IS52026 Social ComputingWeek 2: infrastructure, global social
media, the firehose
dan mcquillan
4-node ARPANET diagram
Internet History
WHERE DID THE INTERNET COME FROM?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet
http://www.slideshare.net/trebor/week2-9266952
RIM outage
Nowadays people talk about 'the cloud' but what happens when it
stops working?
This has become a mainstream issue since the government in Egypt
shut down the internet in the whole of the country.
This week we've also seen the Blackberry / RIM downtime.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/10/2011-10-10-bbstormkeypadhorizontal2-copy-1318424615.jpg
For creative geeks, these are opportunities!
Photo credit: U.S. Air Force
This audio is the sound that started the
internet!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPFKd5p_t0s
The launch of Sputnik 1957 led directly to the establishment of
the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA).
Packet switching. ARPANET - 1970
Photo credit: Jon Postel
Vince Serf & Robert Kahn TCP / IP - 1974
Photo credit: Department of Defense
Computer Science Network (CSNET) - 1981
wisconsin
Photo credit: Merit Network, Inc
NSFNET, - 1985. The opening of the NSFNET to other networks
began in 1988.
Act allowing NSFNET to interconnect with commercial networks
1992
Photo credit: Ken Masters
credit: Ludovic.ferre
Internet exchange point logistics of traffic exchange between
ISPs is governed by mutual peering agreements. Under such
agreements traffic is often exchanged without compensation.
credit: Renesys
BGP was created to allow fully decentralized routing in order to
transition from the core ARPAnet model to a decentralized system
that included the NSFNET backbone and its associated regional
networks. This allowed the Internet to become a truly decentralized
system.
http://www.renesys.com/blog/assets_c/2011/01/All_outages_zoom2-192.shtml
EXERCISE: IF SOMEONE SHUT DOWN THE NET CONNECTION IN LONDON, HOW
COULD YOU RECONNECT?
http://www.submarinecablemap.com/
at least 5 Gbps.
http://www.submarinecablemap.com/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8552410.stm
BBC - SuperPower: Visualising the internet
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8552410.stm
http://chartsbin.com/view/2484
While South Korea leading the list with a blazingly fast average
speed of 2,202KBps may not come as much of a surprise, the small
eastern European nations of Romania (1,909KBps) and Bulgaria
(1,611KBps) unexpectedly claimed the second and third highest
speeds.
http://chartsbin.com/view/2484
Internet was made, can be unmade, can be re-made... by YOU.
http://www.vincos.it/2011/06/13/la-mappa-dei-social-network-nel-mondo-giugno-2011/
World Map of Social Networks june 2011
http://www.vincos.it/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/WMSN0611-1024.png
http://www.briansolis.com/2010/02/the-internationalization-of-social-media/
The State of Social Media Around the World 2010
http://www.briansolis.com/2010/02/the-internationalization-of-social-media/
http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/goodmorning
GoodMorning: Visualizing Wake Up Tweets around the World
http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/goodmorning
http://www.comscoredatamine.com/2011/06/average-time-spent-on-social-networking-sites-across-geographies/
Average Time Spent on Social Networking Sites Across
Geographies
http://www.comscoredatamine.com/2011/06/average-time-spent-on-social-networking-sites-across-geographies/#.TfNkp7X_iCA;email
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/06/14/malawi-citizens-fuel-facebook-for-gas-refills/
Photo credit: john.duffell (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).
Social media is truly global
it's not all facebook yet
its becoming important everywhere
but it's use reflects the local
contexthttp://static5.businessinsider.com/image/4e774d4669bedd640d000005/chart-of-the-day-the-largest-photo-libraries-in-the-world-september-2011.jpg
Malawi: Citizens Fuel Facebook for Gas
Updateshttp://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/06/14/malawi-citizens-fuel-facebook-for-gas-refills/
Infographic of Social Media Equivalents in China
credit: Thomas Crampton
http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/social-media-china/
china
http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/social-media-china/
Train
crashhttp://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/china-struggles-to-tame-microblogging-masses-2351509.html
EXERCISE: IF THERE WAS INTERNET ACCESS IN THE AMAZON JUNGLE,
WHAT ARE THE WAYS IN WHICH SOCIAL MEDIA COULD BE USEFUL?
social media firehose
social media firehose
2 weeks of awesomeness re: state of social media.
But you? How do you ride
it?http://justifiedbythescriptures.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/media_overload_by_itsyouforme-copywright.jpg
http://blip.tv/howardrheingold/infotention-part-one-dashboards-radars-filters-2811998
In today's LAB we will...
VIDEOInfotention Part One: Dashboards, Radars, Filters
HowardRheingold 6min
the
Wellhttp://blip.tv/howardrheingold/infotention-part-one-dashboards-radars-filters-2811998
his is what we'll do in the lab.
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