Sorin Adam Matei
Analysis, research, maps, and essays from Sorin Adam Matei.
Topical news on social media, web culture, digital humanities
We like our media in small chunks and diverse, a sort of fruit salad, or so the common wisdom goes. But what adult with a job past 26 years old can handle a thousand loose threads of conversation bombarding him or her…
Twitter says that the content (tweets) belong to you, while the service reserves the right to distribute it freely, including via API applications. Twitter Support :: The Twitter Rules The Twitter Rules Our goal is to provide a service that allows you…
So, what constitutes spamming on Twitter? Here is what Twitter posted on its corporate blog recently regarding the Twitter updated terms of service:
50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom | Smart Teaching: Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum. They’re often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time…
The FCC decided to change the way it does business. It has crowdsourced its policy planning process. Well, sort of.. It launched a Digg-like platform (actually a service on demand site, launched by IdeaScalem who wants to do for Digg-like applications what…
In May, the Obama administration wrapped up its first major digital democracy initiative. The Citizen’s Briefing Book was produced by collecting data from anyone who cared, had the time, smarts, and technical training to share their policy ideas with the Obama initiative…
Illustration Wired.com: Leo Espinosa Friday night was for a long time a tv programming slot for nerds. Their monumental attention span could even encompass this time of the day when other people were having fun…
Just as the man says, how do you detect communities in networks that are asymetric… We consider the problem of finding communities or modules in directed networks. The most common approach to this problem in the previous literature has been simply to…
What is the best way to measure network complexity? Complexity can be defined as presence of a diversity of cliques that are hierarchically connected by a number of central nodes. Thus, the network should have both as many cliques as possible, as…
Op-Ed Contributors – College Advice, From People Who Have Been There Awhile – NYTimes.com Educators give some helpful advice to young adults entering school this fall. The Hunt for a Good TeacherBy STANLEY FISHFind the best teachers and take a writing class.An…
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3,000-year-old butter discovered in Ireland – Discovery.com- msnbc.com 3,000-year-old butter discovered in Ireland Three-foot-long, almost one-foot-wide butter barrel weighs 77 pounds This Iron Age oak barrel was found in Ireland with exceptionally well-preserved butter inside. The contents of the vessel could be…
How do you follow up a little movie like Titanic? Most directors would probably grab their knees, curl into a fetal ball, and rock back and forth babbling “I’m the king of the world.” But James Cameron is no ordinary director. Granted,…
Sex, animation, buzzed feelings of disembodiment… This is Cameron’s new movie, Avatar, at the half distance between life and imagination… The first reaction is
After screening 20 minutes of his coming sci-fi odyssey “Avatar” at this year’s Comic-Con International and unveiling the trailer for the film on Apple on Thursday, Cameron went above and beyond the call of duty Friday with a free 16-minute sneak peek…
Augmented Reality projects, one of which is Purdue University’s Ubitour (details coming up soon), are all the rage. Mobile devices, such as Iphone and Andorid, are capable with varying degree of success to overlay virtual reality over physical landscapes. Layar has also…
There are timid signs that the Asian economies are coming back to normal, although some doubt China’s overoptimistic statistics. Were the books cooked to make it look good and encourage reinvestment? The four emerging Asian economies which have reported GDP figures for…
Updated 09/19/09 2:23 PM EST: A doctored picture of President Barack Obama depicted as the, shall we say, “surgically” mouth enlarged Joker featured on an imaginary Time magazine cover, has stirred up waves of controversy on the Internet. The picture, distributed through…
Google Docs Google Groups Catch the Real – Webmonkey Previously, sharing Google Docs and Calendars was limited to two basic options, the entire world (public docs) or individual e-mail addresses added by hand. But what about situations where you want to share…
For some, Maya is that doctrine of Hindu religion that talks about the unbearable illusion of being. Maya is the illusion that what appears to be hard, solid, and real is in fact a fleeting image, a smoky rendition of a more…
Android-supported augmented reality. Wikitude promises a travel guide in each pocket… See clip on next page.
