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Frustratingly, I can’t see a way to embed it into this post…

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Hi Jenny

Thanks for looking at our Buzzdaq, it was a great idea to add an embed code. If you take a look now, you’ll notice we’ve added one one on there now!

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Nice one Refreshed Media.

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This is quite PR-y but a nice idea none-the-less.

Refreshed Media unveil their latest digital breakthrough called Buzzdaq, which … allows visitors to see, at a glance the most mentioned words from hundreds of specially selected blog and news articles.

All feeds are taken from the blogs or news items of sites relevant to the internet community… These are drawn from an RSS feed and displayed through the Buzzdaq application which can then be bookmarked to share with others.

From socialmediaportal.com

Frustratingly, I can’t see a way to embed it into this post, but you can sample the delights of Buzzdaq on the Internet World website.

I’m wondering whether something like this could be used to measure the buzz around specific conferences (related post: I want it ALL (in one place)!).

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Stowe Boyd recently invited startups to ‘Twitpitch’ him in order to arrange to meet with him at a conference…

1. All companies who would like to have a meeting with me, need to send me a Twittered description of the product. Yes, please Twitter it to me at www.twitter.com/stoweboyd. Yes, one tweet, 140 characters less the eleven used for “@stoweboyd “.
2. Optionally, send a supporting twitpitch with one link, and no other text. Could be to anything: website, video, press release, Rick Astley, etc.
3. Then, twitter me one or more suggested times/place to meet at the event, using the times on the calendar, and a location in the conference building I won’t have time to visit your nearby hotel or offices.

Nice. If you’ve got a brilliant idea it really should be communicable in 140 characters. And I’m all for using words sparingly and in a considered fashion. Any application that encourages that gets my vote.

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Introducing interactivearchitecture.org

Interactive Architecture … is about the potential for digital systems to make decisions about our living environment and then influence that environment.

I need to spend a bit more time on this website but I’m a bit scared I might never leave :)

Check out the resources page for how to make ‘anything unexpected become interactive’.

Thanks to Haunted Geographies for the signpost.

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I’m applying to do a Masters this year. It’s the MSc in Human Computer Interaction (with Ergonomics) at UCL.

I had to write a statement outlining my academic interests and why I want to do the course. Thought I’d share it with you.

I’m fascinated by the way our lives are changing and adapting to a ubiquitous web; we’ll soon see a time when almost all devices will necessarily be web enabled. Interfaces are being increasingly judged on usability and interoperability yet the way we interact with content is becoming more complex. How should interface design evolve and improve whilst supporting significantly more intricate methods of content production, syndication and participative social systems?

This shift towards a ubiquitous web will also have dramatic consequences for the workplace as work and home life merges. We’ve started to see a change take place already with web applications such as the Google suite (docs, mail, calendar etc). Skip forward a few years and people will no longer expect to use a different - often more complex - application for work uses and companies will no longer expect to finance training courses for basic software. Employers will see good interface design as being integral to a productive workforce.

In relation to my work of recent years in the gov/non-profit sector, I’m interested in notions of authority and expertise online. The newest generation of web-users (who are ‘digital natives’) are source agnostic and are likely to trust information from peers more than from figures of authority. What does this mean for cultural institutions, education systems and government departments who are in the business of imparting knowledge?

As content is increasingly syndicated, how do people interpret and engage with expert content when it may be sitting alongside content produced by amateurs? The role that interaction design plays in this is unclear and something I’m interested in exploring.

A third area of interest for me is with the human to human interaction facilitated by social media applications. There is great potential for collaborative working and forming genuine relationships through websites such as Twitter or Seesmic. I’m interested in exploring the impact that the ubiquitous, social web will have on human relationships, communities and collaboration.

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