last year I watched 1,117 new-to-me films
proof: http://cinema-fanatic.com/2012/01/01/2011-in-films-a-year-long-cinematic-odyssey-through-1117-new-to-me-films/
May 28, 2012
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Stowe Boyd: Big Data and Data Inequality: Research Is Just The Beginning
There was a recent hoo-ha at a scientific conference in France, when Bernardo Huberman was furious when researchers from Google and a contributing university presenting results of social data analysis declined to share the data.
John Markoff, Big Data Troves Stay Forbidden to Social…
This is really an extremely important issue for the future!!
(via emergentfutures)
May 28, 2012
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Stowe Boyd: Synchronizing Ads On The Second Screen: A Study
Hill Holliday and SecondScreen Networks set up a study to find out how they might sunchronize the head shifting that goes along with the ‘swarm of devices’ style of TV use that goes on these days, given the emergence of the second screen:
Ilya Vedrashko, Smartphones Distract People Away from…
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May 28, 2012
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Matt Mullenweg: I’m Worried That Silicon Valley Might Be Destroying the World
WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg confessed to feeling conflicted about one of the blogging service’s upcoming features: Notifications.
Mullenweg said he’s concerned that Silicon Valley is creating products that are so engaging that they’re also incredibly distracting, to the detriment of creativity and productivity.
He fretted that some of these socially disruptive technologies might be “morally destitute.” He has been preoccupied with the question: “Is Silicon Valley destroying the world?”
(Source: courtenaybird, via emergentfutures)
May 22, 2012
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“ We’re going to have to be more subtle and consumer-oriented,” he added. “We’re on the wrong track if we describe this as thievery. ”
Dodd touts outreach on IP, biz’s humanitarian efforts - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety (via infoneer-pulse)
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May 22, 2012
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May 22, 2012
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(via Facebook Changes – Everybody Panic! — TweetFindTV)
So true: WE are the content of Facebook the broadcaster- it’s free but they sell our information!!
May 22, 2012
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Watch the trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s new movie The Master, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman & Amy Adams
I’m so happy right now!
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May 22, 2012
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May 22, 2012
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Are Smart Phones Spreading Faster than Any Technology in Human History? - Michael DeGusta via Technology Review
Michael DeGusta via Technology Review
[…] smart phones, after a relatively fast start, have also outpaced nearly any comparable technology in the leap to mainstream use. It took landline telephones about 45 years to get from 5 percent to 50 percent penetration among U.S. households, and mobile phones took around seven years to reach a similar proportion of consumers. Smart phones have gone from 5 percent to 40 percent in about four years, despite a recession. In the comparison shown, the only technology that moved as quickly to the U.S. mainstream was television between 1950 and 1953.
Almost as fast as TV, which was artificially delayed by WWII.
(Source: underpaidgenius, via futuramb)
May 21, 2012
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“ Students aren’t just posting personal pictures and stories on Facebook — it’s just as much a part of their social lives as it is a place where they connect with each other for school work, too. According to the survey, 46 percent of students have used Facebook to collaborate on school projects, and one in 10 high school students have tweeted about an academic subject. Meanwhile, in formal classroom settings, the practice of using these online tools as an acceptable means of learning has been slow: half of all middle and high school students say they can’t access social media sites at school. Educational policy makers need to connect the dots between what motivates and encourages students to learn and what’s actually happening in the classroom, the report states. ”
Schools and Students Clash Over Use of Technology | MindShift (via infoneer-pulse)
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May 21, 2012
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May 21, 2012
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Berndnaut is fascinated by anything in-between. Corridors and clouds, not yet there and not yet solid. Watch the live presentation here. via Probe
May 21, 2012
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Leap Motion, a San Francisco startup has created a device (“the Leap”) that lets you control your computer just my moving your fingers over it, as if you were using a touchscreen in the air.
Leap Motion is now taking pre-orders for the $69.99 device but won’t begin shipping it until the end of this year or early 2013. The company is also opening up its developer ecosystem to give software makers a head start on developing new applications.
