Online notebook for Cory Allen Heidelberger, DSU doctoral student.
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- Microsoft Research opens New York City lab Thursday, May 3, 2012I am giddy with pleasure to share Jennifer Chayes’ announcement that Microsoft Research is opening a new lab in New York City that will be filled with computational social science types. The New England lab that I call home combines qualitative social science, empirical economics, machine learning, and mathematics. We’ve long noted the need for [ […]
- Reflections on Fear in a Networked Society Monday, March 26, 2012I’ve been trying to work through some ideas on how fear operates in a networked society. At Webstock in New Zealand, I gave a talk called “Culture of Fear + Attention Economy = ?!?!” Building on this, I gave a talk at SXSW called “The Power of Fear in Networked Publics.” While my thinking in [...]
- Reflecting on Dharun Ravi’s conviction Monday, March 19, 2012On Friday, Dharun Ravi – the Rutgers student whose roommate Tyler Clementi killed himself – was found guilty of privacy invasion, tampering with evidence, and bias intimidation (a hate crime). When John Palfrey and I wrote about this case three weeks ago, I was really hopeful that the court proceedings would give clarity and relieve [...]
- The Power of Youth: How Invisible Children Orchestrated Kony 2012 Wednesday, March 14, 2012To many people unfamiliar with Invisible Children, the Kony 2012 campaign looked like a brilliant example of “viral” media spread. The center of the campaign is a compelling 30-minute film where a father talks to his son about the evil practices of the Ugandan war lord Joseph Kony. The father makes it clear that his [...]
- Microsoft Research opens New York City lab Thursday, May 3, 2012
- Snurblog
- New Work on the Australian Twittersphere, and on Produsage Thursday, May 31, 2012Produsers and ProdusageProdusage in BusinessSocial MediaSocial Media Network MappingNew Media and Public Communication (ARC Discovery)TwitterConferencesPhew – it’s been a busy month since my last update. Here’s a run-down of the latest news. First, the emerging maps of the Australian Twittersphere which I presented at the Digital Humanities Australasia confe […]
- New Presentations and Publications on Twitter and Blog Research Friday, April 27, 2012Produsage CommunitiesBlogs and BloggingSocial MediaSocial Media in Times of Crisis (ARC Linkage)Social Media Network MappingCrisis CommunicationTwitterPublicationsChallenge Social Innovation 2011Time for another quick news roundup. Following on from the ANZDMC 2012 conference in Brisbane, where Jean Burgess and I presented our research into the use of Twitte […]
- Social Media in Disasters (and a Call for PhD Students) Tuesday, April 17, 2012Social MediaSocial Media in Times of Crisis (ARC Linkage)Crisis CommunicationTwitterANZDMC 2012Brisbane. I’m still blogging somewhat selectively from the Australia New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management conference, given that some of the presentations here really are well outside my own research area. I’m here, though, because I’m presenting a paper w […]
- Towards Integrated Information Management during Crises Tuesday, April 17, 2012Social Media in Times of Crisis (ARC Linkage)Crisis CommunicationANZDMC 2012Brisbane. The next speaker at ANZDMC 2012 is Chris Fisher from the Queensland Department of Community Safety, who presents DCS’s ‘All Hazards’ approach to integrated information management. This is especially important in the context of disasters, in order to accelerate the provision […]
- New Work on the Australian Twittersphere, and on Produsage Thursday, May 31, 2012
- Headstar E-Gov
- US Libraries Forge Innovative Digital Spaces Monday, March 26, 2012Digital 3-D “fabrication” printing studios; media spaces for teenagers; and tablet computer rental machines are just some examples of how public libraries in the US are creating new digital services, a leading library consultant told delegates at a meeting of the Online Computer Library Centre’s European council meeting for 2012. OCLC trustee Kathleen Imhoff […]
- E-Government Must Focus On The Citizen, UN Says Monday, March 26, 2012Governments around the world need to “rethink” e-government strategies, linking up departments and services to allow for greater emphasis on sustainable development, according to the United Nations E-Government Survey 2012. “E-government is at the core of building a strategic sustainable development framework”, says the bi-annual survey – conducted by the Un […]
- Make Room For Mobile, Report Tells Council Websites Monday, March 26, 2012Only 12% of council websites are easy to access and navigate from a typical mobile device, despite rapid increases in mobile web use, according to the latest “Better Connected” review of all UK council websites. Overall, however, standards of usability from mobile devices have improved over the past year. A total of 433 local authority sites [...]
- Special Report: BeNeighbors.org – The Power of the Networked Neighbourhood Monday, March 26, 2012Whether it’s advising a concerned mother on how to slow down local traffic or boosting takeaway pizza sales to kick-start a restaurant business, a new network of community forums is proving the real-life benefits that networked neighbourhoods can have for local communities and their residents. Developed by Steven Clift, founder of the non-profit community ne […]
- US Libraries Forge Innovative Digital Spaces Monday, March 26, 2012
- IT Conversations
- Howard Rheingold - How to Thrive Online Thursday, May 31, 2012Dr. Moira Gunn talks with author Howard Rheingold about how to prosper in the post-internet world and his new book, NetSmart: How to Thrive Online.
