André Lemos is Associate Professor, Faculty of Communication, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. PhD in Sociology, Sorbonne (1995), Visiting Scholar University of Alberta and McGill University, Canada (2007-2008). Coordinator of Cybercity Research Group (UFBa/CNPq) and Researcher level 1 at CNPq. Member of Prix Ars Electronica, Wi. Journal of Mobile Media and Canadian Journal of Communication Board. This Carnet is online since March 1st, 2001.
Essa é boa para afagos no ego e para monitorar a sua popularidade no ciberespaço.
Post do information aesthetics mostra o "Google hits vanity ring". O anel mostra o número de hits de seu nome na máquina de busca de Montain View. Cada vez que ele é colocado no dock, ele atualiza os dados.
Utilidade? Nenhuma, logo, como dizia um locutor me programa da televisão francesa, totalmente imprescindível!
"an electronic ring that shows the number of Google hits when searching for the name of the person who wears it. every night, when the ring is inserted into its docking station, the ring is reloaded & updated to the objective popularity & importance measure of one's personality."
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