Zoekresultaten

Deconstructing the cloud

Deliverable D 1.1: Whitebook requirements

The following report aims to introduce the main me2 specifications, and to describe the requirements needed to develop the me2 project. Me2 is a technological platform where the behaviours related to energy consumption could be monitored, and also to increase the energy efficiency.In order to have a better understanding about the use of that kind of platforms, a brief literature review is firstly presented, where some of the main behaviour changing mechanisms practices are highlighted. Also, a policy analysis was developed to give an extended overview of the existing market structures and barriers, as well as, the technical features that are relevant for the development of a venture like me2.The report will end with a detailed description of what the me2 user will be like. This information is mostly based on the pre-pilot survey and on a cross-cultural analysis between Portugal and the Netherlands. This comparison is fundamental for a better understanding about the target community used in this project. Concerning to the functional systems requirements, they are also described in this report, giving special attention to what is called me2 Logic, that includes the front-end platform, back-end activities, and the algorithms to user engagement.Therefore, this report delivers, in a very detailed way, all the reviewed information and procedures needed to be determined prior to the platform’s establishment, and regarding its implementation for the project’s first pilot in Lisbon.

New journalism 3.0 – aggregation, content farms and Huffinization

Journalists in the 21st century are expected to work for different platforms, gather online information, become multi‐media professionals, and learn how to deal with amateur contributions. The business model of gathering, producing and distributing news changed rapidly. Producing content is not enough; moderation and curation are at least as important when it comes to working for digital platforms. There is a growing pressure on news organizations to produce more inexpensive content for digital platforms, resulting in new models of low‐cost or even free content production. Aggregation, either by humans or machines ‘finding’ news and re‐publishing it, is gaining importance. At so‐called ‘content farms’ freelancers, part‐timers and amateurs produce articles that are expected to end up high in web searches. Apart from this low‐pay model a no‐pay model emerged were bloggers write for no compensation at all. At the Huffington Post thousands of bloggers actually work for free. Other websites use similar models, sometimes offering writers a fixed price depending on the number of clicks a page gets. We analyse the background, the consequences for journalists and journalism and the implications for online news organizations. We investigate aggregation services and content farms and no‐pay or low‐pay news websites that mainly use bloggers for input.

Research through game design

Deciding what kind of smart cities do we, as a society, want is not only a political question but also a matter of envisioning possible futures. The speculative narratives that designers produce to support their imagination are called "Design Fictions." We share SUBMERGED, a cross-platform project that combines game design, interactive narrative, and urban exploration with the objective of empowering citizens to produce their design fictions. Following a "Research through Design" practice, we describe our process for creating SUBMERGED, we synthesize some critical insights from our experience, and we urgently call for a dialogue between semioticians and design researchers on these topics.

Beïnvloeden met BIG Data in het publieke domein

White paper Media Future Week Almere Het jaar 2011 werd door Neelie Kroes (Europees Commissaris ‘Digitale Agenda’) afgesloten met de presentatie van een nieuwe Europese richtlijn die ervoor moet zorgen dat overheden meer data voor hergebruik ter beschikking stellen. Open data is volgens Kroes 'goud waard'. Ook binnen de Nederlandse overheid groeit de aandacht voor open data. In de door het rijk geïnitieerde wedstrijd ‘Apps voor Nederland’ (http://www.appsvoornederland.nl/) konden deelnemers mobiele applicaties ontwikkelen met beschikbare overheidsdata. Onder die ontwikkelaars waren eerstejaars studenten Communication & Media Design van de Hogeschool Utrecht. Zij hebben eind vorig jaar enthousiast gepionierd en succesvolle concepten bedacht die gezien de overeenkomsten met de ‘prijswinnende applicaties’ (http://www.appsvoornederland.nl/nieuws/winnaars‐apps‐voor‐nederland‐bekend) zeker kans van slagen zouden hebben. Zie bijvoorbeeld de web‐based app ‘iHBO’ (http://www.appsvoornederland.nl/apps/ihbo) van Rein Krijgsman, Robert van Assenbergh en Pjotr Sen. Deze applicatie biedt aankomend studenten, ouders en decanen informatie op maat om een weloverwogen en goed geïnformeerde studiekeuze te kunnen maken. Het was volgens de studenten leuk en leerzaam om nieuwe dienstverlenende

Beweegmaatjes en sportpartners: Wildgroei en concurrentie staan succes sportdating in de weg

Virtuele sportgemeenschappen, twitterende topsporters, sportapps, sportblogs, fantasy sports, public viewing, narrowcasting, sportvideogames… bij de opleiding Sport, Management & Ondernemen (Hogeschool van Amsterdam) hebben ze meer dan gemiddeld interesse voor dergelijke innovaties in de sportwereld. Wat gebeurt er allemaal? Wat is de betekenis van deze innovaties? Welke toepassingsmogelijkheden zijn er? Met welke resultaten worden nieuwe media ingezet? Wat zijn de bedoelde en onbedoelde effecten? Bij de kenniskring Sportbusiness Development loopt een onderzoeksprogramma met verkenningen rond het thema sport & nieuwe media. In dit artikel staat het fenomeen sportdating centraal.