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David Weinberger on What Information Was [Audio]
MediaBerkman —
Authority: 118
Berkman Fellow David Weinberger investigates the origin of modern “information”, trying to understand what about it led us to embrace it as the dominant–paradigmatic–way of understanding ourselves and our world. David Weinberger will present an informal sketch of a direction, suggesting that we leaped into ...5 hours ago -
David Weinberger on What Information Was
MediaBerkman —
Authority: 118
Berkman Fellow David Weinberger investigates the origin of modern “information”, trying to understand what about it led us to embrace it as the dominant–paradigmatic–way of understanding ourselves and our world. David Weinberger will present an informal sketch of a direction, suggesting that we leaped into ...5 hours ago -
Empirical Study of Global ICT Use and Democratic Tendency
iRevolution —
Authority: 415
I recently co-authored a study for Harvard’s Berkmans Center on the impact of new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Democratic Tendency. The study was presented at the 3rd International Conference on ICT for Development ( ICTD2009 ) in Doha, Qatar, earlier this year. The study asks whether the ...12 hours ago -
David Weinberger: what information was
...My heart's in Accra —
Authority: 634
There are many things I admire about my friend and colleague, David Weinberger : his intellectual curiosity, his generosity with his time and guidance, his sense of humor… One facet of David I most admire is his willingness to think in public. Most people who speak for a living (as David does, and as I aspire to ...18 hours ago -
NH Supreme Court hears online journalism case
Andy on the Road —
Authority: 98
Back in June, as an intern at the Berkman Center’s Cyberlaw Clinic , I worked with members of the Citizen Media Law Project and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in drafting an amicus curiae brief ( PDF ) in the case of The Mortgage Specialists, Inc. v. Implode-Explode Heavy Industries, Inc ...3 days ago -
Friday 5 – Switch Hitters
Weller and Bryan's Sports Blog —
Authority: 126
After last week’s time off, I’m back with today’s Friday 5. Since baseball season just ended and I’m not ready for it to be over, I’m dedicating today’s list to switch hitters.During my brief and generally forgettable baseball career, I toyed with the idea of switch hitting. It lasted for a practice ...4 days ago -
Yochai Benkler responds to critics of the broadband survey
Joho the Blog —
Authority: 601
Yochai Benkler, the project lead on the Berkman Center’s analytic survey of how broadband works around the world [ pdf ] responds to critics and questioners.4 days ago -
Radio Berkman 136: The Garden and the Net
MediaBerkman —
Authority: 118
The “Walled Garden” is an oft-used metaphor to describe an area of the web that is somehow closed off – think AOL in the 90s, or any site that lives behind a paywall. To some, these areas of the net are exclusive avenues to brilliantly curated content. To others “Walled Gardens” are threats to the [...]6 days ago -
Shepard Fairey recruits Fisher, Palfrey and Stewart
Andy on the Road —
Authority: 98
Sorry I’ve been away. With a law journal article in the works and exams coming up I expect things will be quiet here for a while. I wanted to break my silence to let you all know that Shepard Fairey – plaintiff and cross-claim defendant in the highly-public Fairey v. Associated Press (the Obama “Hope” ...1 week ago -
Ellen Goodman and Jake Shapiro on Redesigning public media for the 21st Century
MediaBerkman —
Authority: 118
Ellen Goodman of Rutgers University School of Law and Jake Shapiro, Executive Director of the Public Radio Exchange (PRX), discuss public media’s role in providing public discourses, advancing democratic capabilities, and empowering publics to communicate and organize. The two investigate whether the United States ...1 week ago -
Ellen Goodman and Jake Shapiro on Redesigning public media for the 21st Century [AUDIO]
MediaBerkman —
Authority: 118
Ellen Goodman of Rutgers University School of Law and Jake Shapiro, Executive Director of the Public Radio Exchange (PRX), discuss public media’s role in providing public discourses, advancing democratic capabilities, and empowering publics to communicate and organize. The two investigate whether the United States ...1 week ago -
Elizabeth Goodman on Walled Gardens: Opening the Discussion [Audio]
MediaBerkman —
Authority: 118
“Walled gardens” is a common term for systems that limit the entrance and exit of certain kinds of data. It is a deceptively simple metaphor that relies on the existence of a shared set of assumptions about what gardens are, what walls are, and what it means to build and maintain them. In this talk, [...]2 weeks ago -
Elizabeth Goodman on Walled Gardens: Opening the Discussion
MediaBerkman —
Authority: 118
“Walled gardens” is a common term for systems that limit the entrance and exit of certain kinds of data. It is a deceptively simple metaphor that relies on the existence of a shared set of assumptions about what gardens are, what walls are, and what it means to build and maintain them. In this talk, [...]2 weeks ago -
[Berkman] Elizabeth Goodman on walled gardens
Joho the Blog —
Authority: 601
Elizabeth Goodman of UC Berkeley is giving a Berkman lunchtime talk on a project she’s just now beginning. It is, she says, “half-baked.” She’s going to compare walled gardens in the computer sense to the original referent of “walled garden” and experiences of community gardens which often are fenced off. ...2 weeks ago -
Some Numbers from the Stove
Fantasy Baseball Hot Stove —
Authority: 491
Apologies for not posting as frequently over the past two weeks. There is a good reason. I am trying to spend as much time as possible evaluating the player rankings which will be released one by one immediately after the World Series concludes. Among the things Im hoping to do this season which are new is a ...2 weeks ago -
What more than 10,000 Main Streets learn us about the crisis of representation…
MixedRealities —
Authority: 129
Politicians like to refer to Main Street. But what actually is Main Street? Is it one people, one place, as political discourse often seems to suggest? Actually, in the US, there are more than 10,000 streets called Main Street… This video is about a documentary using Vimeo and Flickr, and archiving & presenting ...2 weeks ago -
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger presents “Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age”
MediaBerkman —
Authority: 118
A book talk with professor Viktor Mayber-Schönberger who examines the technology that’s facilitating the end of forgetting in his book, “Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age”. Mayer-Schönberger argues that in our quest for perfect digital memories where we can store everything from recipes and ...2 weeks ago -
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger presents “Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age” [Audio]
MediaBerkman —
Authority: 118
A book talk with professor Viktor Mayber-Schönberger who examines the technology that’s facilitating the end of forgetting in his book, “Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age”. Mayer-Schönberger argues that in our quest for perfect digital memories where we can store everything from recipes and ...2 weeks ago -
Radio Berkman Recent Classics: What the Heck is a Commons?
MediaBerkman —
Authority: 118
It’s been a busy week at the Berkman Center, so we had to forgo a new podcast this week. But have no fear, we did not forget you! We dusted off a recent classic from our archive by popular demand: “Episode 124, What the Heck is a Commons?”David Bollier, author of Viral Spiral: How the [...]2 weeks ago -
The season that was...June
The Hall of Very Good —
Authority: 121
During batting practice in 1988, Randy Johnson, then with the Montreal Expos, collided head-first with outfielder Tim Raines. Because of Johnson’s height, Raines exclaimed, "youre a big unit!" Suffice it to say, the nickname stuck. At 82 inches tall (or 6’10”), “Unit” is the tallest 300 game winner in ...3 weeks ago
