Monthly Archives: June 2008
Personal Democracy Forum
I wish I could go to this. Tons of really good speakers. But $700 worth? I don’t know. Of course, this includes “unlimited networking,” and I don’t think they are talking about WiFi.
Is it at all ironic that a conference on decentralized and networked government is in-person, expensive, and in New York City?
The future of media
One of my former students, Umut Gozen, has collected some interviews of faculty on a variety of issues, including the future of interactive technologies, here.
The hyperlinked society
Just got a copy of the new collection of essays edited by Joseph Turow and Lokman Tsui. Looking forward to digging into it. This came out of a set of talks at Annenberg (East) a couple of years ago, and the essays tend to take a fairly broad view of the issues surrounding hyperlinking.
On [...]
Phone sex construction
To the caller, when I first answer, I am the inanimate Barbie. They do not know what I look like, who I am or how I feel. They can only imagine. It is my job to indulge their fantasies, to convince them that I am not a doll. I am their dream turned real. I [...]
Tax haven: Connecticut
Although few people know this, you were supposed to be paying taxes for all that stuff you ordered online if you had it delivered to New York State. That whole renewal of a the “tax holiday” for the internet? Doesn’t matter if you live here (or many places, it turns out).
And to make sure that [...]
Eddie Izzard: Stripped!