Social Implications of Social Computing #4
Kate Carruthers Technology is very seductive and it is easy to fall in love with it rather than viewing it dispassionately as a tool with utility for various tasks. It is really…
Nasty taste with poor quality …
“The bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the sweetness of meeting schedules is forgotten.” — Kathleen Byle, Sandia National Laboratories
Social Implications of Social Computing #3
Growth of knowledge Too much knowledge to keep in our heads No more epic poetry In our tribal past there was a need to keep knowledge in our own heads…
And how do YOU decide how/what/when to blog?
Unlike the esteemed SilkCharm who tapped me to answer this question my blog is essentially self-indulgent. This blog is called Aide-mémoire for a reason, primarily because I wanted a place…
Social Implications of Social Computing #2
Consumption of media is now happening on the user’s own terms. I can access what I want when it is convenient for me, and in the media format that I…
Action = wisdom?
“Action should culminate in wisdom.” — Bhagavad Gita
Sydney 1-5 Dec 08: 6th International Conference on Service Oriented Computing
Just wanted to let people know about the 6th International Conference on Service Oriented Computing (ICSOC 2008) which will be held in Sydney Australia 1-5 December 2008. This has been…
Social Implications of Social Computing #1
Social computing has exploded and is changing the world we knew in a number of ways that impact on education. But social computing is not so much changing the world…
6 Things, 6 Tags (Chain Letter ‘08)
Before I re-launch normal transmission, I must play the 6 Things game because @shoesmitten tagged me. So, here are Six (Interesting?) Things About Me That You Might Not Have Known:…
Over web 2.0 and not talking about it any more
Bye Bye Web 2.0 In fact, I’ve always been uncomfortable with the term web 2.0 and it is seriously starting to annoy me now. Thus I have decided to excise…