- Ian Flint - World IPv6 Day: What We Learned Tuesday, May 29, 2012Last year the internet ran out of 32-bit IP addresses. Sharing IP addresses, as in the standard IPv4, has its problems, but who would volunteer to be the first to switch to the 128-bit standard, IPv6? Thus, June 8, 2011 became World IPv6 Day, in which thousands of big sites switched to IPv6, with a dual stack fall-back to IPv4. In this talk, Ian Flint, Archi […]
- Dion Almaer, Ben Galbraith - Apps vs. Web Monday, May 28, 2012An 'app-in-store' model is a dramatic shift from the bulky but comfortable advantages of a big corporate website, where large, constant refreshing or redeployment of the site's entire content happens up to 30 times everyday. Dion Almaer, Ben Galbraith expound on how Android technology is influencing big retail, including Wal-mart.
- Dan Roam - When Words Don't Work Thursday, May 24, 2012Dr. Moira Gunn catches up with author Dan Roam who gives her a lesson in what to do when even the right words don't work, from his new book, Blah, Blah, Blah: What to do when words don?t work.
- Howard Rheingold - How to Thrive Online Thursday, May 31, 2012
- jill.txt
- Hiking with Howard Rheingold Thursday, May 3, 2012Back home again, I’m still processing all the ideas and people we met with in Chicago and California. Our last visit in California was to Howard Rheingold, who took us walking in the mountains by his home outside of San … Continue reading →
- Visting Stanford Literary Lab Saturday, April 28, 2012Franco Moretti‘s work on “distant reading” (or macroanalysis) has been very inspiring as we have explored what kinds of research we can do using the ELMCIP Electronic Literature Knowledge Base, especially his book Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for a … Continue reading →
- Relationships between nodes in the RoSE project and the ELMCIP Knowledge Base Thursday, April 26, 2012Today we met with Alan Liu, Rita Raley, Dana Solomon and Lindsay Thomas of the RoSE project at UCSB. RoSE stands for “research-oriented social environment” and, according to the project description, allows “tracking and integrating relations between authors and documents … Continue reading →
- Google form fiction (at least, one assumes it is fiction) Tuesday, April 24, 2012A few days ago, I received an odd email, apparently a followup to a first mail that I don’t think I ever received. I almost deleted it instantly as spam, but after a second glance I decided to try that … Continue reading →
- Hiking with Howard Rheingold Thursday, May 3, 2012
- Joanne Jacobs
- Death of the Politics of Austerity Monday, May 7, 2012So France has elected a Socialist government and Greece hasn’t voted for anything. Importantly, all the rhetoric around the European polls are focused on fighting against the politics of austerity. The problem with this is that voting against austerity measures … Continue reading →
- Updates, blog posts and general excitement about the new job Thursday, April 19, 2012It’s been a while since I have had a chance to blog here, but that’s been because I’ve been flat out moving back to Oz and getting settled at 1000heads. I’m now happily ensconced in the Sydney office and have … Continue reading →
- New job for JJ – and a move back to Oz Wednesday, February 1, 2012So now the processes are all in motion, I’m at last able to publicly share my news about my next challenge! I’m joining the word of mouth marketing firm 1000heads as its Chief Operating Officer in Australia. And I start … Continue reading →
- HiBROW is live! Monday, January 23, 2012I’m very excited and proud to announce that HiBROW – the company for which I am Chief Operating Officer – is live today. It’s been a fabulous ride for the past year, bringing Don Boyd’s vision into reality, and I’m … Continue reading →
- Death of the Politics of Austerity Monday, May 7, 2012
- Open…
- One Area Where China Should Definitely Stop Ripping Off The West: Copyright Law Sunday, May 20, 2012
- London Police To Extract Data From Suspects' Mobile Phones -- And Keep It Even If No Charges Are Brought Sunday, May 20, 2012
- Poland Betrays Its Past, Moves Closer To Allowing Software Patents Sunday, May 20, 2012
- ACTA Update XVI Sunday, May 20, 2012
- The Sky Continues To Rise: EU Gross Box Office Returns And EU Film Production Both Hit Record Highs In 2011 Sunday, May 20, 2012
- UK ISPs Are Already Planning To Offer Porn Filters -- So Who Needs New Legislation? Sunday, May 20, 2012
- How Microsoft Fought True Open Standards V Sunday, May 20, 2012
- Dina Mehta
- All the World’s a Stage – even if our (social media) Audiences are often Invisible Wednesday, May 2, 2012
- The Future of Insights Talk Friday, April 20, 2012
- Reading Bytes for Apr 19 Thursday, April 19, 2012
- Reading Bytes for Feb 24 Friday, February 24, 2012
- Reading Bytes for Feb 23 Thursday, February 23, 2012
- Reading Bytes for Feb 10 Friday, February 10, 2012
- Hacking Life – the India Way Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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