Author Archives: Brian

My favorite new media theorist was better known for his work on a piano keyboard. Here’s something he wrote more than forty years ago: One of the certain effects of the electronic age is that it will forever change the … Continue reading →

Ever since I saw him venture out on an Ohio winter’s night in sandals and shirtsleeves without a shiver I’ve suspected David Wiley had some kind of superhuman constitution. Add another tale to the legend — yesterday he gave a … Continue reading →

Believe it or not, I try to restrict my commentary on American political matters on this weblog. Anyone who knows me is aware what a monumental struggle it is to show such restraint. I’m going to bust out here. Once … Continue reading →

…or at least this sordid open content pusher can only hope. The first taste is free. And if we do it right, you can continue to feed your info-addiction without coughing up money as well. We presented our session on … Continue reading →

My colleague Novak Rogic and I are presenting at the BCNet conference tomorrow on our shared obsession, which though it lacks a snazzy catchphrase essentially comes down to a distributed publishing model. Content is created in whatever environment the author … Continue reading →

I took a red-eye flight home last night, touching down in Vancouver about 11PM local time, assuming I had missed the Canucks‘ first playoff game in three years. When I emerged from the baggage area and saw the clumps of … Continue reading →

…and you know what? I don’t either. Especially this week. But I did some of it anyway. Partly because it’s a form of procrastination that I don’t feel so guilty about. But mostly because I can write an ill-formed rumination … Continue reading →

O.K., not everybody can use this, but it’s important. Dr. Alexander has started up that Airport Restaurant Wiki he floated in a previous post. People who spend too much time in airports know that good eats can restore the will … 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; } Upside Down World, originally uploaded by Cesar R.. So I was intuitively, or perhaps temperamentally, on … Continue reading →