Trends. QR. Mobiles and the Public. Sydney.The post-lunch session at Mobile Media 2007 is started by Janey Gordon, who focusses on the use of mobile phones in critical situations, contributing to the public sphere; she's focussing especially on the SARS outbreak in China in 2003, the tsunami in the Indian ocean in 2004, and the London bombings in 2005. SARS was initially underreported, and news about it was restricted by the Chinese government, until a Beijing doctor became a whistleblower about the crisis; in this context, the mobile phone became a key tool for the spread of grassroots information about it. SMS messages were later also used to send out blanket information to the public in order to manage public knowledge.
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was also a communication disaster: information from the areas affected earlier did not reach the authorities in other areas which would be devastated by the tsunami (but then the event also happened on a major holiday). Finally, we're on to Bram Lievens. Raph’s Website » Are virtual worlds over? Dan Terdiman at CNet engages in some handwringing over the fact that kids worlds and social games are taking over the hype that used to belong to virtual worlds. But to someone who cut his virtual world teeth on more immersive, 3D environments like There and Second Life, these never-ending announcements of new companies trying to jump on the social gaming bandwagon have left me with one nagging question: Where is the innovation? The innovation lies in making something that matters to ordinary people. Now, I am a virtual world person, obviously. I don’t see much distinction between the game worlds and the non-game ones like Second Life.
I have been working with them since the text muds, for over 15 years, which doesn’t exactly put me in the true old dino category where Richard Bartle and Randy Farmer reside, but I think it is fair to say that I have been closely identified with the space for a long long time now. And I think that they aren’t over, but the form that they have taken is. Gmail Offers Phone Service via Web. Gartner’s Top Ten Strategic Technologies for 2011 | Beyond The Beyond. *I always pay attention to these Gartner guys. Because, even though they’re commonly wrong, other people are much, much wronger. The top 10 strategic technologies for 2011 include: Cloud Computing…. Mobile Applications and Media Tablets…. Social Communications and Collaboration…. Video. Technology trends in digital photography, consumer electronics, the web, social software, unified communications, digital and Internet-based television and mobile computing are all reaching critical tipping points that bring video into the mainstream.
Over the next three years Gartner believes that video will become a commonplace content type and interaction model for most users, and by 2013, more than 25 percent of the content that workers see in a day will be dominated by pictures, video or audio. Next Generation Analytics. Social Analytics. (((That sure oughta put the cat among the pigeons. You are not a gadget - 2010. LSE public lecture Date: Tuesday 2 February 2010 Time: 6.30-8pm Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building Speaker: Jaron Lanier Chair: Jerry Fishenden Something started to go wrong with the digital revolution at the start of the 21st century. Individual creativity has begun to go out of fashion and people are being restricted to what can be represented on a computer. Are we deadening the human experience? Jaron Lanier delivers a call to arms in support of the human and reflects on the good and bad developments in design 20 years after the invention of the web.
Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist, philosopher and all round digital guru who has spent his careers pushing the transformative power of modern technology to its limits. This event celebrates the publication of his latest book You are Not a Gadget | This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Podcast Twitter and Facebook Accessibility. Disruptive Innovation: Social Entrepreneurs’ Lessons : Ecopreneurist. In yesterday’s Disruptive Innovation panel at SoCap09 “Three Successful Approaches to Scaling Impact”, Kevin Jones moderated a panel of three very different but equally disruptive business models. Instead of establishing a nonprofit organization to increase computer access around the world, founder Mark Beckford explained that NComputing is a for-profit company leveraging existing distributing channels and repair services in developing countries.
Their hardware and software solution, which they call “the $70 PC”, can actually yield more margin and profit for distributors than more expensive computers with high-cost distribution networks. NComputing is also using a technical solution to green PC use. With distributed computing, nComputing systems draw less than five watts, using 90% less energy than a typical PC, and can be run by solar power or a battery. So why is water sales a more effective and scalable solution than donated aid? And, what is disruptive? FrontlineSMS Medic More: Historian vs Futurist on Human Progress. Layar: Superimposing the Future on the Present.
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