Comments on: What matters, where, and to whom http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/25/what-matters-where-and-to-whom/ Exploring How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eric Blair http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/25/what-matters-where-and-to-whom/comment-page-1/#comment-106975 Eric Blair Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:06:33 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/25/what-matters-where-and-to-whom/#comment-106975 I get the eerie feeling I shall see the application soon as an ad in the Economist. What would a more dynamic version of this application look like? I'm thinking of a hybrid between some of the visualizing tools present in Digg Labs (http://labs.digg.com/) linked up to a map of the world. This would be a practical way we can monitor the urgency and relevance of international news. That said, could such a tool alleviate the problem Zuckerman has observed regarding what the media covers? With a tool like Digg, the biggest news stories would include what the majority of people want to see. Since the majority is so international, would the stories they Digg represent this internationalism as well? (On a side note, I was directed to an interesting site that uses a similar map to illustrate various demographic trends. Let me know what you think. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/index.html) I get the eerie feeling I shall see the application soon as an ad in the Economist.

What would a more dynamic version of this application look like? I’m thinking of a hybrid
between some of the visualizing tools present in Digg Labs (http://labs.digg.com/) linked up to a map of the world. This would be a practical way we can monitor the urgency and relevance of international news. That said, could such a tool alleviate the problem Zuckerman has observed regarding what the media covers? With a tool like Digg, the biggest news stories would include what the majority of people want to see. Since the majority is so international, would the stories they Digg represent this internationalism as well?

(On a side note, I was directed to an interesting site that uses a similar map to illustrate various demographic trends. Let me know what you think. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/index.html)

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