- to unified socialnetworking google networks centralized socialstream social by avivagabriel and 1 other person on Jul 15, 2007, 4:57 PM
[Web] surfing mimics a postmodern, deconstructionist perspective by undermining the authority of texts...no longer awed by received authority...in the form...[Web] surfing mimics a postmodern, deconstructionist perspective by undermining the authority of texts...no longer awed by received authority...in the form of text, graphics, music or code...[web surfers will use them] for their own purposes.
to deconstruction leftist CTheory webculture culture centralized postmodern decentralized sociocultural sociopolitical progressive authority by avivagabriel on Jun 18, 2007, 2:21 AM- to profiling centralized security privacy civil rights controlid claimid identity civilrights by avivagabriel on May 21, 2007, 11:15 AM
Not wanting to be included in Google's master database of highly personalized profiles, James Thomas decides to go it alone (well, with Yahoo, Ask, other s...Not wanting to be included in Google's master database of highly personalized profiles, James Thomas decides to go it alone (well, with Yahoo, Ask, other services)...and here's the saga....
to civilrights privacy profiling civil+rights google centralized masterdatabases security civil_rights by avivagabriel and 1 other person on May 21, 2007, 9:58 AMBuilding a centralized database to process billions of open-ended queries per day is a mammoth undertaking. It appears that Google, who perhaps is the only...Building a centralized database to process billions of open-ended queries per day is a mammoth undertaking. It appears that Google, who perhaps is the only company on the planet with enough imagination, incentive, and expertise to effectively build such a
to semweb structured semantic decentralized centralized semanticweb distributed P2P web algorithms databases by avivagabriel on Apr 2, 2007, 4:56 AMCreating a centralized database that solves the computational burden problem is one of the holy grails of the semantic web.
to semweb databases centralized web nova spivack semanticweb by avivagabriel on Apr 2, 2007, 4:51 AMWhat information will be deemed Proprietary? What information is part of the Information Commons? Who decides? How is it decided? Centralized? Decentraliz...What information will be deemed Proprietary? What information is part of the Information Commons? Who decides? How is it decided? Centralized? Decentralized? Opaque? Transparent?
to semanticweb commons centralized monopoly democracy metaweb semweb decentralized proprietary freebase by avivagabriel on Apr 2, 2007, 2:09 AMFreebase information is freely sharable under the Creative Commons Attribution license, and already has captured structured data from Wikipedia, four milli...Freebase information is freely sharable under the Creative Commons Attribution license, and already has captured structured data from Wikipedia, four million songs, 100,000 restaurants and census information. Radar Networks, the other well funded steal
to semantic+web hubris hegemony databases centralized monopoly semanticweb semweb by avivagabriel on Apr 2, 2007, 1:05 AMEmergent structure vs. intelligent design: This all reflects a fundamental if still incoherent debate. There's one school of thought that says that if you ...Emergent structure vs. intelligent design: This all reflects a fundamental if still incoherent debate. There's one school of thought that says that if you just collect enough data and throw enough algorithms at it, the inherent structure - and the underst
to metaweb semantic+web decentralized centralized semanticweb databases semweb relational mutable by avivagabriel and 1 other person on Apr 2, 2007, 12:56 AMHillis has bigger fish to fry than self-programming gadgets. In the past, he's expressed a desire to create machines that transcend what he sees as the lim...Hillis has bigger fish to fry than self-programming gadgets. In the past, he's expressed a desire to create machines that transcend what he sees as the limitations of human beings. "I guess I'm not overly perturbed by the prospect that there might be some
to decentralized monopoly worker+bees machine semweb human worker+ants semanticweb semantic+web centralized freebase by avivagabriel on Apr 2, 2007, 12:44 AMFreebase, having suctioned up some freely available web databases (e.g., Wikipedia, Musicbrainz), structures the data by assigning "types" to entities, whi...Freebase, having suctioned up some freely available web databases (e.g., Wikipedia, Musicbrainz), structures the data by assigning "types" to entities, which automatically associates additional data that Freebase has defined as related to these "types." T
to semantic+web centralized semanticweb freebase semweb relational by avivagabriel and 2 other people on Apr 2, 2007, 12:41 AMMoveOn.org and the Howard Dean campaign have pioneered new models for democratic, flexible, "network-centric" approaches, but many organizations stick reso...MoveOn.org and the Howard Dean campaign have pioneered new models for democratic, flexible, "network-centric" approaches, but many organizations stick resolutely to traditional "ego-centric" methods. There's a simmering tension between ego-centric thinkin
to civil+society egocentric rigid flexible shared concentrated networkcentric netpolitics experts smart+mobs centralized collective+intelligence dispersed hoarded civics decentralized advocacy by avivagabriel and 1 other person on Nov 26, 2006, 9:10 AMSome folks want to create authoritative sources so that they don’t have to think about things…don’t have to consider the source and the context of life. Do...Some folks want to create authoritative sources so that they don’t have to think about things…don’t have to consider the source and the context of life. Down with Wikipedia because it’s not authoritative! Down with Digg because it is gamed! Down w
to web authoritative control experts centralized internet smart_mobs quality junk by avivagabriel and 1 other person on Nov 26, 2006, 6:17 AMThe emergence of P2P Inference Engines and domain-specific ontologies in Web 3.0 (aka Semantic Web) will present a major threat to the central “search” eng...The emergence of P2P Inference Engines and domain-specific ontologies in Web 3.0 (aka Semantic Web) will present a major threat to the central “search” engine model. In Web 3.0 (aka Semantic Web) P2P Inference Engines running on millions of users’ P
to p2p+search p2p decentralized inference+engines semantics domain-specific ontologies centralized semantic+web p2p3.0 by avivagabriel and 1 other person on Nov 25, 2006, 8:10 AM
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