Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution theconference@mediaevolution.se https://videos.theconference.se Media Evolution is a membership organization that help media industries to innovate and grow. The videos in this podcast are generated at our annual conference The Conference and lectures we arrange throughout the year. http://www.mediaevolution.se en-us Visualplatform http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution Videos generated by Media Evolution Media Evolution is a membership organization that help media industries to innovate and grow. The videos in this podcast are generated at our annual conference The Conference and lectures we arrange throughout the year. http://www.mediaevolution.se media, music, games, publishing, future, social, tv, film, 334841 episodic no https://videos.theconference.se/files/rv0.0/sitelogo.gif https://videos.theconference.se http://videos.theconference.se/matt-webb-how-to-use-a-computer <p><p><b>“Search is not a query. It’s always a conversation. You’re not building a search engine - you’re building a tool for users to embark on a knowledge quest.”</b></p><p><br></p><p>Matt Webb explores how different types of common search mechanisms online work and the type of results they return. He goes through a history of more analogue search systems to give context to the search algorithms we all use today. Matt frames search as not being a query but rather a conversation where people are using the search tool to embark on a knowledge quest. In doing so, he reveals the limitations of popular search tools and the silos they keep us in.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>He has explored different ways of making search and aggregation tools work for himself in slightly different ways. By creating his own systems, he is able to come across new information before it gets to the point of trending or being recommended by an algorithm. Matt closes by sharing some ideas for how we could each build our own systems to find the information we’re truly seeking.</p></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/matt-webb-how-to-use-a-computer"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968568/77187964/bf3799c8d47f8d9683bbd0497f41d704/standard/download-8-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> http://videos.theconference.se/photo/77187964 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 09:13:34 GMT Matt Webb – How to use a computer “Search is not a query. It’s always a conversation. You’re not building a search engine - you’re building a tool for users to embark on a knowledge quest.”Matt Webb explores how different types of common search mechanisms online work and the type of results they return. He goes through a history of more analogue search systems to give context to the search algorithms we all use today. Matt frames search as not being a query but rather a conversation where people are using the search tool to embark on a knowledge quest. In doing so, he reveals the limitations of popular search tools and the silos they keep us in.He has explored different ways of making search and aggregation tools work for himself in slightly different ways. By creating his own systems, he is able to come across new information before it gets to the point of trending or being recommended by an algorithm. Matt closes by sharing some ideas for how we could each build our own systems to find the information we’re truly seeking. “Search is not a query. It’s always a conversation. You’re not building a search engine - you’re building a tool for users to embark on a knowledge quest.”Matt Webb explores how different types of common search mechanisms online work and the type... Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution 16:56 <p><p><b>“Search is not a query. It’s always a conversation. You’re not building a search engine - you’re building a tool for users to embark on a knowledge quest.”</b></p><p><br></p><p>Matt Webb explores how different types of common search mechanisms online work and the type of results they return. He goes through a history of more analogue search systems to give context to the search algorithms we all use today. Matt frames search as not being a query but rather a conversation where people are using the search tool to embark on a knowledge quest. In doing so, he reveals the limitations of popular search tools and the silos they keep us in.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>He has explored different ways of making search and aggregation tools work for himself in slightly different ways. By creating his own systems, he is able to come across new information before it gets to the point of trending or being recommended by an algorithm. Matt closes by sharing some ideas for how we could each build our own systems to find the information we’re truly seeking.</p></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/matt-webb-how-to-use-a-computer"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968568/77187964/bf3799c8d47f8d9683bbd0497f41d704/standard/download-8-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> 2022 how to use a computer http://videos.theconference.se/hillary-juma-how-to-use-a-computer <p><p><b>“How will we garden the future of our abilities to speak with computers?”</b><br></p><p><br></p><p>Hillary Juma spoke about how each of us has a different experience interacting with voice recognition systems. The challenges we face in our interactions with voice recognition software differ significantly, for example some accents aren’t understood by systems as well as others because they were not included in training data sets. <br></p><p><br></p><p></p><p>Being diagnosed with dyslexia prompted Hillary to interact more with the voice-to-text systems and explore various voice recognition systems. In doing so, she realized their shortcomings and has become a “cyber doula with a specialism in linguistics” to acquaint people with these systems and their complexities.