Protected: The Quanitfied Self
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Ben Smith
Star Notes: Collaborate & Compound
From funding of projects through Kickstarter, to Waze’s user-led traffic and navigation app, to that free encyclopaedia that we all know and love, crowdsourcing has become increasingly ubiquitous. The approach is democratising the process of academic research by leveraging the collective intelligence…
Open, Collective & Purposeful: Examining the Impact of Open & Crowd Sourced Spatial Data
Technology has transformed the way in which information is generated, collected and shared in innumerable ways. Nowhere has this transformation been as impactful as in the areas of non-profit and humanitarian work. Around the world there are people willing to…
Defence & Space in the European Union: How Liberalism & Realism Coexist
As the world becomes ever more complex, the lines between concepts and competencies become convoluted. National issues blur into the international and civilian interests dissect the military. Within the European Union (EU) this blurring is nothing new. Since even before…
The Scholar and his Assistant: The Emergence of the Academic Co-pilot
Word count: 1891 Progress has always been synonymous with change. Change in our norms and approaches. Change in our focus and priorities. And change in the tools and tasks that make up the jobs we do. From the first time…
Portfolio of Introduction to Digital Humanities
Word count: 1523 This is a combination of the most thought-provoking discussions I have engaged with in the last few months. They represent my introduction to the field of Digital Humanities and my first thoughts on a number of important…
Creating & Sharing Knowledge (now in 3D!)
As part of my undergraduate degree, I was tasked with creating a digital artefact as part of a team made up of my classmates. The possible formats were extensive – everything from a webpage to a podcast or documentary. Before…
The Abilities of Archives
Discussion on the Power & Considerations of Archives Archives are to many seen as boring, archaic filing systems where irrelevant documents are stored when they are no longer of use. Yawns of derision usually meet the over-stylised library basement scenes…
The Individuals & Societies of the Web
A Discussion on Filter Bubbles & the Contract for the Web The early days of the internet were exciting. The ever-expanding connectivity between people and ideas seemed to have no limit. Thousand-page encyclopaedias, reduced to pixels on a screen and…
How Data Defines Debate
Discussion on Big Data & Politics The overlap of the digital has permeated many aspects of society. A digital layer now sits over our daily lives at home, at work and everywhere in between. Of these, how we get information…
