If there's anyone who can take the idea of convergence and turn it around in ways so simple it makes you want to cry, it's Google. Making good use of its HTML 5 technology, the allegory of print media and the collective knowledge of its engineers and social psychologists, writers and futurists, they put together their online magazine THINK.
The content of THINK is hinged on the knowledge of some of Google's think tanks, as well as experts in the field of data mining and visualization, economics, and even marketing. Most of this first issue is dedicated to Google's expertise: how to harvest the data and turn it into profit. I have yet to go through all the articles, but already I can tell you Hans Rogen's article on data and presentation should be a good read.
I was happy to find an article on web video too and the concept of virality. However the tone of the article was skewed largely towards marketing and promotions. This buys me time to write my new paper on video online, and maybe get it published.
HAH! Wishful thinking!
Still, it makes use of brain cells, which is what the editorial is about. The thermal imaging photo of brain cells and what these are used for is an indication of how far we've come in terms of gathering important information and turning it into knowledge. From data coming to us from the moon to devastation due to nuclear bombs, we find that we come full circle -- back to ourselves, our own powerhouses -- our brains -- and we realize just how much we really haven't discovered at all.
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