http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:15:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/what-will-happen-if-sopa-succeeds.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:40:59 +0000 Dan Gillmor says that we need to stop the new laws or the web really will go dark.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/wikipedia-blackout.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:15:57 +0000 In dire need of answers during this dark time for the internet? Check the English mobile site, or change browser settings.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/wikipedia-protest-sopa-headlines.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:49:06 +0000 The sixth most popular web site in the world will shut down all its English web pages to stop the new piece of legislation that threatens the future of the internet. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/top-ten-digital-brands-of-2011-headlines.html Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:50:27 +0000 Neilsen has released their comprehensive list including the unsurprising leader, Google, and other savvy brand like Apple, Wikipedia, Facebook and Microsoft.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/wikipedia-founder-predicts-a-chinese-spring-sometime-headlines.html Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:49:22 +0000 Internet pioneer Jimmy Wales hopes that the Chinese government will realize that they will need to open up access to information and allow genuine democracy.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/tumblr-is-now-bigger-than-wikipedia-headlines.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:03:11 +0000 The blogging site generates more pageviews per month than Wikipedia with only a tenth as many visitors.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/the-state-of-the-internet-a-feast-of-worldwide-data.html Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:39:18 +0000 Visual data aficionados, rejoice. An information-rich site capturing real-time data surrounding the power and current state of the internet is available for your perusal (and presentation, education needs).]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/why-arent-women-writing-for-wikipedia-headlines.html Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:28:29 +0000 Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia says 90% of the writers on Wikipedia are men and explained that some areas could use the help of female writers.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/students-post-on-wikipedia-for-class-projects.html Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:40:17 +0000 Teachers are embracing Wikipedia as a writing and research tool used for class projects.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/wikipedia-replaces-like-with-the-love-button.html Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:07:37 +0000 The online encyclopedia gives its users a way to send each other positive reinforcement. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/chrononlogical-visualization-of-how-knowledge-emerges.html Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:50:12 +0000 A compelling data visualization maps the history of the world according to Wikipedia data.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/artist-infiltrates-wikipedia.html Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:09:43 +0000 Brooklyn artist David Horvitz attempted to make Wikipedia his own personal gallery space.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/interview-wikipedias-jimmy-wales.html Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:46:04 +0000 Viewed by 400m people a month all over the world, Wikipedia has become the go-to website for anybody wanting to find out anything.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/physical-records-of-real-time-wikipedia-edits.html Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:36:25 +0000 A public art installation, expressing its community's work, celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the electronic encyclopedia.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/open-source-google-street-view-map.html Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:59:09 +0000 An ambitious new project aims to map areas that Google Street View has not -- most places outside the US and Europe]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/wikipedia-illustrated-targets-online-encyclopaedias-graphical-blind-spot-pics.html Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:50:13 +0000 A new blog challenges the visual sterility of Wikipedia and the nature of online visual art collaboration]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/open-source-versus-individual-rights-in-networked-culture.html Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:32:53 +0000 The debate over how digital systems should operate pits individual rights against collective identity in the case of Wikipedia. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/could-this-be-the-future-of-storytelling.html Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:59:20 +0000 A fiction series experiments with a new model involving its readers.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/future-of-health-hacking-healthcare.html Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:30:43 +0000 In an effort to develop viable, low-cost, widely-available solutions for a number of pressing healthcare concerns, a growing community of users is taking a DIY approach to bottom-up innovation.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/students-view-sites-with-high-search-ranking-as-more-credible.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:21:55 +0000 A recent study offers an interesting look at online value perception.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/creating-impossible-viral-videos-and-intimate-viewing-experiences.html Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:48:48 +0000 David Karp and Ryan Trecartin explore how a site's environment influences communities, conversations, interactions, and the tone of content.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/the-most-awesomest-thing-ever.html Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:01:16 +0000 The Most Awesomest Thing Ever is a website that pits two items, people or icons against each other, tallying user votes to compile a dynamic list of "The Most Awesomest Things Ever." ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/to-end-editors-fear-of-breaking-site-wikipedia-redesigns.html Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:09:09 +0000 The online encyclopedia tries to get older users and women to edit.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/video-mark-pesce-the-dangerous-power-of-sharing-power.html Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:19:00 +0000 Futurist Mark Pesce gave a fascinating speech at the Personal Democracy Forum last month. He explained how two different kinds of power structures (autopoietic, or self-generating, and hierarchical) will increasingly come into conflict because of their radically contrasting operating procedures. Using the recent battle between the church of Scientology and Wikipedia as an example, Pesce describes how hyperconnected, power-sharing, hyperintelligent (where shared knowledge increases the intelligence of all participants) groups chip away at the classic, top-down hierarchies of the state and other such power structures. He explains: In order to avoid catastrophe, the state – and any institution which attemptsRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/is-innovation-in-america-thriving-or-dying-twitter-facebook-time-businessweek-iphone.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:15:41 +0000 Two recent cover-stories in the weekly news magazines have counter arguments about innovation in the US. Business Week suggests that innovation is declining while Time says it's booming...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/pic-a-printed-version-of-wikipedia.html Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:41:04 +0000 Rob Matthews has created a hefty physical version of Wikipedia’s featured articles. The 2,559 digital articles have been transformed into a massive, 5,000 page hardbound book that looks to be around 2 feet tall. Though thoroughly impractical, the project beautifully illustrates the usefulness of digital information. [via Spreading Jam]]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/our-online-lives-a-study-in-digital-socialism.html Tue, 26 May 2009 17:12:41 +0000 Whether or not you fully agree with the chosen terminology and accompanying ideology, we felt Kevin Kelly’s recent piece in Wired that examines the history and growth of what he calls online “socialism” takes an insightful look at the ways people are interacting in the digital realm. Kelly tracks the movement as it shifts from passive sharing information towards more active collaboration, a trend that is enabling greater innovation through decentralized forms of production. Examples of this include opensource efforts like Wikipedia and Boxee. He views this as a hybrid system that lands somewhere between a non-market and free market economy,Read more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/archived-images-find-renewed-life-online.html Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:44:08 +0000 The internet is awash with images.  Many professional photographers see this explosion of access as a devaluation of the art form, but most revel in the leveling of the playing field.  Images from the dozens of popular photo sharing sites are tagged, ranked and categorized in a mostly democratic system.  For Wikipedia and other educationally centered sites, the encyclopedic value of these photos has improved dramatically with time. The legal status of images has stifled their appearance online, but as national archives from around the world recognize the cultural significance of their holdings, they are more prone to release them. Read more...]]>