Metaversal Mining

3 Responses to “Other People’s Content”

1. falconeri Says:

   
   January 20, 2010 at 2:24 pm

   http://wwww.inbflat.net/

   A nice little exercise in crowd-sourcing as an aesthetic with YouTube as media providing the ‘notes’ of a new musical instrument

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2. falconeri Says:

   
   February 28, 2009 at 11:05 am

   Morningside Analytics
   http://morningside-analytics.com/

   Sort of scary wen you think about it. Really interesting from several different perspectives. Technologically I want to know how ? I’ve asked but they haven’t responded. I’m not surprised they have IP to protect.
   Ethically, it opens the door to some really in-depth analyses of online behaviours that I need to have a proper think about. I will return to this in the main page.
   I have no doubt that this sort of technology has been in widespread use within the security services for several years. I just wonder what making it commercially available means.
   As someone with an online presence I can’t complain that its infringing on my privacy because all the information that I put here becomes publicly visible, so why does this service make me feel nervous ?

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3. falconeri Says:

   
   February 28, 2009 at 10:57 am

   Interesting Debate Mapping Application
   http://debategraph.org/Default.aspx

   I’m in two minds about this one. Its a really nice looking flash application, and built in response to a very real challenge i.e. understanding the value in multiplicity of open debate.
   But I’ve had a play around and a look at the content and it sort of feeds one of its own questions. The issue of homophily (defined as mixing with like-minded people). I would tend to think that the people contributing to this site are already engaged in open debate. So how does this actually change anything ?

   That said, its still a nice idea and very well built. Probably needs more users and more heated debate to really work. Sign up, have a go.

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