If only these folks had imagined integrating the soundscape
simultaneously. Places have a voice. The voices have meaning.
Bernie
On Apr 19, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Aaron Ximm wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 1:57 PM, ffs <> wrote:
>> I do not take it to mean that 'idiots' cannot produce historically
>> valuable documents - but that it may happen almost inadvertently.
>
> Paging Abraham Zapruder... :)
>
> One might argue that if self-appointed domain experts inspire
> laypeople to make decent recordings using reasonable procedures, even
> without domain knowledge...
>
> ...the value of any useful results is no longer "inadvertent."
>
> The Photosynth project is a marvelous example of what sorts of amazing
> results can be pieced together from arbitrary documentation, once it
> is made easily available:
>
> http://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_photosynth.html
>
> Short enough that I HIGHLY recommend watching the full thing -- it's
> quite amazing -- but skip ahead to Photosynth if you must.
>
> I [heart] TED!
>
> best,
> aaron
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