Monthly Archives: April 2007

Technological Utopianism

I had a dream this weekend of Utopia. But there is a reason for this. This blog is a series of non-sequiturs, but in order to cushion the move from cuttlefish and conference sponsorship to pre-Marxist socialism, I should note that I spent most of Saturday engrossed in Stoppard’s entire Coast of Utopia trilogy. It [...]
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Supporting Internet Research 8.0 in Vancouver

It’s not too late to become a sponsor of the Internet Research conference in Vancouver this year. On my about page, I note that I will sometimes promote organizations I’m involved in, and this is one of those cases. The IR conference is a great opportunity to make clear your commitment to social research on [...]
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Cuttlefish

When I was a grad student, a group of faculty and grads talked about doing an animal communication class. Despite none of us knowing anything about the subjects, we figured we would each take a week and present some of the research and ideas relating to communication within the species. There were some obvious choices: [...]
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Journalism class in Second Life

Anthony Curtis, a journalism prof at UNC, writes a bit about his experience of teaching a journalism class in Second Life. It’s an interesting report. Now that this semester is winding to a close, I’m thinking in more detail about the Fall course in Second Life, and how to organize it to minimize the learning [...]
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NY Driving Fee

I suppose I have to be a bit circumspect about commenting on local New York City politics, given that I am a relatively recent arrival in the city. But I am completely behind Bloomberg’s announced congestion pricing for downtown Manhattan. Anything that will reduce the smog and traffic downtown is a good thing. There are [...]
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Great Pockets

Ah, I have been working on something like this (more news later), but it looks like Great Pockets has beat me to it. Nice use of Flash here–not something I am usually wont to admit.
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Upgrading Humans

Kevin Warwick is giving a talk entitled “Upgrading Humans: Why Not?” this Monday at 7 PST in the main auditorium on Uvvy Island in Second Life. I’ve always been a fan of many of the transhumanists. I tend to be too much an adherent of the appropriate use of technology to fit in well with [...]
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