Monthly Archives: January 2003
Everybody talk about pop musik
“… in Hamburg, Milan, Madrid, London, Paris, as well as, Buffalo, New York. “
Hmmm. Which city doesn’t quite fit?
Grok the Milieu
Went to Rochester to meet up with Liz Lawley, Jon Schull, Mike Axelrod, and Steve Jacobs and talk about the proposal for a grant to study microcontent/blogs. We threw around some ideas. It was a worthwhile brainstorming session, and now we are under some pressure to do what you shouldn’t, by definition, do when brainstorming: [...]
Open spectrum FAQ
Is the FAQ the manifesto of the 00s? The open spectrum FAQ does a good job of explaining why there should be changes in spectrum governance.
Why moblogging sucks
“Moblogging sucks” returns no hits on Google yet, much to my dismay. This entry is long in coming, but the result of a number of things I’ve read recently, an entry by Jia most immediately.
Jia writes of Cecily from The Importance of Being Earnest as the prototypical, self-involved, obsessed blogger. I think, in many respects, [...]
How Gaudi
NPR had a story on this morning about a tower designed by Antonio Gaudi for the lower east side, but never constructed. It is strange (well, duh!), but far more interesting than what seem to be the front-runners among proposed structures for the WTC site. (I hate saying this, but is that really the leading [...]
Anti-intellectualism
There’s an interesting discussion over on Plastic about anti-intellectualism on college campuses. In some ways, it is nice to see that I am not alone in noticing that the increase in numbers of people seeking a university education has significantly changed the environment of the university. I wonder how this plays out in differences between [...]
Helping hands