Monthly Archives: March 2012

How Search Engines Work

Posted on March 11, 2012 by mikeferrara

I always wondered how search engines such as Google and Bing acquired the websites that pop up when you search something. Something I realized very quickly is that some websites always have a top spot on the results.  I noticed … Continue reading →

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plagarisms

Posted on March 9, 2012 by ibn4course

I knew it could be a little sympathetic to want some other artist idea. The truth is, I wonder if people who chosen to patent their idea in numerous formats at several intervals in copyrighted time like George Lucas’s the … Continue reading →

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Keywords

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Guzman Kiara

Google should be known to be the most used search engine out there. You don’t always find what you are looking for when you search for a specific result you need information on. But it does help most if the … Continue reading →

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Notes from today, and reading and blogging assignments for Monday, March 12

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Today we talked about metadata – data about data, including folksonomies, taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, and the Library of Congress Subject Headings. We ran out of time before we had a chance to thoroughly discuss issues around metadata for non-text media, … Continue reading →

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Search Engine of choice…

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Michael.M

I will like to first say #Kony2012! Ok now back to the assigment. Though we may use all these different search engines, which one is it that we can really rely on all the time? I mean who knows how … Continue reading →

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The Better Mouse Trap?

Posted on March 7, 2012 by matty65

As far as I can tell Google is probably the most widely used search engine. It seems that Google uses a combination of both keyword and controlled vocabulary to find references to your search. Based on the keywords that you … Continue reading →

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Doing Things For Intrinsic Motivations

Posted on March 7, 2012 by ragoo8111

As Flickr earns it’s award as the greatest social document of the 21st Century . We can’t help but wonder what else this very informal company can do to better its own accomplishments. Touting well in excess of three billion images, … Continue reading →

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Notes from today, and reading & blogging assignments for Wednesday, March 7

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Today we wrapped up the section on issues and ethics of information and media. Next we’ll move into discussions on how media and information are organized. We start on Wednesday with metadata — information about information, taxonomies, folksonomies; metadata for … Continue reading →

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Fair Use for Media

Posted on March 5, 2012 by David R

Having read the article,  I find that fair use of copyright material is a long overdue issue. This has always been a gray area and it seems it finally is getting the attention it deserves. With more copyright laws than … Continue reading →

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Copyright a good idea gone bad?

Posted on March 5, 2012 by darren732

A copyright is a simple rule giving authors the exclusive rights to their work for 28 years. Like a patent but simpler. This was a great idea that has been copied by our founding fathers. Yet as the years have … Continue reading →

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