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HyperConnected Beings from social web to networked consciousness by kevin lim // cyberculturalist // theory.isthereason.com // 02.02.09

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As a guest lecturer at @panomatic’s Designed Play visual studies class, I thought aloud of how we are increasingly inter-connected with one another. Although in varying degrees, there are some like me who are inclined to explore the extremities of self-awareness. This is my journey through building shared consciousness.

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HyperConnected Beingsfrom social web to networked consciousness

by kevin lim // cyberculturalist // theory.isthereason.com // 02.02.09

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yo, a/s/l?

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31 / guy / guest lecturing for the lulz

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...where else I exist?

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then I started to realize

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...merge my physical and virtual identities.

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...so I try the “high road”

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First Person Shooter - Cinéma vérité

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Snow Crash’s Metaverse

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Cyberpunk thriller: Strange Days (1995)

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Steve Mann: First Known Cyborg

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Justin Kan (justin.tv)real-time, socially augmented experiences

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Gordon Bell of Microsoft(memory prosthetic)

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How did I go about it?

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The Digital Divide in terms of video media literacy (Stavchansky, 2006)

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Small cheap storageLightweight sensors

Ubiquitous wireless networksBetter information retrieval

Steve Whittaker - http://dis.shef.ac.uk/stevewhittaker

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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

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How do I search past experiences?

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Generating video thumbnails

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Tagging video keyframes e.g. Viddler.com

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Geo-tagging video keyframes e.g. Seero.com

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Omron face detection

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Face Detection / Chapteringe.g. Polar Rose’s Video Faces

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Emergent Affordances...

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memory prosthetic

ambient intimacy

crowdsourcing

self-awareness

security

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BUT...

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VIDEO = high cognitive bandwidth

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TEXT =low cognitive bandwidth

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We should also consider the “low road”...

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What’s synchronous and widely accessible today?

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April 2008

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1st Buffalo Tweetup @ 29th Mar 2008

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Why do we use twitter?

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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

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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

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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

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Does twitter extend the realm of self to strangers?

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Twitter gravities include, celebrities, influencers,

major events.

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Sichuan Earthquake @ 12th May 2008http://www.citizen20.co.uk/news_earthquake.html

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Can twitter mobilize users?

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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

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On Coordinationtwitter = low-complexity coordination

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Why is twitter pervasive, or even addictive?

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Five Game Mechanics1. Collecting2. Earning Points3. Feedback4. Exchanges5. Customization

Amy Jo KimCreative DirectorShuffleBrain

Using Game Mechanics

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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

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Visible ScoreboardVisible Scoreboard

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No. of clicks

on your links

No. of clicks

on your links

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This is just the tip of the iceberg.

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Plenty of ground to explore.Time for your questions.

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Thank youReach me via twitter at @brainopera