The Berkman Center for Internet & Society have posted a video of a talk at Harvard on Feb 28 by Clay Shirky, author of ‘Here Comes Everybody’ – a new book about the effect of the Internet on group interaction. Shirky’s eruditely outlined theme is that, in ways that are only just becoming apparent, the Internet is revolutionizing the entire human endeavor. Continue reading
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Giant Global Graph
Giant Global Graph is a new term coined by Tim Berners Lee in an essay on his blog that redefines the semantic web concept. Inspired by the profusion of social networking sites, he contemplates protocols that enable relationships to transcend the document layer, and thus the network. Continue reading