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Wer vom bunten Internet und seinen Wandlungen immer noch so begeistert ist wie ich, dem sei ein Artikel von John Markoff in der New York Times ans Herz gelegt. Der Artikel Web Content by and for the Masses ist zwar bereits einige Wochen alt, beschreibt aber (wie ich finde sehr treffend und flott) die jüngste Metamorphose des Webs:From photo- and calendar-sharing services to "citizen journalist" sites and annotated satellite images, the Internet is morphing yet again. A remarkable array of software systems makes it simple to share anything instantly, and sometimes enhance it along the way. (...)(The) Internet's new phase will shift power away from old-line media and software companies while rapidly bringing about an age of computerized "augmentation" by blending the skills of tens of thousands of individuals."The giant brain is us," said Peter Hirshberg, a former Apple Computer executive who recently joined Technorati (...). His reference is to the 1960's fear that computers would emerge as omniscient artificial intelligences that would control society. Instead, he said, the Internet is now making it possible to exploit collective intellectual power of Internet users efficiently and instantly.[via Lifehackerin Gina Trapani]