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Britain leads the pack. Its internet economy is now bigger than its construction and education sectors, mainly thanks to the popularity of e-commerce.
—Daily chart: Digital shopkeepers | The Economist
PressPausePlay (by House of Radon)
“A Film about Hope, Fear and Digital Culture - Does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out?” @presspauseplay
http://www.presspauseplay.com/
For behind the scenes info on the making of the film read: A Democratized Culture
SOPA & PIPA Information Tools
SOPA / PIPA Slideshow and Resource Toolkit
I’ve created a slidestaxx presentation for information about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the US. Focusing on the current debate, opposing argument, security and technical concerns, the package offers a resource toolkit for anyone interested in learning about the issues involved. Featuring content from prominent commentators, online awareness campaigns and a range of Internet protest tools. Links to both Acts are included.
How The Echo Nest’s ‘Musical Brain’ is Powering the Internet Music Ecosystem
This infographic by Liz Meyer depicts the way music data company The Echo Nest and their ‘Musical Brain’ database is fuelling a new generation of digital music applications.
The Echo Nest’s rapidly growing music intelligence platform allows music services, record labels, and independent developers to tap into 5 billion musical datapoints about 1.5 million artists and 30 million songs. Including comprehensive Artist Data and fine-grained Song Data such as tempo, pitch, time signature and more.
There are currently almost 200 music apps developed and Echo Nest customers reach 100,000,000 music fans every month.
Follow for all the latest music apps, data hacks and industry highlights:
- App Tracking - http://evolver.fm/
- Tumblr - http://blog.echonest.com/
- Twitter - @echonest
In this 25-minute talk for Wired, Kevin Kelly reduces the future of the Internet to six verbs, representing six large-scale Internet trends:
- Screening
- Interacting
- Sharing
- Flowing
- Accessing
- Generating
The Primary Verb = Sharing - Anything that can be shared will be shared.
Likewise when it comes to matters of internal policy, ’share everything’ is one of Google’s Eight Pillars of Innovation:
“By sharing everything, you encourage the discussion, exchange and re-interpretation of ideas, which can lead to unexpected and innovative outcomes.”
A publisher makes a work public, it connects a work and an audience
— Publishers and the internet: a changing role | Cory Doctorow | Technology | guardian.co.uk
