WikiProteins and the future of science (1)
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via Bob Calder: An articles that talks about the millions to work on WikiProteins, i.e. “web-based, interactive and semantically supported workspace based on Wiki pages and connected Knowlets” and smartmob science. For more about WikiProteins: WikiProteins enables community annotation in a Wiki-based system. Extracts of major data sources have been fused into an editable environment that links out to the original sources. Data from community edits create automatic copies of the original data. Semantic technology ...
Open Everything (1)
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Via P2P Foundation: To facilitate and inspire the easy spread of information Mark Surman and David Eaves (and others) in Canada created the Open Everything project to map all things open source. After finding out about the project, Michel Bauwens of P2P Foundation join to take his gathered mapping of open everything and contribute it to the Open Everything wiki. With over 400 entries on open source software, open content, open standards and many other ...
Mobile, value creation & social networks (3)
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MoMoment: Momo #7 - Yme Bosma posted by Sam Warnaars, filed under MoMoments more about Yme Bosma In this 35 minute video Yme Bosma gives his personal view on mobile, value creation, and social networking. Yme uses practical examples taken from his work at Hyves, the largest social network in The Netherlands. According to Yme, Hyves functions as a switchboard communication hub for the users of the social network. The emergence of mobile networks and ...
Sign language over cell phones in the U.S. (1)
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Thanks to University of Washington (UW) computer scientists, hearing-impaired users might soon be able to use sign language over a mobile phone, like in Japan or Sweden. The research team received a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to start a 20-person field project next year in Seattle. Of course, deaf people were already able to use text messages for communication. But as said the lead researcher, ‘the point is you want to be ...
Global Action: Hurricane Gustav Unites Social-Media Activists (1)
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Gustav Information Center At around 5:24pm on August 30th, 2008 a storm of social-media activity was launched by Andy Carvin, National Public Radio’s senior product manager for online communities. Using “Ning” Andy was able to lay the foundation for the Gustav Information Center (GIC) social network to help in the coordination and dissemination of information relating to Hurricane Gustav. The GIC community is very diverse and possesses volunteers who have come together in an incredibly ...
Rumble for people and spaces you love (1)
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Blogged here last week that I started ‘bliin-ning my life’ and promised to keep you posted about the experiences. Despite the trouble that a bug on Windows Mobile 6 (build 18120 and later) gives on my device in sending the proper coordinates on GoogleMaps I pretty much endorse the Bliin concept. Twittering about my interest in location based social network services like Bliin prompted Gabriela Avram to send an invite for the beta of Rumble ...
Text messaging bridges the Digital Divide (1)
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Jim Witkin wrote on Triplepundit a very interesting story about social ecology as one of the five pillars of sustainability. Jim refers to work of Walter Stahel — one of the founders of the sustainability movement. [by way of Christian Kreutz Bookmarks on Delicio.us] Many of the initiatives addressing the issues of social ecology rely on bringing modern technologies — like cell phones, computers, and Internet access — to populations in need. These initiatives are ...
Bliin Your LIVE! (1)
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Recently I found Bliin a social networking service using satellite positioning data, mobile phones and the internet. Using Bliin marks my first 2.0 experience with GPS satellite positioning systems and that’s quite a thrill for a nomadic worker. “Bliin enables users to be live all the time, anywhere in the world where there is mobile phone and internet coverage. Friends and family can follow every step you take but you decide who can ’see’ you. ...
Informing the adoring mob (1)
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The harnessing of smart mobbing methodology by the Presidential campaign of Barack Obama was in gear last night when this text message was sent to supporters who signed up with their phone numbers at the Obama website (as quoted in the New York Times this morning): Shortly after 3 a.m., the Obama campaign updated its Web site and sent this text message to supporters: “Barack has chosen Senator Joe Biden to be our VP nominee. ...
Teaching language to robots (2)
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For a project scheduled to end in 2011, Plymouth University researchers will build two robots using software allowing them to interact with each other to exchange learned information like humans. The team will use language-learning techniques designed for children. According to The Engineer, the goal of the project is to teach concepts to robots including the meaning of words. As said the lead researcher, ‘Robots still don’t know the meaning of things. The only techniques ...
Top 10 Mobile Tools for Learning (2)
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Ignatia Webs has listed a Top 10 Mobile Tools for Learning. The tools run a gamut from the Opera mini browser, find.mobi, flickr, youtube and more. Ignatia gives a quick explanation for choosing each tool. The array is robust and practical — and a heads up to the real progress toward mobile learning.
Cyber-nationalism a new world of e-hatred (1)
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Social networks and video-sharing sites don’t always bring people closer together. “NATION shall speak peace unto nation.” Eighty years ago, Britain’s state broadcasters adopted that motto to signal their hope that modern communications would establish new bonds of friendship between people divided by culture, political boundaries and distance. For those who still cling to that ideal, the latest trends on the internet are depressing. Of course, as anyone would expect, governments use their official websites ...
Mobility changes social networks (1)
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DutchCowboy Maarten Lens-FitzGerald announced via Twitter that Google engineer Jyri Engströms Nodal Point key note video of is on the SPRX blog In 40 minutes Jyri Engström builds upon his ideas of social objects and social peripheral vision. He adds the idea of nodal points. Jyri is co-founder of Jaiku, a microblogging service acquired by Google in 2007. Before he was Senior Product Manager at Nokia. He runs the Aula conference. The registration of Jyri’s ...
iLink in the Military (2)
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Sarah Perez published on ReadWriteWeb an interesting post about how SRI’s iLink technology changes the future of Social Media in the Military. iLink, a social network analytics technology from SRI International has recently been integrated into three online communities used by the military: Platoon Leader, Company Command, and the Family Readiness Group. The iLink technology improves the way the military community members share critical information across several different interest areas - from battlefield problem solving ...
Citizens use YouTube to keep gov’t in check (3)
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“Sous-veillance” will see video sharing sites such as YouTube used by citizens to shine a spotlight on things such as deadly hygiene lapses in hospital wards and uncollected rubbish, according to the European Information Society Group (Eurim). The vision of the “public monitoring the state” and shaming them into action using cameraphones is one of several key ways that Eurim says technology can be used to transform government and empower the public. Its report says: ...
Washington Post explores crowdsourcing eatery ingredients (2)
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A Washington Post article this weekend is a case study in crowdsourcing. In planning and preparing to open a new restaurant to be called Elements, its developer Sharon Greenspan is using a new approach made possible by the ingredients of our richly connecting world: . . . the model for Elements is unlike any other Washington restaurant, and, as far as the founders can say, unlike any other restaurant in the world. If it successfully ...
The reductionist knol (4)
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In a post titled The reductionist knol, Dave Snowden of Cognitive Edge writes insightfully about Google’s application of its pattern of success to its attempt to compete with Wikipedia. Snowden looks at the implications of advertising and the “authoritative article about a specific topic” that knol describes as what it collects. His concluding point goes to the critical fact that knol may not be messy enough to work well on the Internet: The other big ...
