the google society and the snowflake effect

De ‘google maatschappij’het Snowflake Effect

Erik DuvalK.U.Leuven & ARIADNE & IEEE LTSC

http://erikduval.wordpress.com

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Emeritiforum, K.U.Leuven, B, 25 Februari 2010

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Thanks - merci - gracias - dank u- köszönöm - ありがとうございます

MANY thanks

for the invitation !

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http://www.slideshare.net/erik.duval

My team:

technology enhancedlearning, music & research

de ‘google maatschappij’ ?

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12http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/02/ff_google_algorithm/

not that new...

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Paul Otlet (1868-1944, B)• “There is too much to read”...• Universal Decimal Classification• Mundaneum

Vannevar Bush (1890-1975)• Memex

Jim Gray (missing...)• Unlocking peer-reviewed literature• PubMed for other sciences

google is ‘maar’ een voorbeeld...

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> 3.000.000/day> 3.400.000.000 total

facebook> 30.000.000/day

>15.000.000.000 total

download> 1.000.000.000 videos/day

upload:20 hours video/min

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44.000 sites20.000.000 users1.900.000 courses

http://portal.mace-project.eu/

>180.000

more is just ... more ?

21http://www.thelongtail.com/

“better problem”

but still: a problem

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the snowflake effect

massive hyper-personalization

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loads of good examples in music

iTunes Genius, last.fm, pandora.com, tunify.com, blip.fm, deezer.com, grooveshark.com, mufin.com, yamelo.com,

jango.com, imeem.com, musicmesh.net, jiwa.fm, ...and many many many many more

snowflake in music...

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We do NOT (need to) understand how music works!

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learning 2.0

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http://sharetec.celstec.org/gddf/mace_AR.mov

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science2.0

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36 http://sites.google.com/site/kulmoreapp/

future

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http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

39http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCSSBEXBCbY&NR=1

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"The future has arrived; it's just not evenly distributed.”

--William Gibson

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http://aspect-project.org/ http://www.icoper.org/ http://www.role-project.eu/ http://www.stellarnet.eu/

Thanks!

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