Sorin Adam Matei
Analysis, research, maps, and essays from Sorin Adam Matei.
Assistant Vice President for Partnerships in Strategic Defense Innnovation and Professor of Communication at Purdue University, Director of the FORCES initiative leads research teams that study the relationship between technological and social systems using big data, simulation, and mapping approaches. He published papers and articles in Journal of Communication, Communication Research, Information Society, National Interest, and Foreign Policy. He is the author or co-editor of several books. The most recent is Structural differentation in social media. He also co-edited Ethical Reasoning in Big Data,Transparency in social media and Roles, Trust, and Reputation in Social Media Knowledge Markets: Theory and Methods (Computational Social Sciences) , all three the product of the NSF funded KredibleNet project. Dr. Matei's teaching portfolio includes technology and strategy, online interaction, and digital media analytics classes. A former BBC World Service journalist, his contributions have been published in Esquire and several leading Romanian newspapers. In Romania, he is known for his books Boierii Mintii (The Mind Boyars), Idolii forului (Idols of the forum), and Idei de schimb (Spare ideas).
Chevrolet Volt Image via Wikipedia Despite the enthusiasm the surrounds the newly arrived electric vehicles (EV), such as the Volt or Leaf, on the US market and president Obama’s call for putting 1 million electric cars on the roads in the US…
Since none of the sites discussing this piece of news provided a map, here is one… (Marker indicates location of proposed store location) MSNBC: RICHMOND, Va. — Nearly 150 years after Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant fought in northern Virginia,…
Sherry Turkle Image via Wikipedia Sherry Turkle’s latest book on identity shifts in the Internet age takes a more pessimistic view on the role of technology in re-shaping our daily lives… In Turkle’s latest book, “Alone Together,” this optimism is long gone.…
A book that promises to be a great introduction to the “why” of philosophy… EXAMINED LIVES From Socrates to Nietzsche By James Miller Illustrated. 422 pp. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $28. Excerpt If the proof of a pudding is in the eating,…
The great story told by Slavomir Rawicz in the Longest Walk (although doubted by some) has been made into a movie, The Way Back, which got a so and so (rather good, really, but not spectacular) review in the New York Times…
From The New York Times: ADVERTISING: Appearing Virtually at a Store Near You … Through the power of technology, you can get your picture taken with the model Brooklyn Decker. Just visit your local Barnes & Noble. http://nyti.ms/eVTfiy Get The New York…
From The New York Times: BOOKS OF THE TIMES: But Will It All Make ‘Tiger Mom’ Happy? In “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” Amy Chua offers a highly readable screed on the art of obsessive parenting. http://nyti.ms/gG2jRP Get The New York…
The wages of the last clone war…
A new crop of papers that emphasize the semantic applications of open source and academic projects. Weaving a Semantic Web Across OSS Repositories: Unleashing a New Potential for Academia and Practice http://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?hl=en&q=http://igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx%3FTitleId%3D44970&oi=scholaralrt&ct=alrt&cd=0&sa=X&scisig=AAGBfm3qDAUtXv9dVWdloQKPTXxUsrftqg O Berger, V Vlasceanu, C Bac, QV Dang… – International…
Why the European crisis is worse than you might think… “Not long ago Europeans could, with considerable justification, say that the current economic crisis was actually demonstrating the advantages of their economic and social model. Like the United States, Europe suffered a…
Thought you’d be interested in this article: http://on.msnbc.com/i11zoc BEIJING – There’s a new face keeping Chairman Mao company on Tiananmen Square. A mammoth sculpture of the ancient philosopher Confucius was unveiled this week off one side of the vast plaza. It’s a…
