Sat, 2009-Jun-27 by nmw.

Do You Write New Media? Social Media? News Media?

What does any of that mean? It’s nonsense!

Saying that there is a difference between a blog and an email is like saying that the words “I love you” are different if written by hand with a pen or typed by hand with a typewriter.

All Online Media (Publishing Technologies) are More / Less the Same

Anything that is online is available to the entire world-wide web. There may be some cryptographers who may argue this point, but I do not care to argue about the 1 in a million case — I am talking about the vast majority of cases.

What matters

is whether people are participating in this topic, this context, this issue, this page, this site….

Are We on the Same Page? Are We Speaking the Same Language?

If so, then please go ahead and tell me what you think — what’s on your mind… right now: in this context (in this web space)…?

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Tue, 2009-Jun-23 by nmw.

Don’t Call Us, Don’t Call You

The revolution will not be telephoned. It will happen. The happening will happen, and the web will record it… — but I’m getting ahead of web 3.0.

So What’s Happnin’ Now?

Now you will continue to see the feedback loop which Tim O’Reilly has very well explicated reiterate — with one added caveat: We do not need to wait for people to speak up. Already today, eye-tracking is happening. But what do eyes actually tell us — anything more than mouse clicks?

What’s the Ugliest Part of Your Webspace?

Some say the spy, some say the virus — but I think it’s the mind.

We need to create a level playing field in which we “don’t mind” the interaction. This is a crucial element of trust. I will show you my thing if you agree not to tell anyone about it. If you say “yes”, but then do “no” — then I’ll say goodbye.

(see also http://gaggle.info/post/141/on-the-web-its-freedom-2-publishing-0 )

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Wed, 2009-Jun-10 by nmw.

You want to know who wears the pants? Context is Relevant!

If I were on twitter, I would be twittering. But since I’m here, I’m gaggling!! ;D

Content is All Good and Fine, But it doesn’t Bring Forward Relevance

It doesn’t really matter if you create a wonderful bunch of content and then hide it under a bush. To make your content shine, you need for it to be in a close relationship to a relevant context. The relationship is the medium — the medium which is the message: the domain name. The domain name that is relevant is the one that is related to the cognitive frame of mind (the cognitive state or structure — even more: the aim) of the user. The user expresses his or her own needs in their own language. (see also virtual shelf space)

Cognitive Structures are Localized

Have you ever remembered a smell + then remembered a story based on that smell? Maybe you have, but perhaps you didn’t even realize it. Or how about when you try to remember something — you can’t remember it , but if you retrace your steps then you can? You are re-creating the context that helped to bring that idea into your awareness.

One-Size Fits-All search (such as Google or Bing) doesn’t get this at all. Even Youtube search doesn’t put you in a “frame of mind”, but only in a “frame of media” (namely: Flash video). Frames of mind are such things as “news” or “games” … or “business” or “poker” … or “credit swaps” (a sub-frame of “swaps”) or “I’ll see you”.

That’s it — I’ll see you later!

:) nmw

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Wed, 2009-Jun-10 by nmw.

Like I was saying: It’s not about me, it’s about us

People are strange - but it doesn’t matter.

Love is a Social Phenomenon

If you want to have a relationship with a piece of plastic, then you’re such a drag.

Chomsky is Right

This isn’t really an academic issue: A smile is something everybody everywhere says in the same language.

What’s the Relationship?

You notice how relationship and related sound kind of similar? I think that’s kind of relevant, and that’s why I raised it!

;D

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Mon, 2009-Jun-8 by nmw.

I’m Going on a Diet

I want us to share ideas. I don’t care if you have friends or not: just tell me what you care about — but don’t Feed Me Anything You Think, I want it to be relevant to me. Your meaning + My meaning = Shared meaning.

Please: No Pushing — Pushers Are Not Welcome!

Please don’t spew all of your RSS all over me. Tell me what’s important to me. If I think the world is PHLAT (pretty hyper, local and topical), then tell me how it’s not (but only since I’m so obsessed with this kind of information), or that you agree, or whatever — but make sure it’s related.

Relationship Matters

I am he as you are he… — oh, wait: We’ve already been there (see previous link ;).  I’m a patient — are you a doctor? I wanna sing — do you know a song? One I can sing out loud? Sing out strong? I am totally enthisiastic about… — no, not about friends… — about: topics. Our relationships are connected via ideas, topics, shared space in the loci of stories in which our lives intertwine….

(to be continued… :)

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Mon, 2009-Jun-8 by nmw.

I’m Happy!

How are you? — Is everybody happy?

What are you doing? What’s on your mind? What’s up?

FML — IDK! IMHO, IANAL — ROFL + LMFAO: ROFLMFAO!!

The Point is

As sites become more about us, there is a greater need to identify who we are — and that is, of course, where the Wisdom of the Language comes in!

:D

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Sun, 2009-May-31 by nmw.

