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- NYT: "I would advise our readers to be good Bayesian thinkers..." As if we could be otherwise...? http://t.co/rLBUh1ib 5 hrs ago
- RT @lizlosh: "If you don't know your state variables you don't know yourself" and calls to "occupy health" #futurehealthsd #quantifiedself 22 hrs ago
- Were I still a student, or pre-tenure, I would so be at the Summer Research Institute for the Science of STS: http://t.co/Vhc2cCi2 22 hrs ago
- Can't be real: http://t.co/98gVZNvA 1 day ago
- Here at Security Concepts, we're predicting the end of crime in Old Detroit within 40 days. There's a new guy in town. http://t.co/7uT6EQCR 1 day ago
- @eknight I have a bad feeling about this. 2 days ago
- If only all car commercials were this good... http://t.co/lGc8HBud #fb 3 days ago
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Category Archives: Technology
Dirigible Avatars
Not quite Blade Runner, but I like the idea of presenting myself in physical spaces as a giant airbag…
Posted in Technology Tagged Aerospace, Airbag, Blade Runner, Dirigible, Robots, Themes in Blade Runner, Video Leave a comment
And I Blog…
Certainly not the first time a Twitter thread has led to a bumper sticker: michaelzimmer: Right now: I supposed to be working on a journal article (tenure), but instead I’m writing a blog post (impact). halavais: ∴ impact ≠ tenure RT @michaelzimmer: I supposed to be working on a journal article (tenure), but instead I’m writing [...]
Also posted in Teaching Tagged adjunct, blogging, impact, metrics, Scholarly Communication, Teaching, tenure 5 Comments
iPad for $250
It is the season for resolutions and predictions. Instead I offer questions and metrics. Let’s start with the questions. What do you do with a $250 iPad. Just before Christmas, Amazon cut its basic Kindle to under $100, but I don’t see the first generation being offered by Apple for $250 any time soon. I [...]
Posted in Technology Tagged Amazon, Apple, Business, Christmas, Computing, Delta terminal, eBay, Electronics, hacking, hardware, HTML, Interactive kiosk, ipad, iPads, Kindle, Linux, locative, mobile, net top devices, public telephone, Question, similar devices, Technology_Internet 3 Comments
Another non-course
Chatting with the program director tonight over dinner, I discovered that my “Locative and Mobile” course is unlikely to “make”–just not enough student interest. This despite efforts to poll the students and move toward something they wanted. Really disappointing, since this was the course I was most looking forward to working on next semester. Luckily, [...]
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