Sorin Adam Matei
Analysis, research, maps, and essays from Sorin Adam Matei.
This is a tutorial on a set of core concepts related to Internet communication for the courses I teach at Purdue University. In a previous post about the basic architecture of the Internet, I discussed the Internet’s intrinsic decentralization and its layered…
Image via Wikipedia Chris Lake, at econsultancy, culled from the web several excellent examples of how big corporations train their empolyees to deal sith social media interactions. Here are just three examples: IBM Don’t pick fights, be the first to correct your…
Image via Wikipedia Three Very interesting papers by an interesting team at University of Washington that has done great work in analyzing Wikipedia’s policies. Formalization and Community Investment in Wikipedia’s Regulating Texts: The Role of Essays We presented this poster at the…
Adrants, snarky as usual, spins the Obama infomercial, this way and then that way. Hey, dude, now you can tell us, whose side are you on? MATEI.ORG :: Making the invisible, visible! Communication, GIS, spatial, wiki, mapping learning and discovery in real…
Slashdot has the full story on Sarah Palin’s email debacle/hacking incident… Slashdot | Palin Email Hacker Found mortonda writes to tell us that the person responsible for breaching Sarah Palin’s private email account has been found. We discussed the breach last Wednesday,…
A swarm of partisan busybodies has roiled over the Palin email hacking incident. A student, scion of a local democrat politico from Tennessee, broke into Sarah Palin’s Yahoo email account hoping to rake the muck and to hang for all to see…
Technorati Tags: mobile,telecommunication,international,china The Economist wonders if China’s statist control of telecommunications can still deliver the kind of benefits free markets can: The reorganisation is the fourth since China first opened its telecoms industry to limited, state-orchestrated competition. Each time the government…