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IR 6.0: Slides for first presentation

By alex | Published: 10/5/2005
My first presentation at AoIR is as part of a panel entitled Emerging Methods for Analyzing A New Generation of Civic Engagement on the Web (mouthful, no?), and organized by Kenneth Farrall. Paper’s not in yet (grumble), I’m thinking it will have to wait until I get back. A chunk of this is the work […]
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Bloggers as Villagers

By alex | Published: 7/21/2005
Today, I share a birthday with Marshall McLuhan, the patron saint of Wired magazine and only communication professor to get a walk-on in a Woody Allen flick (WMV – 2Mb). His aphorisms still show up with some regularity, not least the idea that electronic media would lead to a “global village.” I’ve written and talked […]
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Ceci n’est pas un blogue?

By alex | Published: 7/16/2005
Rubel points to a posting on the BuzzMetrics blog about whether blog readers know they are reading blogs. It turns out they may not, according to a survey by Neilsen/Netratings. As the entry notes, anyone that works with blogs already knew that, but it’s nice to see it backed up with data. I remember talking […]
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Cruising Wikipedia

By alex | Published: 7/16/2005
I have just been re-reading some of the material Larry Sanger has posted as a critique of Wikipedia. The open source encyclopedia, including his essay on Kuro5hin (Why Wikipedia Must Jettison Its Anti-Elitism) and a memoir posted on Slashdot. I am of two minds on this issue, and the reason for this is in part […]
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