Web, Internet and the Economy
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IT in Japan: a survey of IT in the land of the rising sun
IT sector in Japan. Michael Thulin is providing access to a few studies which help us understand what the status of broadband subscribers is like in the world and how countries compare to each other (see an excerpt on the left-hand side). IT in Japan: a survey of IT in…
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4,300 major contributors maintain Wikipedia regularly
This is a question I had had for a long time. One felt that online collaboration was becoming mainstream. Still, I had my doubts about the sheer mass of users who were major contributors to a project like the much publicised Wikipedia. Q: Who maintains Wikipedia? A: 4,300 major contributors…
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Memes and Memetics: Why we copy each other – Susan Blackmore
I have interviewed Susan Blackmore, author of “The Meme Machine”. In this interview, Susan reminded us of the basics of Memetics and the Meme concept?” Memes and Memetics: Why we copy each other Susan Blackmore – “The term ‘meme’ was coined by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene.…
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Vive le Blog! The French blog more than their neighbours
The French supposedly blog more than their European neighbours. Honestly, I fail to understand why the world is so interested in such a ridiculously small and peaceful country like ours. Now and then people are heating up about France and the French and why they are so weird, and why they…
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Archive.org, the Waybackmachine is the memory of the Internet
Ever heard about the waybackmachine? I don’t think you could call that Web2.0 or even innovative but still, it’s probably the most awesome Internet website/service I have ever seen: Archive.org is a website and a database which keeps track of all the various versions of almost every website that ever…
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Cafe Delocator Declares War on Uniformity
Thank god, it’s not just a few old gits from Old Europe who seem to be fed up with these faceless standardised, uniformed coffee houses which are cropping up all over the world. A group of anti-marketing coffee house activists has decided to create a delocator to promote their idea…
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Trends in Networking and Collaborative Work: the Networked Economy
Collaborative work has firmly established itself in the business world. Is it paving the way for a networked economy? A mid-2004 IDC survey revealed that their focus group participants consistently voted web conferencing the most suitable collaboration and meeting tool for 60% of everyday meetings and business processes. This demonstrates…
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