“The internet is providing access to vast amounts of data about human behavior that Barry Shneiderman argues provide the opportunity to study our interactions with the rigor seen in the natural sciences. He points to the success of design testing by prominent websites like Facebook and sees a future where scientist-designers move quickly from basic … Continue reading “Time For Science 2.0”
More people use Wikipedia than Amazon or eBay–in fact it’s up there in the top-ten Alexa rankings with those moneyed funhouses MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube. Why? Because it has 2.2 million articles, and because it’s very often the first hit in a Google search, and because it just feels good to find something there–even, or … Continue reading “The Wonder Of Wikipedia”
“Over 800 books have been divided into bite-size pieces to be emailed to you every day. The books are complete editions and each instalment takes just a few minutes to read – as much time as it takes to update your Facebook profile.”
“The strike by the Writers Guild of America, you’ll recall, was supposed to be a disaster for TV ratings. Once they realized their favorite shows were no longer airing original episodes, angry and bereft viewers would go berserk, smash their TVs and spend all their newfound free time on Facebook.com.” But the strike’s “effect on … Continue reading “Writers’ Strike Not Killing TV Ratings”
The company’s got a site of Facebook and offers podcasts. “This week, the ROH will announce that after 18 months of negotiations, it has struck a deal with the Musician’s Union that allows it to record 14 productions a year for commercial exploitation, 12 of which can be shown in cinemas.”
“The Cult of the Amateur is a broadside attack on Web 2.0, a term we may hastily define here as that growing sector of the internet which serves mainly as a platform for user-generated content, including sites such as MySpace, Facebook, Typepad, Blogger and YouTube. The main thrust of his argument is that all this … Continue reading “Amateurs Are Ruining The Web!”
“In the past 12 months, ‘social networking’ has gone from being the next big thing to the thing itself. Last month, MySpace, the site that famously propelled the Arctic Monkeys to pop stardom, overtook the BBC website in terms of visitor numbers. Along with competing sites Bebo and Facebook, MySpace has formed one of the … Continue reading “Social Networking Beats Big Media Sites”
