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The Future Momentum - Readings & Links (41) 12. October 2009, 16:17
Selected readings (week 41) including e.g. a vision of the (future) city as a complex interaction system, the benefits of self-organizing digital ecosystems, a glance to the essentials of social design, insights on the need for behavioral economics and experimental policies, ponderings about the questionable exploitation of social networking sites, the new possibilities for 3-D virtual worlds and the changing(?) value chain of digital content.
Developing self-organizing and scalable digital “ecosystems” to solve complex, dynamic problems. (arXiv.org – Computer Science) Read
Lessons for the future; applicability of behavioral economics and the utilization of experimental policies. (The MIT Technology Review) Read
The City as an Interaction Platform: social networks, reactive environments, context-sensitive data. (The Mobile City) Read
“Who Is on the Other End of Facebook?” Critical insights on the strategies of “exploiting” social-networking sites. (The Chronicle of Higher Education) Read
An intriguing discussion – the social design phenomenon & intentions, motivations, relevance & implications. (Change Observer) Read
The essential debate about the possibilities and implications of the behaviour sensitive marketing continues. (The Guardian) Read
The new coming/forms of 3-D virtual worlds, collaboration & communication solutions for enterprises. (GigaOM) Read
The role of visualization: to support the priority task & improve it through feedback loops. (GOOD Mag) Read
Insights on the value and dynamics of content distribution: “the content is free, formats are not”? (CNET News) Read