From miriam at networkcultures.org Mon Oct 7 16:30:40 2013 From: miriam at networkcultures.org (Miriam Rasch) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 16:30:40 +0200 Subject: [re-search] Out now: The Dark Side of Google, by Ippolita Message-ID: The Dark Side of Google by Ippolita was published as #13 in the INC series Theory on Demand, October 2013. Read the book online, download the PDF, or order your copy through print-on-demand: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/publication/no-13-the-dark-side-of-google-ippolita/ In The Dark Side of Google Italian writers' collective Ippolita provides a thorough, fresh analysis of what is behind the universe of Google and the metadata industry. In recent years Google has established itself as a major point of Internet access. We have progressively adapted to its sober, reassuring interface and its advertisements (discretely off to the side, yet always present). We have adopted its services and the habit of using it to the degree that 'googling' has become a form of behavior: 'If you don't know what it is, Google it!' Google shows mastery in taking advantage of our need for simplicity. We sit in front of a colossus, an incredibly pervasive system of managing knowledge, comprising aggressive marketing and shrewd management of its own image, and the propagation of highly configurable interfaces that are still implacably recognizable. What is more, Google co-opts methods for developing Free Software, the use of futuristic systems for gathering and storing data. What lies behind the most consulted search engine in the world? First published in Italian, 2007. English edition revised and updated, August 2013. The Dark Side of Google will be presented at the international conference Society of the Query #2, 7-8 November 2013 in Amsterdam. Join us! networkcultures.org/query/ --- Miriam Rasch, MA Institute of Network Cultures Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences | HvA room 04A07 Rhijnspoorplein 1 NL-1091 GC Amsterdam t: +31 20 5951865 miriam at networkcultures.org www.networkcultures.org @INCAmsterdam >> 7-8 November >> Society of the Query #2 >> conference on search and search engines >> OBA Amsterdam >> networkcultures.org/query -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ippolita.png Type: image/png Size: 116632 bytes Desc: not available URL: From geert at xs4all.nl Tue Oct 8 16:52:30 2013 From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink) Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 16:52:30 +0200 Subject: [re-search] about disconnect Message-ID: <59CA7A8A-D1A4-45D0-9146-E25E69A38636@xs4all.nl> https://www.disconnect.me/#about