Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the World Wide Web, and Time Magazine’s ‘One of the 100 greatest minds of the [last] century‘, is a man with a mission. British born Berners-Lee has been living in Boston and applying his considerable knowledge and visionary zest at MIT, focusing on The Web Science Research Initiative [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Tracking’
Hands off my cookie jar!
Posted: by Rudy Nadler-Nir in Anthrodigital, So satisfyingTags: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, CSAIL, Daniel J. Weitzner, decentralised information systems, ECS, James Hendler, Nigel Shadbolt, Phorm, The Web Science Research Initiative, Tim Berners-Lee, Tracking, University of Southampton, Web Science, Wendy Hall, WSRI
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Zen and the Art of Internet Tracking
Posted: by Rudy Nadler-Nir in Anthrodigital, NarrativesTags: BCID, Book Crossing, BookCrossing, obedience, Six Degree of Separation, Small World Project, social psychology, Stanley Milgram, Tracking
Many people like the idea that they can find where the latest parcel they ordered from amazon.com is located right now, where their stolen car is heading, or if their teenage daughter is returning home using the safest way.