Making The Internet Smaller
A brief overview of out talk / workshop MTIS
WEDNESDAY 19th OCTOBER 10:00-13:00
RCA Design Products - Platforms 8 & 10
Project *YOU*
Personal Libraries
Cataloging & Archiving
My Stuff, Your Stuff, Our Stuff
Searching vs Researching
Browsin', Sharin' & Carin'
Netiquette
Publishing Platforms
+ General tips & tools for www.
Point 1. The Internet is much bigger than just the www.
Research vs Search
"I said to him," said Knowles, "'This here's a research laboratory. Research means look again, don't it? Means they're looking for something they found once and it got away somehow, and now they got to research for it? How come they got to build a building like this, with mayonnaise elevators and all, and fill it with all these crazy people? What is it they're trying to find again? Who lost what?' Yes, yes!"
Kurt Vonnegut - Cat's Cradle
'The Archive' - 'Personal Libraries'
The Secret FIles of Gilbert & George
FTR - It's getting bigger and in some cases much harder to use.
*Augmented Minds*
*Memory & Recal*
*Feedback Loops*
Meno's Paradox - M.M. McCabe on the Paradox of Inquiry
'Epistemology – What is knowledge? How is knowledge acquired? How do we know what we' know?
Harnessing the Power of Feedback Loops - Wired
'Learning With The Machines'
'Once extended, however, these technologies are "amputated." They exist as external and independent objects, we are dependent upon them.' – Marshall McLuhan
Google aren't the only fruit.
Other search engines are available.
duck duck go
blekko
One To Watch - wiredoo
Searching* (* Wild Card etc.)
Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks - Life Hacker
intitle:"index.of" (mp3|mp4|wav) raining.blood. -html -htm -php -asp
Internet Archive
TVARK
The Creative Commons
Commons Wikimedia
Is it a fuck yea?
"White Guys With Cameras"
Don't be an Internet Tourist/Anthropologist get some *netiquette*
Michael Rockefeller
Finding & Holding
Note: Don't throw it back into Google like some kind of data fish, and expect to catch it again.
Get some - Really Simple Syndication
Google Reader
Note: This video is from 2008 and has some killer bad audio.
'What is the best web-based RSS reader alternative to Google Reader?'
Bookmarking
Recommended Bookmarking Tools:
Pinboard
'Find delicious slow, particularly for adding bookmarks.'
'Prefer a simple user interface.'
'Want to keep an archive of your tweets and Twitter favorites.' Pinboard or Delicious
Google Bookmarks - £free, furiously minimal
Image-centric bookmarking - Pinterest
Other options are available
Our Favourite Browser (right now) and some add-ons.
FireFox +
Adblock Plus
Download Helper
Putting Yourself Ontheline
"Welcome to the Internet my friend - How can it help you?"
YouTube Broadcast Yourself
Best finger bmx trick ever
A good list of portfolio sites & some comparison.
We'd recommend:
Cargo is straight-forward, nice looking, people can 'follow' your work on it
Coroflot is free and professional
Indexhibit is simple and customisable - but you will have to have your own web space to host it
Blogging Platform: Tumblr
Examples of project's that've been put ontheline effectively:
Susie Bubble - Carla Casilli – James Bridle
Above: Recreation of why the lucky stiff's blog.'COMPLETED' - Don't be afraid to complete or finish things, just let people know what to expect from-now-on.
Examples of blogs with time limits:
Pepys Diary by Phil Gyford
Dracula Blogged by Bryan Alexander
Social Media.
Note: 'If You’re Not Paying for It; You’re the Product'
"Social media does not exist for you. You are the PRODUCT in social media. That's why it's free."
Bruce Sterling
Linkedin – 'Online .biz Card'
Point B. Good Luck Out There.