Tag: cyberculture
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Group Behavior on Facebook: Amateur Self Ethnography
In continuation of my pathological obsession, most recent, to understand the ontology of our avatar, here is another post that delves into textual remembrances. What surfaces and what do we miss when all traces of our textual avatar is deleted from a group? If posts are representations of a person – their voice, so to…
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Could we benefit from having censor ratings for online content?
What concerns me more today is the proliferation of material online and the easy access to the same. While it took money to buy a video cassette or music CD once upon a time, today, with 24×7 net access, the same content is easily available on YouTube or any torrent site for free download. How…
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Engineering a Cyber Twin: How do we design identities online?
This is an excerpt from the essay ‘Engineering a Cyber Twin’, published by Centre for Internet and Society, and Hivos, in ‘Digital AlterNatives with a cause?’ | The Hague: July 2011 | Download the four-volume collective here. Note: MyCyberTwin.com is a web-based artificial intelligence service founded by tech-duo Liesl Capper and John Zakos in…
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Search Engine Accuracy: Would a Meta Search Engine Solve Credibility Issues?
Can you imagine using an Apple iPhone with Android OS? Yes! Do you see that happening? No! From simple search engines to personalized ecosystems, the world’s mega-corporations are going all out to build a one-stop theme park that will require visitors to not step out anytime soon. This is an insular world of information consumption…