Have you thought about digital estate planning? Suppose that just after you finish reading this article, you keel over, dead. Perhaps you’re ready for such an eventuality, in that you have prepared a will or made some sort of arrangement for the…
Body Mass index by state. > 25% overweight, >30 obese. Image via Wikipedia It is not just that humans have become heavier in the last decades, but also some species of animals, including completely wild species. The problem of obesity isn’t confined…
From The New York Times: RED ROCK CANYON, Nev. — The jagged pink mountains here glitter, rare instances of natural beauty in a desolate landscape known more for its gleaming casinos. For years, hikers and rock climbers have flocked to Red Rock…
The New York Times 2010 Top of Tops, hot off the presses: The Year in Arts Take a look back at the best movies according to A.O. Scott, Manohla Dargis and Stephen Holden. Don’t miss Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood’s selection of…
Here are two interesting papers on Web 3.0 a new concept that aims to cover the gap between the digital world that we know (social media) and the one that is emerging under our own eyes. Don’t forget to check out our…
How to recycle your old cell phone or camera… http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/weekinreview/02pogue.html?_r=1&ref=global-europe.&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globaleuab1
According to Hugh Pickens “Network World reports that Facebook has just released an analysis of the [1]word usage for about one million status updates from its US English speakers with the words in updates organized into 68 different word categories based on…
Image via Wikipedia And make money in the process. The Atlantic Monthly has succeeded in this arduous task by injecting itself with a good dose of start-up mentality. The Atlantic, the intellectual’s monthly that always seemed more comfortable as an academic exercise…
Image via Wikipedia Spot on. Leveraging the power of social media resides in our ability to check and funnel its output, not in hosing out content indiscriminately. In this respect Assange, who has decided to throttle the release of his stash of…
Worst gripe? It feels and works like it was made on the cheap. Engineers, navel gazing, fell in love with their own cloud-based dream, leaving the users behind. In a word, released too soon. Personally, I think the idea is great and…
Image via Wikipedia Worrying news, via Die Welt, from Venezuela. Copying a page from the book of his mentor, Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez closes ranks with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards by allowing an Iranian manned missile base in South America. It is…
Image via CrunchBase Could this be a sign of the time? New York Time thinks social media so central to its effort that it insists that all of its editors and writers think “socially”… Earlier this week, New York Times Social Media…
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Apple’s first logo. Plus how much canyou sell your Apple I for? http://m.economist.com/babbage-tech-21013406.php
The Economist weighs in on the emergence of faster wireless networks “All of that, and more, is going to be needed when consumers start to “cut the television cable” in earnest. The cable TV companies are experiencing their biggest decline in revenue…
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From The New York Times: BASICS: Reptile’s Pet-Store Looks Belie Its Triassic Appeal A New Zealand reptile, the tuatara, is unlike any other vertebrate alive. http://nyti.ms/gPGVka Get The New York Times on your iPhone for free by visiting http://itunes.com/apps/nytimes
The day was replete with stories about North Korean sudden bombardment of a South Korean island. To my surprise, no new sites had maps, interactive or otherwise, indicating where the event took place. A quick search and here it is. Enjoy.
