Category Archives: Web 2.0
SOPA: Information Controlled Society?
The origins of what we know today as “the Internet” are still hotly debated. When computers first became operational around the 1950′s, they were connected to terminals in a form of point-to-point communication. Eventually computer networks became interconnected, and thus terminal-to-terminal connections were created. One theory about the origins of the Internet is that research
The Digital Network – video
Network from Michael Rigley on Vimeo. Information technology has become a ubiquitous presence. By visualizing the processes that underlie our interactions with this technology we can trace what happens to the information we feed into the network. BFA Thesis CCA Graphic Design
Commercialization of Experience – Online Dating
Could we claim that the technological developments and the variety of tools and media platforms that unfold before us are causing us, as human beings, to distance ourselves from one another, lower the level of interaction and encourage social alienation, or rather these are merely additional platforms, which enable us to enrich the ways in
What is Web 3.0?
The world of technology has come a long ways since the days of vacuum tubes and transistors. The first electronic computers ever built, such as the IBM Eniac, weighted approximately 80 tons and took up a whole room in size. Today, computers can be as small the size of the palm of a hand, and people with
Civil Society & Information Society
The evolution of the web from web 1.0 to web 3.0 would not have been possible without collaboration. Such collaboration takes many shapes: the World Wide Web and media convergence has for example led to the creation of new, internet based organizations where stakeholders from different industries collaborate to further a common cause. These common
