10 Iconic Steve Jobs Moments [VIDEOS] The career of one of America's most innovative businessmen has been more than just a string of moments, but these 10 peeks at Steve Jobs's formidable presence will remind you of why his resignation is such a momentous event. From his cocky early days launching Macintosh, to his triumphant return to the company, to his jeans-and-black-shirt days of the iPod, iPhone and iPad — he kept keynote attendees and employees alike on the edge of their seats until his last "one more thing. " New article by Lev Manovich: "Trending: The Promises and the Challenges of Big Social Data" Trending: The Promises and the Challenges of Big Social Data (PDF). In this article I address some of the theoretical and practical issues raised by emerging “big data”-driven social science and humanities.
My observations are based on my own experience over last three years with big data projects carried out in my lab at UCSD and Calit2 (softwarestudies.com). The issues which we will discuss include the differences between “deep data” about a few and “surface data” about the many; getting access to transactional data; and the new “data analysis divide” between data experts and the rest of us. ---------------------------- Reference: Lev Manovich. "Trending: The Promises and the Challenges of Big Social Data.
" Debates in the Digital Humanities, edited by Matthew K. Gold. New Learning Institute. FINAL REPORT | DIGITAL YOUTH RESEARCH. Social network sites, online games, video-sharing sites, and gadgets such as iPods and mobile phones are now fixtures of youth culture. They have so permeated young lives that it is hard to believe that less than a decade ago these technologies barely existed. Today’s youth may be coming of age and struggling for autonomy and identity as did their predecessors, but they are doing so amid new worlds for communication, friendship, play, and self-expression. We include here the findings of three years of research on kids' informal learning with digital media.
The two page summary incorporates a short, accessible version of our findings. The White Paper is a 30-page document prepared for the MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Series. The book is an online version of our forthcoming book with MIT Press and incorporates the insights from 800 youth and young adults and over 5000 hours of online observations. Summary - Summary of Findings Two page summary (pdf) Dedication Contents. NMC | the new media consortium. John Seely Brown: Chief of Confusion. Confessions of an Aca-Fan: The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins. TED: Ideas worth spreading.