Pastor bans Facebook…. Lead Thee Not Into Temptation, Facebook – http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Lead-Thee-Not-Into-Temptation-Facebook-2577 Shared from AtlanticWire, an iPhone app made with www.AppMakr.com
From The New York Times: Merck Drug for Cutting Cholesterol Is Promising Patients taking the drug anacetrapib had a 39.8 percent reduction in bad cholesterol and a 138.1 percent increase in good cholesterol. http://nyti.ms/a3AKGB Get The New York Times on your iPhone…
From The New York Times: Detainee Acquitted on Most Counts in ’98 Bombings The first former Guantánamo detainee tried in a civilian court was acquitted of all but one charge in the bombings of American Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. http://nyti.ms/dwB1d8 Get…
Vanity Fair’s decision to feature Cher on its November 2010 cover shows how difficult is for traditional media to shed its old habits. Repackaging Cher (64) as a glamor girl, complete with fishnet hosiery is at least bizarre, if not sadly predictable…
Swedish hotel to give guests phones with near communication chips? Why not allow people touse own cell phones to call or text reception directly? Thought you’d be interested in th is article: http://bit.ly/9fboE1
I thought you would find this interesting: Keith Richards’s Revealing ‘Life’ – http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Keith-Richardss-Revealing-Life-5583 Titillating’ The New Yorker editor David Remnick succinctly summarizes the memoir: It’s “a slurry romp through the life of a man who knew every pleasure, denied himself nothing, and…
Image by phauly via Flickr Cerias promises an awesome speaker series this semester. Among them, Lada Adamic‘s talk November 12, 2010 10:30-11:30 AM Lawson 3102 A Abstract Online rating and reputation systems have shown themselves to be essential for filtering content, building…
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I thought you would find this interesting: What Budget-Cutting Measures Reveal About National Character – http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/What-Budget-Cutting-Measures-Reveal-About-National-Character-5505 Shared from AtlanticWire, an iPhone app made with www.AppMakr.com
How did world media report on the Wikileaks release of 400000 Pentagon documents? Thought you’d be interested in th is article: http://bit.ly/cs3krb
From The New York Times: BOOKS OF THE TIMES: The Readers Behind Bars Put Books to Many Uses A young, Harvard-educated prison librarian near Boston tells his story. http://nyti.ms/df8csi Get The New York Times on your iPhone for free by visiting http://itunes.com/apps/nytimes
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http://youtube.com/ubimark is right… From The New York Times: In a Digital Age, Students Still Cling to Paper Textbooks Though the world of print is receding before a tide of digital offerings, college students weaned on technology appear to be holding fast to…
What did Greece in? It’s mediaeval guilds… From The New York Times: Cozy System for Professionals Slows Reform in Greece Interest groups oppose breaking down the barriers to entry in lucrative niches, but experts say they cost the economy billions of dollars…
The syfy channel blastr site reports “Morgan Freeman has been trying to get an adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s first-contact classic Rendezvous With Rama made for almost 20 years—with David Fincher on board to direct—and the Oscar-winner says he’s closer than ever.…
From The New York Times: In a Takeout Container, a Trek to the Stratosphere A seven-minute edit of a handmade craft’s recorded trip 100,000 feet into the air, posted on a video-sharing site, becomes a viral success. http://nyti.ms/9uWwct Get The New York…
From The New York Times: In the Future, Already Behind As California companies begin mass production of a new solar cell, the industry has been changed — by China. http://nyti.ms/cydKEa Get The New York Times on your iPhone for free by visiting…
I thought you would find this interesting: “Adding another extracurricular to thechecklist, Google is investing in a “mammoth” offshore wind farm along the Atlantic seaboard. The search giant is taking a 37.6 percent equity stake in the project, which will have a…
I thought you would find this interesting “Here’s the nagging problem with online reading: “When you’re at a computer, your hands are always on the controls.” When perusing an interesting piece of writing “you can always click away to check email or…
David Winer Image via Wikipedia David Winer (inventor of RSS, weblogs, podcasting, outlining, Rex Longobardorum, Dux Austriae, et Imperator Romanorum) revives his older idea of turning big corporate news sites into news services of a different kind, which would focus on the…
I thought you would find this interesting: SCREED: Reading This Book ‘Is Like Being Waterboarded with Truffle Oil’ – http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Reading-This-Book-Is-Like-Being-Waterboarded-with-Truffle-Oil-2248 Shared from AtlanticWire, an iPhone app made with www.AppMakr.com
Google box ready to deliver all the web vids that fit your TV What the New Set-Top Box Means for Google TV – http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/What-the-New-Set-Top-Box-Means-for-Google-TV-5306 Shared from AtlanticWire, an iPhone app made with www.AppMakr.com
LA Times loses business to bloggers, strikes back… SPATWATCH: LA Times Sniffs at ‘Bloggers With an Axe to Grind’ – http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/LA-Times-Sniffs-at-Bloggers-With-an-Axe-to-Grind-2258 Shared from AtlanticWire, an iPhone app made with www.AppMakr.com