My favorite librarian sent me a translation of an interview of Umberto Eco in the Frankfurter Rundschau about technology and libraries. He thinks of the Internet and computers as ways of complementing our memories and uses a large portable drive onto which he downloaded many digitized books as an example. He discusses the challenges of […]
Since I recently wrote about what the data unit at Renesys does, using the recent telecommunication cable breaks as an example, I wasn’t so sure about writing about it again with the news last week. In trying to censor the popular video Web site YouTube, Pakistan inadvertently blocked most of the traffic to the site […]
There’s a NewBCamp 2008 being held at Johnson & Wales University in Providence on Saturday, February 23 from 9 am to 4 pm.
“What is NewBCamp? It’s a one day conference to introduce people from all professions and walks of life to emerging technologies, as well as provide primers for how to get started in those […]
Tuesday, February 12, was Safer Internet Day, which provides opportunities to talk to people, especially children and inexperienced Web users, about safety on the Internet.
Although one of my coworkers was kind enough to tell me about it on Tuesday, I only had to the chance to write about it on one blog then.
The following upcoming event was posted on Web4Lib:
http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/
FRONTLINE presents
GROWING UP ONLINE
Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 9 P.M. ET on PBS
Jessica Hunter was a shy and awkward girl who struggled to make friends at school. Then, at age 14, she reinvented herself online as *Autumn Edows,* an alternative goth artist and model who posted provocative photos […]
Members of Generation Y, the folks currently 18-30, are more likely to use libraries than members of other generations, a recent Pew Internet and American Life study indicates. Results many of us have known for a while show many people use computers and the Internet at the library.
"The survey results challenge the assumption that libraries […]
Tuesday’s (11/27) Berkman Center for Internet & Society Luncheon Series is with New York Times Beijing Correspondent and Nieman Fellow Michael Anti. His talk, “When the Decentralized and Democratized Internet Meets China,” will be webcast beginning about 12:30 pm ET. Folks will gather in IRC (freenode.net, #berkman) and Second Life. It is too late to […]
The Harvard Educational Technology Group, the Harvard Interactive Media Group and the Harvard College Entrepreneurship Forum is holding an event called Virtual Worlds Braingain Thursday, September 27, 2007 at the Harvard Business School campus at 2 p.m. Five virtual world experts will examine the ways in which the metaverse is influencing and can influence […]
Celebrate the Internet today, Saturday, September 22, during OneWebDay!
I am especially appreciative of the Internet this year because I work for a company that tracks global Internet router data and is building a fabulous chat client. Without the Internet, I would need a new job.
Tuesday’s lunch at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society should be a great discussion: the future of the Internet because of OneWebDay (September 22). Speakers include Jonathan Zittrain and Wendy Seltzer. RSVP by noon on Monday to rsvp [at] cyber.law.harvard.edu to attend in person. Remote participation is possible via a webcast, IRC, and other […]