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Useful notes on modifications made to Confliuence to make it work better in the Penn State environment.
They define a social network service as that it “focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others.” They provide ways for people to interact with each other through services like email and instant messenger. They encourage people to openly communicate with each other and to share their information. They are growing so rapidly that they seem like they will be a regular part of every day life. Their strength is that they can gather millions and millions of users that are all unique. Their fault, however, is their inability to monetize their volumes. All major forms of social networking contain ‘category divisions’ i.e.- a former classmate. They use these category divisions to connect people with friends. There are 4 main social networks in North America, 1 in Canada, 1 in Europe, 3 in South and Central America, and 4 in Asia and the Pacific Islands. And those are only the main or most widely used networks, not how many are in each country. The attempts at standardizing these social services in the attempt to not duplicate friends or interest has led to concerns about privacy.
There has always been the concern about sexual predators and giving too much personal information online. However, law enforcement has been brought in on sites such as MySpace to try to help prevent issues of sexual crimes. Now the focus has shifted to giving large corporations and government bodies too much personal information. Also, who has control over the data that is submitted is a growing problem.
I used this source because it had a lot of information about social networking services that other sites did not have. There is so much information in this one article. It covers several different aspects of social networking and gives good detail and examples. I normally don’t use Wiki for research but I felt it was appropriate for this assignment.
tagged social_networking_service wiki by aromanb ...on 09-APR-09
posted by: Jeffrey Wolf , Web Producer
written by: Kyle Clark , Reporter
DENVER - A state senator who was hassled for his congestion pricing idea has a suggestion for Coloradans: build a better bill yourself.
Sen. Chris Romer (D-Denver) says he received more than 800 constituent e-mails in response to his proposal for tolls along Interstate 70 during peak travel periods. Romer admits the feedback was overwhelmingly negative.
"Almost all of them ended up with the final line, 'I hate your idea but I love the fact that you started the dialogue,'" said Romer.
Now he's asking the public to help him come up with another idea. On Friday, Romer unveiled what he calls a "Wiki-Bill," a spin-off of the popular online user-edited encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Anyone can log onto a Web site created by Romer's staff and outline their solution to the congestion on ski weekends.
tagged Ohio SL University second_life wiki by vedantha ...on 12-NOV-07
Swarm is a platform for agent-based models (ABMs) that includes:
- A conceptual framework for designing, describing, and conducting experiments on ABMs;
- Software implementing that framework and providing many handy tools; and
- A community of users and developers that share ideas, software, and experience
Wiki for Triboro RX - proposed rail line for bronx, queens and brooklyn
In its 1996 Third Regional Plan, Regional Plan Association describes a rapid transit line in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx that could be built almost entirely on pre-existing rail rights of way. The so-called Triboro RX (TRX for short) presents a unique opportunity to provide mobility and accessibility to New Yorkers living or working within these three boroughs, at a fraction of the cost of most transit projects of similar size. This web site documents a possible alignment for the Triboro RX, and a crude estimate of what levels of initial ridership one could expect to see if it were built. The results, as you will see, are encouraging to say the least.
The GSAPP Spatial Information Design Lab
From Social Justice Wiki
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SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS
This website was first developed by students at Columbia University and Barnard College enrolled in "Black Movements in the U.S." taught by Professor Robin D. G. Kelley. The purpose of the site is to introduce students and the general public to a few of the most dynamic social justice organizations in New York City. Students worked in groups of three and each group was responsible for creating a web page devoted to one organization. Students were required to interview organizers and conduct library research on the history and current activities on the organizations for which they were responsible. Each page includes a link to the respective organization's website, thus our site serves as a kind of portal into some of the key social justice movements in the city.
The site is really just the beginning of a much larger project and does not claim to be comprehensive. Indeed, as Professor Kelley continues to teach this and other courses in the future, new groups of students will add more organizations to the website. All of the movements included here represent one or more of the following categories: labor, civil rights, black liberation, reparations, socialism/communism, feminism, welfare rights, youth/Hip Hop activism, education, peace, environmental justice, and anti-globalization. In each case, students explore the broader political vision(s) of each of these movements (what are they trying to accomplish); the context for their emergence; their strategies and tactics; the impact they have had on the communities they serve as well as on struggles for social justice as a whole; and the kind of support they need to sustain the work they are doing.
WikiMapia is a project to help describe the whole planet Earth.
How to use
Just move the map to find interesting places, click on rectangles. To add an interesting place or object use Add New link. Small rules: please add places with interest to other people.