Andrus noted that blogs and wikis are self-organizing, and theorized that if agents or analysts posted blogs and wikis on the Intelink network, then mob intelligence would ensue and facilitate a democratic process of information sharing. | nyt via technews

"search engines that can read minds" wake up.

connect what dot? that "al qaeda" became a label, a brand name as micky mouse that helps to give whatever group 15 minutes of international fame? joder! i don't know about how many groups i was reading in the last years that got connected to terror. according to bruce schneier, everyone who flies in and out the a of us is a suspect. for the next 40 years to come. have fun.

what can be a digital landmark? do you really need a "digital church" as orientation point? there are enough tools in place to keep you on purpose. what's the role of orientation/how to be orientated while sneaking around?

culture of drifting; ignorant activities palpate urbanism; locative media headmap manifesto, ~ ben russell, 1999: bookmarking the ocean

instructions are given by a map with route lines, or texts or with the help of photos with arrows: the task: navigation through a suburb.

subjects using the map with a line made many more deviations from the route and made more corrections than the others. but on average the subjects arrived at the end point at more or less the same time. the overview presentation (map) did lead to less effectiveneness than the two versions presenting only procedural information (text, photos), but not to lower efficiency.

finding back:

subjects using the map varied strongly when they were asked to indicate the starting point; those using the text version indicated either too much to the left or to right (more or less equal groups) and those using the photos with arrows indicated the direction the most correctly and consistently. | presentation media for route instructions

paul mijksenaar, visual function