Category Archives: Emergence

Housecleaning, and a couple of workshops…

Posted on March 3, 2004 by Brian

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 →

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DJ Downsie is in da HOUSE!!!

Posted on February 18, 2004 by Brian

Stephen Downes really lets his geek/freak flag fly with a posting from yesterday’s newsletter entitled Networks… It’s not so much a discrete article as it is a remix, laying down a loose, jumpy groove that is a DJ Downes standard… … Continue reading →

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Insurgence, Emergence, Convergence…

Posted on January 27, 2004 by Brian

The presentation for the NLII conference is now in some kind of order. I won’t say it’s finished. A few people actually heeded yesterday’s desperate cry for help and added to the wiki. I thank them to the point of … Continue reading →

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Belated attribution

Posted on November 5, 2003 by Brian

Back in the day I cited a posting by Sebastien Paquet on the concept of trojanmice. Though I linked to the original page, I did not explicitly credit Peter Fryer, who originally wrote the description. Sorry Peter. Bad blog! Bad! … Continue reading →

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“The commodification of human socialization…”

Posted on August 29, 2003 by Brian

… is the apt phrase used by Scott to describe vaguely creepy articles like this one.

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Gulping Goblets of MERLOT

Posted on August 4, 2003 by Brian

Things are cranking up for this week’s MERLOT conference. My own travel arrangements are simple, given that the conference is being held here in Vancouver. In fact, the commute will be shorter this week. It’s my privilege to be co-presenting … Continue reading →

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Total Government Awareness

Posted on July 4, 2003 by Brian

The folks at MIT’s Media Lab have set up Open Government Information Awareness, in the hopes of creating “a Google of government, a massive Internet clearinghouse of information to help citizens track their leaders as effectively as their leaders track … Continue reading →

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generate | regenerate | transform

Posted on June 20, 2003 by Brian

HorizonZero is an online magazine published by the Banff Centre dedicated to Canadian digital arts and culture. This month’s issue is built around the theme of the remix, touching on “DJ/VJ cultures, Aboriginal hip hop, peer to peer collaboration, collage … Continue reading →

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Convergence: it’s not just for breakfast anymore…

Posted on June 19, 2003 by Brian

I’ve been hearing a bit of buzz about the 0.1 release of Chandler, and yesterday finally gave it a go… at this point it merits its miniscule version number, but the notion of integrating email, scheduling, a personal repository integrated … Continue reading →

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hypertext/hypermedia/literary weblogs

Posted on June 12, 2003 by Brian

A colleague here at UBC asked me to assemble a short list of “interesting, inventive and creative weblogs”, particularly ones that “focus on hypertext/hypermedia/literary issues.” I only had a bit of time, during which I compiled the selection below. I … Continue reading →

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