POPBottles by Anna Utopia Giordano
The most viral news sources on Twitter and Facebook are a mix of traditional media and blogs. At the head of the class are the BBC, The Guardian and The Huffington Post #in
Reputation online is a very one-dimensional thing. Its determined by algorithms looking at what you do in social sites, and a huge importance was tagged to earner a good score. People began gaming Klout when it was launched, then they became very angry when their score changed with an algorithm update.
I’ve just implemented TrustCloud on my site to show I’m considered trustworthy online - but how does my offline behaviour impact my score? It doesn’t - but that doesn’t stop me having a pretty badge on here (it’s right at the bottom of the page).
Their algorithm is supposed to calculate on a variety of factors including reviews you post online and their usefulness to others. This sounds like a different type of calculation, so it will be interesting to see where this ultimately leads to.
Their website states that their scores are ranged between 1-100 (with 100 being most trustworthy). Today I’m carrying a score of 312 which means you can lend me large sums of cash and I’ll pay you back - honest.
Image reproduced from http://trustcloud.com/
FFFFOUND! | Sky Series Selected Works 2011 | Eric Cahan
A great series that works well as wallpaper for your mobile device.
Scratch Markup Language
New project from Free Art Technology (F.A.T.) that aims to create a technology standard for the purpose of logging complex turntable manipulation:
SML (Scratch Markup Language) is a new file format for recording and replaying turntablism. We’ve developed open-source tools for accurately capturing the record and crossfader movements of a scratch DJ, allowing us to analyze, transcribe, and recreate scratch performances.
We want to do for turntablism what Graffiti Markup Language has done for tagging — especially teaching giant robot arms how to scratch.
At Art Hack Day we collaborated with other artists and programmers to develop the first prototypes of ScratchML. We used timecode vinyl to capture record movements ($10) and a hacked VCA fader + Arduino to record the crossfader ($30).
More info about the project can be found at F.A.T. here
Recon Instruments brings action camera viewing into your goggles
Recon Instruments and Contour announced a partnership that will turn Recon’s goggle-mounted display into a viewfinder for Contour action cams. You will need Recon ready goggles, a Recon system and a Contour action camera. The App is free, but the whole kit will cost you around $900.
