Tag: web2.0

Ted Nelson (1965): Complex information processing: a file structure for the complex, the changing and the indeterminate

This paper written in 1965 by Ted Nelson is one of the most famous in the history of the computer revolution. It introduces his concept of ‘hypertext’ (or links); the central concept of the web. Also, you may wish to read this 1995 article in Wired magazine called ‘the Curse of Xanadu‘; looking at the…
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March 16, 2007

digital humanities, humanities computing, hypertext, internet, journals, social media, web2.0
Digital Humanities: Expert Seminars

Here is a list of ‘podcast’ seminars undertaken by the Methods Network at the Centre for Computing in the Humanities here at King’s College. And don’t you just love the Internet; it means that you don’t have to attend all these seminars! And it is now becoming possible to learn about almost any subject online,…
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March 9, 2007

digital humanities, humanities computing, pod casts, social media, web2.0
Enterprise Wiki

OK, lets kill email. Here is an article for the Age iin Melbourne about enterpirse wikis. Sean Killeen works the wiki way. Like many modern executives Mr Killeen – the head of global product management at Australian hearing implant maker Cochlear – gets hundreds of emails a day, half of which are destined for the…
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March 6, 2007

social media, technology, web2.0, wiki
BBC and YouTube

The British Broadcasting Corp. began showing excerpts from its news and entertainment programs on the YouTube video-sharing website on Friday, becoming the first international broadcaster to ink a major deal with the Google-owned portal (from the Age, link)
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March 5, 2007

media, social media, video, web2.0
Fast Facts Found Online

This article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald today. There is a small quote from myself on the use of Wikipedia for research. David Adams talks to four Australians who have helped to build the collaborative online giant that is Wikipedia. NEXT time you’re sitting at the computer – it may even be as you’re…
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February 23, 2007

education, internet, media, open source, social media, technology, web2.0
Fidel Castro Search Engine

Cuba built an internet search engine that allows users to trawl through speeches by Cuban leader Fidel Castro and other government sites, but does not browse web pages outside the island. The search engine (www.infosoc.cu/buscador) unveiled at a conference last week underscored restrictions on internet access in communist-run Cuba, which the government blames on US…
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February 19, 2007

internet, media, political communication, politics, technology, web2.0

Tag: web2.0

Ted Nelson (1965): Complex information processing: a file structure for the complex, the changing and the indeterminate

Digital Humanities: Expert Seminars

Enterprise Wiki

BBC and YouTube

Fast Facts Found Online

Fidel Castro Search Engine