Author Archives: Brian

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Northern Voice Poster FINAL DESIGN, originally uploaded by basco5. Once again, Northern Voice has met our … Continue reading →

So not only am I struggling to do what Stephen Downes did more than four years ago, now I can’t even do what I did myself two years ago. It should be a simple problem. Assemble a list of thirty … Continue reading →

I’m more than little bit shocked to be writing this post, as Michelle Chua is so demonstrably gifted, accomplished, and charming that it’s inconceivable to me that she’d be hitting the job market as a free agent. But unbelievable as … Continue reading →

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Caged Gorilla, originally uploaded by bprimrose. So late last night I’m walking the dog, listening to … Continue reading →

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } HAL Beta 0.66, originally uploaded by jurvetson. I’m back from the ELI Annual Meeting in San … Continue reading →

Henry Jenkins ELI Keynote address is podcasted here. Jenkins opened with the sensible observation that contrary to media reports, Middlebury College’s much ballyhooed “banning” of Wikipedia was in fact a reasonable first step toward generating a dialogue, and an opportunity … Continue reading →

It’s a huge treat to be in San Antonio for this year’s ELI Annual Meeting. The first morning was more than a little overwhelming as I’ve met a succession of some of my favorite people in the field, and a … Continue reading →

…but a couple of thoughts prompted by reading this post from Gardner Campbell: I think there’s a strong streak of Aristotelian propositional method in the idea of a data-driven web. Read the Poetics and wonder at Aristotle’s indefatigable defining, analyzing, … Continue reading →

This remarkable short film from Peter Fischli and David Weiss, usually translated as The Way Things Go would seem to me a classic example of a work you need to see to get it, the piece really defies description. Though … Continue reading →

Images generated from the code of cyber threats. Not sure they help me to understand viruses any better, but they sure are purty pictures. Via Infocult.