Tag Archives: Network Class

Internet as Playground & Factory

By alex | Published: 11/24/2009
Feel bad I haven’t had time to do a decompress on the Internet as Playground & Factory conference recently put on at the New School. I didn’t feel much up for live blogging, for some reason, or even Tweeting, despite enticements to do so. As a theme, it was intriguing. I was a bit concerned in [...]
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#g20 Tweets

By alex | Published: 10/6/2009
I’ve created this blog entry mainly as a way of providing access to some files related to the work Maria Garrido & I have been doing on the twitter conversation surrounding the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh in September of 2009. Briefly, our aim was to examine Tweets that included the #g20, and figure out how leadership [...]
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Bryant Park Project killed off

By alex | Published: 7/14/2008
I’m sometimes put in the position of being asked by those in traditional media institutions what they can do to defend against the incursions of the internet. It’s rarely put exactly like that, but something similar. I try not to get too excited, because where they (rightly) see a potential threat, I see a lot [...]
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Why I’m not blogging

By alex | Published: 7/12/2008
This sort of post has now become a staple, but here are some things I’m doing instead of blogging. I’ll try to post a little bit about these projects as they progress. * Finishing up my new book, Search Engine Society. I’m putting the finishing touches on the index. All of it was desperately out of [...]
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Tax haven: Connecticut

By alex | Published: 6/15/2008
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 [...]
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Kiki & Bubu and “The Shift”

By alex | Published: 2/17/2008
Never thought I would encourage sock puppets on my blog, but Kiki & Bubu (with a guest appearance from Trekkie Monster’s cousin) explains that the seeming shift of ownership to workers is just another version of false consciousness. I don’t happen to agree entirely, but it’s an interesting way of presenting the message.
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I wouldn’t steal

By alex | Published: 1/27/2008
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