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HyperConnected Beingsfrom social web to networked consciousness
by kevin lim // cyberculturalist // theory.isthereason.com // 02.02.09
yo, a/s/l?
31 / guy / guest lecturing for the lulz
...where else I exist?
then I started to realize
...merge my physical and virtual identities.
...so I try the “high road”
First Person Shooter - Cinéma vérité
Snow Crash’s Metaverse
Cyberpunk thriller: Strange Days (1995)
Steve Mann: First Known Cyborg
Justin Kan (justin.tv)real-time, socially augmented experiences
Gordon Bell of Microsoft(memory prosthetic)
How did I go about it?
!
The Digital Divide in terms of video media literacy (Stavchansky, 2006)
Small cheap storageLightweight sensors
Ubiquitous wireless networksBetter information retrieval
Steve Whittaker - http://dis.shef.ac.uk/stevewhittaker
1 hour of video on a DVD = 2.5 Gbytes
Average # hours lived = 600,000 hours
Total number of bytes is approximately 1500 Terabytes (~1.5 x 1015 bytes)
Michael Lesk (1999)http://www.lesk.com/mlesk/ksg97/ksg.html
Personal (Visual) Experience Storage Requirement
How do I search past experiences?
Generating video thumbnails
Tagging video keyframes e.g. Viddler.com
Geo-tagging video keyframes e.g. Seero.com
Omron face detection
Face Detection / Chapteringe.g. Polar Rose’s Video Faces
Emergent Affordances...
memory prosthetic
ambient intimacy
crowdsourcing
self-awareness
security
BUT...
VIDEO = high cognitive bandwidth
TEXT =low cognitive bandwidth
We should also consider the “low road”...
What’s synchronous and widely accessible today?
April 2008
Twitter Friends Browserhttp://www.neuroproductions.be/
1st Buffalo Tweetup @ 29th Mar 2008
Why do we use twitter?
On Ambient IntimacyLeisa Reichelt coined the term “ambient intimacy” (Mar 2007)
Describes the genre of social computing apps led by Twitter, Jaiku, and Pownce.
Refers to the constant sense of closeness users feel with their circle of friends through technologies that informally reveal us to each other.http://www.disambiguity.com/ambient-intimacy/
Leisa Reichelt
On Ambient Intimacy
“Ambient intimacy is about being able to keep in touch with people with a level of regularity and intimacy that you wouldn’t usually have access to, because time and space conspire to make it impossible.”
http://www.disambiguity.com/ambient-intimacy/Leisa Reichelt
On Ambient IntimacyRussian linguist Mikhail Bakhtin called “the phatic function.” Like saying “what’s up?” as you pass someone in the hall.
Mizuko Ito described the same light, low-content text message circles existing among Japanese teens.
http://www.disambiguity.com/ambient-intimacy/Leisa Reichelt
Does twitter extend the realm of self to strangers?
Twitter gravities include, celebrities, influencers,
major events.
Sichuan Earthquake @ 12th May 2008http://www.citizen20.co.uk/news_earthquake.html
Can twitter mobilize users?
Collective Intelligence“the capacity of a human community to evolve toward higher order complexity thought, problem-solving and
integration through collaboration and innovation.” - George Por
On Coordinationtwitter = low-complexity coordination
Why is twitter pervasive, or even addictive?
Five Game Mechanics1. Collecting2. Earning Points3. Feedback4. Exchanges5. Customization
Amy Jo KimCreative DirectorShuffleBrain
Using Game Mechanics
Using Game Mechanics“I see a game mechanics working well on sites like YouTube, Yelp, Twitter, and Flickster. [...] like points, leaderboards, level-ups, social exchanges, and customization to a strong core experience.”
Amy Jo KimCreative DirectorShuffleBrain
Visible ScoreboardVisible Scoreboard
No. of clicks
on your links
No. of clicks
on your links
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
Plenty of ground to explore.Time for your questions.
Thank youReach me via twitter at @brainopera