Archive | December, 2008
Liam on peer pressure, social conflict
After much begging, Liam has finally started emailing me some of his homework assignments so that I can read them. They leave me amazed and proud and feeling that he is beyond me. The strength of his spirit is so clear and although I take some credit for nurturing it I’m also aware that he [...]
Continue reading...The Social Life of Routers
12. December 2008
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Interesting article in the Technology Review: “The Social Life of Routers: How a 1960s sociology experiment could hold the key to better Internet routing“. It’s about how sociologist Stanley Milgram’s research into social networks may provide clues on ways to better transmit data across the Internet. Milgram gave volunteers the task of forwarding a letter [...]
Continue reading...artefatica
11. December 2008
Finally went ahead and told the world about my newest project: artefatica. Yay! Feels good to get it out in the open. Can’t wait to blog more about it. Big thank you to everyone who’s helped so far. Stay tuned.
Continue reading...Communications guide for networks
2. December 2008
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Just finished posting the first draft of a communication guide for telecentre networks on my blog on the telecentre.org website. People who manage distributed teams will also find some good stuff in it. I’ll be developing some of the concepts here, but in a more generic form. Especially the eavesdropping model — a great alternative [...]
Continue reading...Audio 
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Nathan Englander reads Isaac Bashevis Singer’s “Disguised” for The New Yorker’s monthly reading and conversation with Deborah Treisman. Englander’s voice couldn’t be more perfect.
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Early in his career, professor Mark Rowlands had two loves: philosophy and Brenin, a wolf he was forced to bring along to his lectures. Through their relationship, Rowlands started examining his work and life. Listen on CBC’s Ideas, via EarIdeas.
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Every month, The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, hosts a reading and conversation with a well-known writer. August 2009 featured Joshua Ferris reading George Saunders’s “Adams.” The rhythm is magnificent.
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- Innovation Grounds 1.0
- Open research, open data, open development
- One-dollar books and why reading history matters
- Collaborative consumption
- Note from Seattle
- Create an open access repository
- Make music in the kitchen, the back seat of the car, wherever
- Policy & Technology: Edward Tufte’s keynote for Tech@State's Data Visualization event
- Using mobile technology to collect data
- Robert Bonardi: Christine, I greatly enjoyed the use of the map for visualizing (sorry about the "zeds")informati...
- Christine: Thanks for your comment. One note: This was not meant as epistemological treatise on innovation or o...
- DF Bunnell: There is a tendency for every generation to not only think, but genuinely believe that we just, some...
- Chris Coward: Here's a library getting in on the action http://bit.ly/u4XDU2...
- Chris Coward: Excellent work! I like the four dimensions and the characteristics you list. One point to underscore...
- Wayan: My big takeaway was Joel's startling statistic that +90% of all stock management in healthcare is vo...
- Christine: If you want to practice ...
- Alex: so, now pleasure goeth before a fall? that's not supposed to be the way things go!...
- Dani: Oh so good to read you like this! What a life of luxury you lead!! Well deserved I say....
- Christine: Along the same lines... Julien tweeted this ...
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17. December 2008
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