</p></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/hillary-juma-how-to-use-a-computer"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968561/77189351/caec248c101f3d2f9a231708733abde2/standard/download-8-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> http://videos.theconference.se/photo/77189351 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 09:13:23 GMT Hillary Juma – How to use a computer “How will we garden the future of our abilities to speak with computers?”Hillary Juma spoke about how each of us has a different experience interacting with voice recognition systems. The challenges we face in our interactions with voice recognition software differ significantly, for example some accents aren’t understood by systems as well as others because they were not included in training data sets. Being diagnosed with dyslexia prompted Hillary to interact more with the voice-to-text systems and explore various voice recognition systems. In doing so, she realized their shortcomings and has become a “cyber doula with a specialism in linguistics” to acquaint people with these systems and their complexities. “How will we garden the future of our abilities to speak with computers?”Hillary Juma spoke about how each of us has a different experience interacting with voice recognition systems. The challenges we face in our interactions with voice... Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution 14:08 <p><p><b>“How will we garden the future of our abilities to speak with computers?”</b><br></p><p><br></p><p>Hillary Juma spoke about how each of us has a different experience interacting with voice recognition systems. The challenges we face in our interactions with voice recognition software differ significantly, for example some accents aren’t understood by systems as well as others because they were not included in training data sets. <br></p><p><br></p><p></p><p>Being diagnosed with dyslexia prompted Hillary to interact more with the voice-to-text systems and explore various voice recognition systems. In doing so, she realized their shortcomings and has become a “cyber doula with a specialism in linguistics” to acquaint people with these systems and their complexities.</p></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/hillary-juma-how-to-use-a-computer"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968561/77189351/caec248c101f3d2f9a231708733abde2/standard/download-8-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> 2022 how to use a computer http://videos.theconference.se/maya-man-how-to-use-a-computer <p><span><p><b>“My entire life my sense of self has been mediated by a computer screen.”</b></p><p><br></p><p>Growing up, Maya Man has always been fascinated with the presentation of self and the meaning of true authenticity in different contexts. Her sense of self has always been mediated by a computer screen, leading her to experiment with the possibilities this presented but also feel that everything she was doing was some form of performance for a third person audience. In her recent work, she has subverted the tone of voice of Seventeen magazine covers and motivational Instagram posts to explore notions of performance, identity, and our presentation of self in the 21st century.<br></p></span></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/maya-man-how-to-use-a-computer"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968560/77189483/b4532ef853c3ed8946f28abc5a48cd8e/standard/download-8-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> http://videos.theconference.se/photo/77189483 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 09:13:12 GMT Maya Man – How to use a computer “My entire life my sense of self has been mediated by a computer screen.”Growing up, Maya Man has always been fascinated with the presentation of self and the meaning of true authenticity in different contexts. Her sense of self has always been mediated by a computer screen, leading her to experiment with the possibilities this presented but also feel that everything she was doing was some form of performance for a third person audience. In her recent work, she has subverted the tone of voice of Seventeen magazine covers and motivational Instagram posts to explore notions of performance, identity, and our presentation of self in the 21st century. “My entire life my sense of self has been mediated by a computer screen.”Growing up, Maya Man has always been fascinated with the presentation of self and the meaning of true authenticity in different contexts. Her sense of self has always been... Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution 17:59 <p><span><p><b>“My entire life my sense of self has been mediated by a computer screen.”</b></p><p><br></p><p>Growing up, Maya Man has always been fascinated with the presentation of self and the meaning of true authenticity in different contexts. Her sense of self has always been mediated by a computer screen, leading her to experiment with the possibilities this presented but also feel that everything she was doing was some form of performance for a third person audience. In her recent work, she has subverted the tone of voice of Seventeen magazine covers and motivational Instagram posts to explore notions of performance, identity, and our presentation of self in the 21st century.<br></p></span></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/maya-man-how-to-use-a-computer"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968560/77189483/b4532ef853c3ed8946f28abc5a48cd8e/standard/download-8-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> 2022 how to use a computer http://videos.theconference.se/qa-how-to-use-a-computer <p><span><p>Q&amp;A for the session&nbsp;How to use a computer featuring&nbsp;Matt Webb, Hilary Juma and&nbsp;Maya Man<br></p> </span></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/qa-how-to-use-a-computer"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968568/77367499/b60ecf833fed7e3f7a5d1f7609a3a448/standard/download-11-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> http://videos.theconference.se/photo/77367499 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 09:12:48 GMT Q&A – How to use a computer QA for the sessionHow to use a computer featuringMatt Webb, Hilary Juma andMaya Man QA for the sessionHow to use a computer featuringMatt Webb, Hilary Juma andMaya Man Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution 01:53 <p><span><p>Q&amp;A for the session&nbsp;How to use a computer featuring&nbsp;Matt Webb, Hilary Juma and&nbsp;Maya Man<br></p> </span></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/qa-how-to-use-a-computer"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968568/77367499/b60ecf833fed7e3f7a5d1f7609a3a448/standard/download-11-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> 2022 how to use a computer