Afghans Build Open-Source Internet From Trash. Why We Need Bubbles - Page 2. So while I am somewhat miffed at Pariser because searches for “The Filter” mainly come up with his book or his TED talk as opposed to our website, I actually agree with most of what he says.
There are plenty of lazy recommendation engines out there that do exactly what he criticizes filtering for: They are limited and therefore limiting. But as the granular and context-sensitive filtering (like the one we offer) becomes more and more sophisticated, it actually has the potential to expand knowledge and taste in ways that leaving things to chance (or more, likely, top 10 lists) would probably never achieve. I remember very clearly the first time I ever accessed the Internet, circa 1994. The exhilaration of being connected to what even then were endless possibilities literally froze me on the spot.
I stared at the blinking cursor of the Yahoo search engine box like an artist stares at a blank canvas, or like a deer stares at oncoming headlights. HTML Media Capture. W3C Editor's Draft This version: Latest published version: Latest editor's draft: Editors: Anssi Kostiainen, Intel Ilkka Oksanen, Nokia (until May 10, 2012) Dominique Hazaël-Massieux, W3C (until May 10, 2012) Copyright © 2013 W3C® (MIT, ERCIM, Keio, Beihang), All Rights Reserved.
Abstract The HTML Media Capture specification defines an HTML form extension that facilitates user access to a device's media capture mechanism, such as a camera, or microphone, from within a file upload control. Status of This Document This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. The following changes have been made since the W3C Working Draft 12 July 2012: Changed the type of the capture attribute from an enumerated attribute into a boolean attribute. This document was published by the Device APIs Working Group as an Editor's Draft.
Publication as an Editor's Draft does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. Table of Contents 1. This section is non-normative. How To Set Up An Open Mesh Network in Your Neighborhood. Mesh networks can share web connections throughout a neighborhood, spreading the reach of a broadband connection.
They're an excellent way to improve a community’s web access, and could also serve a role in the infrastructure for the Next Net that Douglas Rushkoff envisions. Open Mesh is a company that offers mesh network solutions for businesses and communities. They provided Shareable with this guide to how to set up a mesh network in your own neighborhood.
It is now easy for anyone to extend their wireless coverage throughout a hotel, apartment, office, neighborhood, village, coffee shop, shopping mall, campground, marina or just about anywhere else you need to extend wireless coverage. It should take you no more than a few minutes to do it, even if you consider the extent of your technical skills to be no more than turning on your computer and checking your email. Some basic terminology: Network: A group of computers that can talk to each other – in our case, wirelessly. Gateway: The dangers of the internet: Invisible sieve. Content, Dethroned.