World-Shaker

jtotheizzoe:

iomikron:

Studying the reblogging

These graphs represent the network created by tumblr bloggers who reblogged a previous post of mine. The first graph corresponds to the network formed after 2 days, and the second one is the same network after 3 days. In both networks, there are some clusters, where a blogger reblogs my post and after that successive rebloggings are occuring from his/her followers. I created a little program in Mathematica, which can read the notes of the post and identify who reblogged from whom.

I have attributed a name to some of these clusters  by the name of the blog located in the root of the cluster. For example, my cluster is the number 1. The biggest cluster though, for the first graph, is that of jtotheizzoe. For the second graph, the huge cluster is that of n-a-s-a, which has its origin from the jtotheizzoe’s cluster (number 2)… The seperated couples at the bottom are users that have reblogged my post by the ‘likes’ list’ of the other user, and then I couldn’t know where they came from…

I really enjoy that, and I’m curious how the structure of the network will look like eventually…

This a very cool analysis of Tumblr post spread. It’s very interesting to see how content spreads over days from the original poster, and how its life span and amplification change. It’s sharing, visualized.

I’m happy to be a node on this, as well.

Fascinating!

"There is no such thing as content. There is no content industry full of content creators who create consumable content for content consumers. Instead, there is a diverse field of people, young and old, amateur and professional, communicating and manifesting ideas and information using a wide variety of methods and techniques. The end products of these efforts may be in the form of text, imagery, sound, or interactive experience, but none can be categorized as a generic, consumable commodity known as “content.”…If you are a maker of things, a disseminator of knowledge, or anyone who contributes to the collective intellectual output of human beings, do not accept the notion that your work is less significant than a house, a chair, a piece of electronic equipment, or a rock. Do not allow yourself to be labeled as a mere “content creator.” Have more dignity than that."

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From This Is Not Content

This. So wonderfully and aptly stated. 

(via modernandmaterialthings)

Note from World-Shaker: There’s also the exploding authorship of curation, which is essentially what most Tumblr blogs are.

"We don’t have an information shortage; we have an attention shortage. There’s always someone who’s going to supply you with information that you’re going to curate. The Guggenheim doesn’t have a shortage of art. They don’t pay you to hang paintings for a show — in fact you have to pay for the insurance. Why? Because the Guggenheim is doing a service to the person who’s in the museum and the artist who’s being displayed."

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-Seth Godin

Why Curation Is Just as Important as Creation [OPINION]

Academic Freedom vs. Mandated Course Content →

Recently, on a discipline-specific listserv, tempers flared and egos were bruised.  The subject of this virtual brawl, a brawl that went on for weeks?  A department’s (or chair’s) decision to control and standardize course content in that department’s course offerings.  Also involved in this discussion:  the academic freedom at risk for faculty when these mandates are imposed, and then the control of “bad” teachers who don’t follow the mandates or who are unskilled in the arts of teaching.  Part of the argument included using standardized / common syllabi for faculty, requiring specific books for courses, and even mandating assignments for courses, especially when the department offered multiple sections of a course.