Wikipedia lets you choose from 26 Languages:

1. العربية
2. Català
3. Česky
4. Dansk
5. Deutsch
6. English
7. Español
8. Esperanto
9. Français
10. Bahasa Indonesia
11. Italiano
12. Magyar
13. Nederlands
14. 日本語
15. Norsk (bokmål)
16. Polski
17. Português
18. Română
19. Русский
20. Slovenčina
21. Suomi
22. Svenska
23. Türkçe
24. Українська
25. Volapük
26. 中文

But on the wikipedia.org homepage, only 10 versions of the encyclopedia are listed:

1. en.wikipedia.org ( 51.74% )
2. ja.wikipedia.org ( 9.36% )
3. de.wikipedia.org ( 8.06% )
4. es.wikipedia.org ( 5.57% )
5. fr.wikipedia.org ( 3.72% )
6. pl.wikipedia.org ( 2.74% )
7. it.wikipedia.org ( 2.68% )
8. pt.wikipedia.org ( 2.24% )
9. ru.wikipedia.org ( 1.42% )
10. nl.wikipedia.org ( 1.30% )

 And the newly launched Pope2You only lists 5 language options:

1. Italiano
2. English
3. Español
4. Français
5. Deutsch

Youtube is available in 17 languages:

1. Česky
2. Deutsch
3. English (US)
4. English (GB)
5. Español (España)
6. Español (Latinoamérica)
7. Français
8. Italiano
9. Nederlands
10. Polski
11. Português (Brasil)
12. Svenska
13. Русский
14. 中文（简体）
15. 中文（繁體）
16. 日本語
17. 한국어

 And Google is available in 124 languages:

1. Afrikaans
2. Albanian
3. Amharic
4. Arabic
5. Armenian
6. Azerbaijani
7. Basque
8. Belarusian
9. Bengali
10. Bihari
11. Bork, bork, bork!
12. Bosnian
13. Breton
14. Bulgarian
15. Cambodian
16. Catalan
17. Chinese (Simplified)
18. Chinese (Traditional)
19. Corsican
20. Croatian
21. Czech
22. Danish
23. Dutch
24. Elmer Fudd
25. English
26. Esperanto
27. Estonian
28. Faroese
29. Filipino
30. Finnish
31. French
32. Frisian
33. Galician
34. Georgian
35. German
36. Greek
37. Guarani
38. Gujarati
39. Hacker
40. Hausa
41. Hebrew
42. Hindi
43. Hungarian
44. Icelandic
45. Indonesian
46. Interlingua
47. Irish
48. Italian
49. Japanese
50. Javanese
51. Kannada
52. Kazakh
53. Kinyarwanda
54. Kirundi
55. Klingon
56. Korean
57. Kurdish
58. Kyrgyz
59. Laothian
60. Latin
61. Latvian
62. Lingala
63. Lithuanian
64. Macedonian
65. Malagasy
66. Malay
67. Malayalam
68. Maltese
69. Maori
70. Marathi
71. Moldavian
72. Mongolian
73. Montenegrin
74. Nepali
75. Norwegian
76. Norwegian (Nynorsk)
77. Occitan
78. Oriya
79. Oromo
80. Pashto
81. Persian
82. Pirate
83. Polish
84. Portuguese (Brazil)
85. Portuguese (Portugal)
86. Punjabi
87. Quechua
88. Romanian
89. Romansh
90. Russian
91. Scots Gaelic
92. Serbian
93. Serbo-Croatian
94. Sesotho
95. Shona
96. Sindhi
97. Sinhalese
98. Slovak
99. Slovenian
100. Somali
101. Spanish
102. Sundanese
103. Swahili
104. Swedish
105. Tajik
106. Tamil
107. Tatar
108. Telugu
109. Thai
110. Tigrinya
111. Tonga
112. Turkish
113. Turkmen
114. Twi
115. Uighur
116. Ukrainian
117. Urdu
118. Uzbek
119. Vietnamese
120. Welsh
121. Xhosa
122. Yiddish
123. Yoruba
124. Zulu

Weawy!

:) nmw

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Fri, 2009-May-29 by nmw.

Click Here to Go to Heaven

Who needs Google when the Pope will always steer you right? >> BBC Interview with  Rev. Frederico Lombardi (Vatican Radio) [4:30]

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Mon, 2009-May-18 by nmw.

Bongo Fury

So this was a drive-in restaurant in Hollywood….

Ain’t it amazing — all the  people I meet?

Um… — No, it ain’t.

We’re the Volunteers of New Media!

Freedom is cheap — it’s only talk… BREW HAHA!! ;D

Yes: That

is amazing.

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Mon, 2009-May-18 by nmw.

Are You a Card Carrying Member?

No? … :O — What?!? Get with the times, man: You must! After all, most hip people not only have a profile, they totally PIMP it out!

I’m over it

I belong to many nations: Here a profile, there a profile, everywhere a pro file…  — I just no longer see any value in them. I couldn’t care less if anyone follows me or not, I have no aspirations to be a Pied Piper.

Got a Revolution!

Users are born free, yet everywhere they are in profiles. So it’s time to get up, stand up: Declare our natural rights: We don’t need no profilation!

Opium for the Masses

You want a leader? You say you’re lookin’ for someone who’ll guide you and follow your every step? I’m not the one you need, babe — no, no, no: it ain’t me, babe.

Yes, I do what I want — and I want a New Deal!

Oh: I’m so free!

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