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IPAC 2006 (...more)
This afternoon Patrick Ledwell and I presented at the annual IPAC Conference being held this year in Charlottetown. We used our time to share a few thoughts on our experience in developing the Campus Commons. Thank you for the invitation...August 29, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Network Bias (...more)
My India presentation is available here as an audio transcript. I would describe it as a provocative look at the way broadcasting holds critical sway in the virtual world (in spite of the amazing opportunities of internetworking). I realize that...January 25, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
2nd Annual Conference in Technology, Knowledge, & Society (...more)
On December 5th, 2005, I will be off to India, to present a paper at the second international conference in Technology, Knowledge, and Society in Hyderabad, and spend a couple of weeks touring around. My paper has the working title...November 27, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
Open Culture in Milan Wraps (...more)
Well my presentation went just fine and I got a lot of really great feedback from everyone here. Stay tuned for an audio transcript. In spite of the heat I enjoyed the conference, especially presentations by Graham Atwell and Alexandra...June 29, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Presenting in Milan (...more)
Buongiorno. I'm here in Milan at the Open Culture: accessing and sharing knowledge conference. I'm listening to Fabio Vitali describe "ISA" - a cross-platform tool and framework for creating, sharing, and colloborating on, professional documents online. Once again, it is...June 28, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Stopping in Milan to present at Open Culture conference (...more)
I'm adding a stop on my Europe itinerary to present a paper at the conference Open Culture: accessing and sharing knowledge in Milan, Italy from June 27-29th. The paper, entitled "Community Plumbing in Action" includes a description of the BEAT...June 7, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (6) | TrackBack
Back from L.A.....SSAW '05 wraps (...more)
Though exhausting, SSAW, I thought, was a success on many levels. It was a great warm up for my upcoming residency at EGS which promises to be grueling. I met some nice and incredibly smart people. The SSAW wiki is...May 18, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
SSAW (...more)
I'm off to L.A. for this Social Software in the Academy Workshop hosted by the Annenburg Center of Communication at the University of Southern California. Sebastién Paquet and I will be presenting a paper we've co-authored entitled "Embracing Emergence: Following...May 11, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Introducing BEAT (...more)
UPEI hired me, primarily, to lead in their efforts to make Management Information Systems a core strength of the business school and to re-orient the program, in all its myriad roles, to take full advantage of this Networking Age. So...May 14, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
The War of Desire and Technology..... (...more)
Allucquère Rosanne Stone examines the myriad ways virtual systems challenge traditional notions of gender, identity, and self. Here are some of my thoughts on her book.March 2, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Kurzweil's Notion of Accelerating Intelligence (...more)
I've been having a lot of fun lately with KurzweilAI.net's visual thinking tool. Check it out. KurzweilAI.net is the website of respected engineer/author/inventer and thinker extraordinairre Ray Kurzweil. The site features big thoughts of today's big thinkers which examine the...February 16, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack
On the legacy of John Cage (...more)
My first module at EGS called Media Sounds explores the clashes and resonances between multiple styles and cultural approaches to music�from classical composition to rap, hip-hop and avante-garde sound collage. After reading Nyman�s �Experimental Music� and skimming Cage�s �Empty Words�,...January 18, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
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