On this episode of Spark:
- [00:47] Eugene Potapov helps deer blog
- [05:21] Steven Johnson on the state of the Geoweb (full interview)
- [12:14] Justin Hall explains PMOG, the Passively Multiplayer Online Game
- [17:50] Nora mentions GWAP, Games With a Purpose
- [19:00] Ron Baecker develops memory prosthetics for seniors, amnesics, and Alzheimer’s patients
This episode features Creative Commons music and sound effects:
- “Wadidyusay?” by Zap Mama
- “Downtempo Groove” by Neurowaxx
- “leaves of autumn” by sleeperspaceborn
- “tigabeatz-(justaddedsomedrumsremix)” by tigabeatz
- “The Last Man on Earth” by Neurowaxx
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Wanting to say “way to go” after every episode is going to seem redundant. Don’t for a moment think that you or your crew are not “qualified” to do what you do, especially not for not being gamers
It’s great when technology is used for things beyond entertainment.
I’ve bumped into Ron Baecker a number of times over the years, but hadn’t heard of this specific project. While privacy was discussed, the all-pervasive Copyright issue wasn’t. While we would all like to believe that since this isn’t being publicly distributed that it woldn’t have an impact, the copyright lobby wants to have copyright impact all aspects of our lives. I wish I believe with certainty that by the time my memory needs this type of assistance that there will be devices under my own control to build this memory prosthetic, and the (legal and technical) ability to store any of my relevant memories in it.
Did you know that photographers are lobbying to change copyright law to make it nearly impossible to determine when a photograph expires from copyright?
I’m a new listener. Great show, I love the podcast. Your eclectic content, guests and full embrace of Web 2.0 help to demystify this exciting new social, technocultural dance that is an increasingly present beat picking up tempo around the world.
On Episode 40 I particularly enjoyed the items on memory prosthetics and Geomapping. Both ideas could work so well together. It hit home again the evening I listened to the show as I watched The Notebook with my 18-year-old daughter – similar concept as Ron Baecker’s but limited to text and voice.
I’m sure someone is already out there applying Geomapping to memory projects, to genealogy and to blogging. The first time I really noticed the tags was when I saw the World Wildlife Federation’s panda logo popping up all over Google Earth – brilliant.
I’ll be looking into how I can play around with geotags on my blog – Ta-daa – 180 Days of Magic at http://xelaboy.wordpress.com/
Thanks for a great show. I’ll be casting in every week.
Cheers
Alex Smith
@Alex,
That’s a really neat idea! The Geoweb and memory prosthetics are natural partners. Another interesting relationship is the idea that the Geoweb could be used to store our collective cultural memories of a place.
Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall!