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Author Archives: Brian
Divergent attitudes toward IP
Via Open Access News, a report from San Antonio about a talk by MIT professor Hal Abelson on higher learning and the intellectual commons: “… Universities are meant to pass the torch of civilization,” Abelson said. “Giving it away helps … Continue reading
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Oh My! News by Million Camera Phones
An interesting short piece from Ohmynews on the sociology of personal technology: When Japanese national team scored a goal, the soccer stadium in Japan was instantly filled with thousands of flash lights bursting out of ubiquitous Nikons and Canons. Korean … Continue reading
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Visualizing the history flow of Wikipedia
IBM’s Collaborative User Experience Research group has posted a preliminary report on their work in “visualizing dynamic, evolving documents and the interactions of multiple collaborating authors” : Most documents are the product of continual evolution. An essay may undergo dozens … Continue reading
Something’s gotta be done about the Beatles
Inspired by the The Grey Album, Devon Powers meditates on the revitalizing power of sampling: Where would Dylan be without Robert Johnson, George Harrison without the Chiffons, Zeppelin without Willie Dixon? And where would the rest of us be without … Continue reading
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Earthbrowser — this crazy world keeps goin’ round and round
I was pointed to Earthbrowser by an RSS feed of the newest Apple downloads (the app also has a Windows version). The description: An innovative earth simulation that combines an easy to navigate 3 dimensional globe with real-time weather conditions … Continue reading
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Google, how fleeting thy loving embrace… (Housecleaning Housecleaning Housecleaning)
Hey… it’s only been a few hours since I posted on this and already my Google-rank for a search on “housecleaning” has dropped four slots, down to #11… Off the first results page entirely. I scream it at you, fickle … Continue reading
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OK, maybe Google loves me a little TOO much…
Mother would be so proud, and more than a little mystified, to see that this site currently ranks seventh on the Internet according to a Google search on “housecleaning”… Apologies to those of you looking for handy household hints. I … Continue reading
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Housecleaning, and a couple of workshops…
I’ve added a couple of new features to the page, neither of which qualify as revolutionary, but both provide useful functionality and were so easy to implement that even I was able to do them… The “in-flux” section on the … Continue reading
Posted in Abject Learning, Administrivia, Emergence, Webloggia, wikis, XML/RSS
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Quoting this post in full is easier than writing something myself…
With apologies to Tom Coates of plasticbag.org… The secret of successful weblogging is – it seems – never to pause for a moment. Never let the fact that you’re kind of not in the mood for a few days to … Continue reading
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Course Weblog on Theoretical Perspectives on Interactivity
Douglas Rushkoff has started a weblog to support a course that he’s teaching at New York University, “on the emergence of and reactions to interactivity in technology, literature, art, society and our perception of reality.” Via Seb’s Open Research
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