Monthly Archives: December 2007
Social Networks, Academic Rockstars, Micro-celebrity
Image source: Amazon.com I love the idea nanocelebrity or micro-celebrity, where people are famous among a small group, but far from being a household name. Academic conferences are often a great place to find micro-celebrity. In the US, few academic … Continue reading
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Passages: getting close to interactive fiction
Aleks sent me this link to the game “Passages” a couple of weeks ago, which also got picked up on the blogosphere. It’s definitely worth spending ten minutes playing the game. I’ll try not to spoil it too much, but … Continue reading
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Linking as a gesture of kindness.
Image source: flickr David Weinberger gave a description of a link in a panel last year at the Hyperlinked Society Conference. A link is a conscious act of generosity. These acts is moral, and they form the architecture of the … Continue reading
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Fidelity in Facebook.
Image source: USGS Yesterday, Facebook was frequently mentioned at the Symposium on Reputation Economies in Cyberspace conference, but I’m trying to figure out what is the value my Facebook network. For a free service, Facebook is getting expensive. Not just … Continue reading
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I’m back and my brain is full.
I just got back from a couple of days outside New York. I had Friday off, so instead of Christmas shopping , cleaning house, and going to yoga, I went to a couple of great conferences. Yesterday, I went the … Continue reading
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Printing for the ages
After many years, I finally made it to a dorkbot meeting, a tech meetup before there were meetups. One of the three presenters was Ted Johnson, a great tech guy and overall hacker. He showed a handful of projects, but … Continue reading
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