Francis Pisani

[Three models of collective intelligence] We can argue that there are a range of different models of collective intelligence shaping the digital realm at the present time. We might distinguish broadly between three different models: 1)An aggregative model which assumes that we can collect data based on the autonomous and anonymous decisions of... - http://transnets.tumblr.com/post...

Six Social Media Trends for 2010 - HarvardBusiness.org - http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/cs...

[THe rise of virtual goods] Silicon Valley may have discovered the perfect business: charging real money for products that do not exist. These so-called virtual goods, like a $1 illustration of a Champagne bottle on Facebook or the $2.50 Halloween costume in the online game Sorority Life, are no more than a collection of pixels on a Web page. But... - http://transnets.tumblr.com/post...

Motorola Droid Review - http://www.ubergizmo.com/15...

[iPhone: the worst phone in the world] The iPhone may be the greatest handheld surfing device ever to rock the mobile Web, and a fabulous media player to boot. It may be the highest-rated mobile phone on CNET UK, rocking the pockets of half of our crack editorial team. It’s certainly the touchscreen face that launched a thousand apps. But as an... - http://transnets.tumblr.com/post...

[“app phones” a new type of phones] Apps distinguish iPhonish phones from mere smartphones, so “app phones” it is. The latest hotly anticipated app phone is the Motorola Droid […]. - http://transnets.tumblr.com/post...

The Google Wave chatting tool is too complicated for its own good. - http://transnets.tumblr.com/post...

Surge in search innovation - SiliconValley.com - http://www.siliconvalley.com/news...

[A gadget that only tweets] In a world where smartphones are vying to become your all-purpose mobile computing multitool, Twitter believes there’s a market for more specialized devices — a gadget, for instance, able to do nothing but send and receive tweets. In June, Twitter took that vision to Peek, a company that makes a simple dedicated e-mail... - http://transnets.tumblr.com/post...

[Location services] Loopt aims to distinguish itself by making its service comprehensive. It incorporates feeds from 20 sources, including listings and review services like Zagat, Citysearch and Eventful as well as content sites like DailyCandy, Thrillist and The Village Voice. Pulse produces a personalized and ever-changing list of... - http://transnets.tumblr.com/post...

[Kindle and Sony Reader owners read more] Amazon […] says that people with Kindles now buy 3.1 times as many books as they did before owning the device. That factor is up from 2.7 in December 2008. So a reader who had previously bought eight books from Amazon would now purchase, on average, 24.8 books, a rise from 21.6 books. “You are going to see... - http://transnets.tumblr.com/post...

Le destin incertain de nos biens virtuels - http://pisani.blog.lemonde.fr/2009...

Les sites de quotidiens attirent moins de monde - http://pisani.blog.lemonde.fr/2009...

Pistes: crowdsourcing, quotidiens plus chers et Facebook pour la paix - http://pisani.blog.lemonde.fr/2009...

Defense Department Releases Open Source Memo - O'Reilly Radar - http://radar.oreilly.com/2009...

Daily newspaper circulation fell a record 10.6% in the six months ended in September to an average of 39.1 million copies, representing a 38% drop from an all-time peak of 63.3 million in 1984. Circulation now is lower than it was prior to World War II. Because the nation’s population has more than doubled in the post-war era, the percentage of... - http://transnets.tumblr.com/post...

[The Nook, a new eBook reader] As much as anything, publishers seemed relieved that Barnes & Noble, which operates the nation’s largest chain of bookstores, had produced a credible alternative to Amazon’s Kindle. The Nook, priced at $259, went on sale Tuesday afternoon at nook.com, at a price that matched the latest edition of the Kindle. The Nook... - http://transnets.tumblr.com/post...

Web: 5 tendances qui comptent - http://pisani.blog.lemonde.fr/2009...

[Seniors’ technology gap] While 46 percent of seniors over the age of 65 use cell phones, fewer use the internet, which precludes them from taking advantage of online commerce, communication and innovations like online banking. Only 39 percent of adults between 65 and 74 use the internet, and that figure drops to less than a quarter (24 percent)... - http://transnets.tumblr.com/post...

Now that Bing and Google will be displaying tweets from Twitter and status messages from Facebook, web workers will need to consider how much, and how publicly, we wish to interact with these two social networks. - http://transnets.tumblr.com/post...

[Clay SHirky] “Every URL is a latent community. …This is a revolution; it can not be contained by the institutions. …People can now talk directly to each other without asking for permission. …We now have a medium in which we can have tiny global movements. - http://participolis.tumblr.com/post...

[Catalist microtargeting during ‘08 campaign] On the whole, progressives completed over 127 million contacts to more than 49 million unique individuals[1]. Of these, 28 million voted on Election Day, representing over 20% of all votes cast. Furthermore, and of greater significance, is that 82% of this work occurred in 16 swing states, accounting... - http://participolis.tumblr.com/post...

[Data backed microtargeting] According to the analysis, those registered voters contacted by Catalist member groups turned out at a rate of 74.6%; the voters who weren’t turned out in proportions roughly equivalent to the national average — about 60.4%. In four states, the number of new votes cast by liberals exceeded Obama’s victory margin: in... - http://participolis.tumblr.com/post...

Bacon's Rebellion: WHO WILL GATHER AND DISSEMINATE THE NEWS? - http://baconsrebellion.blogspot.com/2009...

L’état de la blogalaxie et une vue de la twittersphere, - http://pisani.blog.lemonde.fr/2009...

[Dont’ tell me what you are doing, tell me where you are] Twitter and Facebook ask users to answer the question: What are you doing right now? But for many urbanites in their 20s and 30s, two other questions are just as important: Where are you, and can I come join you? For them, a fast-growing social networking service called Foursquare is... - http://transnets.tumblr.com/post...

Pour le Kindle et les bouquineurs électroniques - http://pisani.blog.lemonde.fr/2009...

Règles pour les news + contre la transparence - http://pisani.blog.lemonde.fr/2009...

[Danger of centralization] Owners of Sidekick phones may have lost all the personal information they put on the device, including contact numbers, because of a failure of servers that remotely stored the data. The incident is a huge blow to the reputation of the Sidekick and is a reminder of the dangers of trusting a single provider to safeguard... - http://transnets.tumblr.com/post...

[22 new rules for news - Dan Gillmor] 2. We would invite our audience to participate in the journalism process, in a variety of ways that included crowdsourcing, audience blogging, wikis and many other techniques. We’d make it clear that we’re not looking for free labour – and will work to create a system that rewards contributors beyond a pat on... - http://transnets.tumblr.com/post...