NewsDaily: Vinland Map of America no forgery, expert says The 15th century Vinland Map, the first known map to show part of America before explorer Christopher Columbus landed on the continent, is almost certainly genuine, a Danish expert said Friday. Controversy has…
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Aniket Kittur is the author of several very interesting papers about inequality of contribution on Wikipedia. His website hosts a comprehensive list of papers, including one on the rise of bourgeoisie on Wikipedia, which we have used in a number of our…
Lifehacker – HearPlanet is a Free Talking Tour Guide for Your iPhone – Travel iPhone/iPod touch only: Free application HearPlanet plays audio tracks of Wikipedia articles based on points of interest surrounding your current location, turning your iPhone or iPod touch into…
Wall Street Journal wants its journalists to be less promiscuous online. The reason is that “openly ‘friending’ sources is akin to publicly publishing your Rolodex”. WSJ is also nervous about leaks and lawsuits, advising its journalists not to “disparage the work of…
Google’s webdesigner Douglas Bowman left the company for Twitter because it found Google’s obsession for pretesting even the smallest design decisions onerous. Google says it will stay the course. Ping – Should Design Be Held Back by a Tyranny of Data? –…
NYT looks into the growing trend of pirated print books. Many of them seem to be rip-offs of existing e-books. Some of them are manually scanned, though. Among the most active sites, Scirbd and Wattpad. With E-Readers Comes Wider Piracy of Books…
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The following is a series of reviews on web 2.0, web design, and social media books. It will be a 9 part series. Each review is structured to provide a brief summary of the books along with some application to current course…
Social Nets: TV Online: Arsenal v Man United – Listen LIVE | News Archive …: Build-up, Commentary,.. http://twurl.nl/fnoo53
Social Nets: Coremetrics Grants You Analytics, But Are You Willing to Pay?: Coremetrics is a online .. http://twurl.nl/uui7va
Social Nets: PRESSEMITTEILUNGEN – Customer Chat: Caterpillar Marine launches …: First and foremost.. http://twurl.nl/qibylo
Social Nets: Post-Geographic Judaism | Jewschool: The offline relationship is no longer the “goal” o.. http://twurl.nl/424735
Social Nets: 10 Simple Ways to Show Kindness Online: They’ve cultivated a conscious, polished online.. http://twurl.nl/efvb1r
Social Nets: 10 Simple Ways to Show Kindness Online: They’ve cultivated a conscious, polished online.. http://twurl.nl/efvb1r
NYTBits: More Signs of a Coming Wireless Price War: The wireless industry had modest growth despite the .. http://tinyurl.com/d6bcpc
Social Nets: Full Circle Associates: Looks very interesting and for me, has implications for online .. http://twurl.nl/77cljs
Social Nets: hi5 Adds Chat, With A Social Twist: … hi5 IM, adding real-time interaction for users… http://twurl.nl/blfcpr
Social Nets: What’s it worth? A teacher’s beliefs. « Brave new world: I was initially against my old.. http://twurl.nl/pboe7r
Social Nets: FutureGov » Events » Reporting back on eDemocracy camp and …: I was lucky enough to s.. http://twurl.nl/x5tgvc
Social Nets: Retail TouchPoints – Strategies For Adjusting To New Shopping …: Retail TouchPoints -.. http://twurl.nl/kg16r4
Social Nets: Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: How to make (robot) friends …: And revulsion is.. http://twurl.nl/uosynj
Social Nets: Recession be damned, RGM Group launches online media firm for the …: RGM Group is lau.. http://twurl.nl/a06smy
Social Nets: Online Education Degrees: Solution To A Busy Life? | Bibliolatry: Someone who falls int.. http://twurl.nl/lgpocz
Social Nets: Sears looks to enhance customer interaction – Kansas City Star: The chairman of Sears H.. http://twurl.nl/4iqoyx
Social Nets: Lifetime Fitness: Equality in Education: Online Tutoring is the …: The impact of onli.. http://twurl.nl/1mjxxf
NYTBits: Internet Star @ Least 473 Years Old: Despite not having an e-mail address or a Twitter account,.. http://tinyurl.com/ded9ak
NYTBits: Libraries Ask Judge to Monitor Google Books Settlement: The American Library Association and ot.. http://tinyurl.com/dlpzv3
NYTBits: From Gadgetwise: BlackBerry Throws iPhone Sales a Curve: In a report released Monday, market re.. http://tinyurl.com/cg49as
NYTBits: Nine Inch Nails Don’t Fit on iPhone: Though it’s hardly a secret that the music of Trent Reznor.. http://tinyurl.com/ceo9c8
NYTBits: Do You Know Anyone Still on MySpace?: As MySpace starts to lose audience, a question for Bits r.. http://tinyurl.com/cnzagx