Omeka, Social Media, Visual Communications links for 2008-06-22
Omeka Omeka is a web platform for publishing collections and exhibitions online. Designed for cultural institutions, enthusiasts, and educators, Omeka is easy to install and modify and facilitates community-building around collections and exhibits. (tags: opensource software web2.0 cms tools database archive) MediaPost Publications – OMG! UM Finds Web 2.0 Breeding Consumers 2.0, Social Media Attains […]
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Hive Mind
Jason Lanier has written an interesting essay DIGITAL MAOISM: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism in which he addresses some of the issues related to the hive-mind collectivism of Web 2.0 phenomena. In my work I think about the effect and use of collective software. I also find myself justifying it, explaining its benefits […]
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