Category Participation
Telling stories in public spaces, museums, and over the internet – often simultaneously
Web 2.0 is the web as it was originally envisioned – the internet of things is the real departure
The user is the content
UK report on culture, participation and the web
Balance generated content – towards the end of user generated content?
Delta Airlines: change the experience / experience change
Social lending gains net interest
“Now there is a wave of sites trying to convince people that the web is the place for their money,” writes Katie Ledger of BBC’s Click Online. “The concept is called social lending and the idea is to introduce people…
MyThings – Social Networking meets the Internet of Things
MyThings (as the name suggests) is an online registry of members’ possessions, from jewellery and electronics to cars and boats, writes Joanna Bawa on Usability News. Sign up and gain access to a range of services including valuation, recovery after…
Forrester’s new Social Technographics report
36% of online American adults consult Wikipedia
More than a third of American adult internet users (36%) consult the citizen-generated online encyclopedia Wikipedia, according to a new nationwide survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. And on a typical day in the winter of 2007,…
Participation on Web 2.0 sites remains weak
Torino 2008 World Design Capital launches Torino GEODESIGN
Yesterday I went to a press conference by Torino 2008 World Design Capital at the Milan Design Fair which presented TORINO GEODESIGN. TORINO GEODESIGN (described in more detail in this Core77 article) is an international competition which will bring designers…
NESTA call for user-focused solutions to mental health problems
The UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) is calling for innovative project proposals from front-line workers, carers and people with direct experience of mental distress, to tackle some of the key challenges surrounding mental health in…