strangers... towards a tiny robot.
RELEVANT Magazine - Twitter: What's It Doing to Us? - 0 views
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Researchers at the National Academy of Sciences have found that the lightning pace of media brought on by Facebook feeds and Twitter has made the average person increasingly indifferent to human suffering.
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When used in a self-centered fashion, it's one more piece of technology increasing the individualistic streak we see so much in Western culture and making us islands unto ourselves.
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It's not a clear-cut question. Used properly, Twitter can be an amazing tool for shrinking our globe, quickening international response and building relationships.
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Great article from Relevant Magazine online. Enjoy!
Trinity Church - A Twittered Passion Play - 0 views
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A NYC church played out the Passion of Christ on Good Friday. Twitter can do anything.
Twitpic - Share photos on Twitter - 0 views
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The back of one of the postcards from Easter Sunday 2009. The conversation below has some *great* insight on the "hero" subject of our discussion.
On the back of a business card - 0 views
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This is kind of our main point, right?
Omegle - 0 views
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A chat service that connects you to a random stranger, and discloses no identity other than "you" and "stranger".
Help! My iPod thinks I'm emo - Part 1 « Music Machinery - 0 views
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A great blog about changes in the music industry. It focuses on recommendation softwares and why they DON'T work. This is really relevant to the media perceptions and exploitation part of the project.
Stand By Me - 0 views
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Syncretism in song. This is so beautiful.
Mortified Makes Teenage Pain Fun - 0 views
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A great article about the origin and purpose of Mortified, with some great insights.
YouTube - Extreme Sheep LED Art - 0 views
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Great clash between "old" and "new".
YouTube - Everything is amazing, nobody is happy... - 0 views
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Great commentary on how things have changed over the past 30 years. And it's funny.
Intimate Strangers - 0 views
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A Time magazine article from 1995 proves to be surprisingly relevant to our current look at online community. For the emergence of online communities, this might be particularly interesting.
Katie Hines