Jaron Lanier Op-Ed on AI
Jaron Lanier has an Op-Ed in the August 9th issue of the New York Times, titled, “The First Church of Robotics.” It is a brief revisitation of some ideas from … Read more Jaron Lanier Op-Ed on AI
Category: Technology
2600 piece on the Voyager ILS
As technology is more and more the means of surveillance and control and not just information access and interaction, the role of the Hacker has become central to new scenarios … Read more 2600 piece on the Voyager ILS
Ron Day and Hamid Ekbia on “digital experiences”
Ron Day and Hamid Ekbia of the IU library school have an article in the new First Monday titled, “(Digital) experiences.” The article looks at three types of “digital experience” … Read more Ron Day and Hamid Ekbia on “digital experiences”
New book: A Space for Hate: The White Power Movement’s Adaptation into Cyberspace
A Space for Hate: The White Power Movement’s Adaptation into Cyberspace Author: Adam Klein Price: $25.00 Published: June 2010 ISBN: 978-1-936117-07-9 A Space for Hate speaks to the media and … Read more New book: A Space for Hate: The White Power Movement’s Adaptation into Cyberspace
Knowing how to find out
Many librarians, when asked what is involved in being a librarian besides checking out books, will say something to the effect of, “I don’t know the answers, but I know … Read more Knowing how to find out
Which is friendlier to the environment, a book or an ipad?
Today’s New York Times has an informative little item comparing the environmental impact of producing an ipad versus that of a paper book: “How Green is My iPad?“
The Power of Google is Power
I just bought a Motorola Droid, which is Verizon’s Android-based smart phone, Android being Google’s OS for mobile devices. Its integration with Google gives me a lot of “power” to … Read more The Power of Google is Power
Podcast of Alberta Talk: Disintermediation 2.0
The talk I gave in Alberta on February 5th was recorded. The recording is now on the web in mp3 form. Toni Samek’s introduction feels a bit grand, but the … Read more Podcast of Alberta Talk: Disintermediation 2.0
Quick note on taxonomic transparency
Notice that I am not using the word “ontology.” I’ll get into why later, but if you’ve read any Heidegger you can guess… Hope Olson, Sandy Berman, and many others … Read more Quick note on taxonomic transparency
Jaron Lanier’s You Are Not a Gadget
Jaron Lanier has a new book, You Are Not a Gadget (NY Times review), which I have to add to my reading list and bump up a few notches. There … Read more Jaron Lanier’s You Are Not a Gadget
Slides: Disintermediation 2.0: Librarians and Systems
Slides to go along with my talk at the University of Alberta in Edmonton this morning…
A chemist on “trusted sources”
My friend Ramona Islam shared with me an interesting blog post by chemist Jean-Claude Bradley, discussing the reliability (or non-reliability) of scientific reference sources that are considered trusted within the … Read more A chemist on “trusted sources”
Speaking at the U of Alberta Forum for Information Professionals
For those of you who in the Edmonton, Alberta area, I will be giving the keynote speech at the Forum for Information Professionals at the University of Alberta’s School of … Read more Speaking at the U of Alberta Forum for Information Professionals
Shouts & Murmurs for ya’
For fun on a Friday, a couple of recent New Yorker “Shouts and Murmurs” columns related to our world: Live Your Life and Subject: Our Marketing Plan
Google splits apart the search
Adorno and Horkheimer might have something to say about this, too. I thought I had noticed this beginning to happen and was actually planning to post something about it soon, … Read more Google splits apart the search
Beavis and Butthead Go to the Discovery Layer
Uhhh… Hey Beavis. This scholarly recommender service wants to know how I rate this article.
A few links
From Salon: “Is the Internet melting our brains?” “No! The author of “A Better Pencil” explains why such hysterical hand-wringing is as old as communication itself.” By Vincent Rossmeier. From … Read more A few links
An illustration of the difficulty of being a good futurist
From “How Technology Changes Society,” by: William Fielding Ogburn. Published in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 249, Social Implications of Modern Science (Jan., 1947), … Read more An illustration of the difficulty of being a good futurist
People and Machines
Leveraging our impact with technology means certain things. It means substituting machine processes, which are good at certain kinds of thinking, for intellectual processes, which are good at other kinds … Read more People and Machines