Pascal Van Hecke – Daily Links

Round-up of anti-longtail research and theory:
"easy digital replication and efficient communication through cellphones, email and social networking sites encourage fast-moving, fast-changing fads. The result is a homogenisation of tastes that boosts the chances of popular things becoming blockbusters, making the already successful even more successful."

Overzicht van jurisprudentie rond user-reviews en vergelijkingssites
(van Arnoud Engelfriet)

"state of equilibrium [...] between surveillance and sousveillance [...]
This balance (equilibrium) allows the individual to construct their own case from evidence they gather themselves, rather than merely having access to surveillance data that could possibly incriminate them.
Sousveillance, in addition to transparency, can be used to preserve the contextual integrity of surveillance data. For example, a lifelong capture of personal experience could provide "best evidence" over external surveillance data, to prevent the surveillance-only data from being taken out of context."