Tag: web2.0

  • data visualisation & visual culture – information aesthetics

    data visualisation & visual culture – information aesthetics I just found a fantasic site, that like the Atlas of Cyberspace, maps dataflow on the Internet (thanks to Lev Monovich for the link). The field is called 'infor aesthetics…check it out!

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  • The amorality of Web 2.0

    Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: The amorality of Web 2.0 More good critical insights into Web2.0. This type of criticism is a breath of fresh air for those of us who spent the 'Web1.0' years suffering because of cheap hawkish proselytisers who thought they had some sort of proprietary claim on a medium they barely understood. October 03, 2005 From the…

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  • Web2.0 Discussion on the IDC list

    The research of the Institute for Distributed Creativity (iDC) focuses on collaboration in media art, technology, and theory with an emphasis on social contexts. The iDC is an international network with a participatory and flexible institutional structure that combines advanced creative production, research, events, and documentation. Here is a discussion on the IDC list on the…

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  • Aussie blog search tool launched

    Aussie blog search tool launched – theage.com.au Australian bloggers will no longer be a small voice in the world wide wilderness following the launch of a local search tool that aggregates the most current Australian blogs. Gnoos was built by a small Australian startup called Feedcorp after its co-founders, Ben Barren and Michael Leone, were…

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  • O’Reilly — What Is Web 2.0

    Here (again) is the now famous article from O'Reilly that attempts to define Web2.0 (well, it is famous for some of us…and infamous for others). I was wondering, can anyone think of a better term? O'Reilly — What Is Web 2.0 The bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point…

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  • Who is McKenzie Wark? The Future of the Book

    McKenzie Wark is a well-know Australian newmedia theorist. He is the author of three books, Virtual Geography, The Virtual Republic and Celebrities Culture and Cyberspace. He was a co-editor of the Nettime anthology Readme! and with Brad Miller co-produced the multimedia work Planet of Noise. He lives and works in New York (see more here…)…

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