October 11, 2008 · 1 Comment
In Light of our recent discussions in class, this seemed like a good topic to bring up. What happens when an individual is overloaded with too much information? This topic has been relevant since the industrial revolution, and has been analyzed by Wolfgang Schivelbusch (first read him for johnathan miller class, not much info online, but here and here )began to develop his ideas of an overstimulated urban population and what effect this had on the society as a whole. This article details some issues with the influx of 2.0 programs
NYT
information overload research group (which is sponsered by google and other information corporations.)
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Tagged: information, shivelbusch, web 2.0
A growing movement of scientists are beginning to practice a sort of open-source approach to their research and experiments. Using the ideas behind the web 2.0 movement (blogs,tags,social networks etc..), scientists are able to collaborate, inspire, communicate and develop ideas in a more efficient and productive manner. Issues arise however because of the competitive nature of certain scientific fields, and the worry that ideas could be stolen or otherwise misused. To me though, this seems like a great idea. Safegaurds can be taken to assure skeptical scientists, and the potential for exponential growth in scientific knowledge, at least for me, outweighs the risks.
Main article here (re-posted from Scientific American)
and some examples of this in action here
http://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page
www.usefulchem.wikispaces.com
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Tagged: patent law, research, science, web 2.0
Please read and post relative to Tim O’reilly’s statement on what defines the Web2.0 paradigm shift. I am especially interested in reviews of succesful web2.0 sites, apps, services. Consider the notion of the mashup, its prominence as a creative action across mediums, and the ramifications of building models and intellectual property built around it. Are there web2.0 architecture services or what might be one that could be useful.
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Tagged: mashup, suggested topics, web 2.0
