Call for Papers: Association of Internet Researchers Abstract Deadline: February 1, 2007 This conference, which uses Open Conference Systems developed by the Public Knowledge Project, enables participants to submit abstracts online at http://conferences.aoir.org/submit.php?cf=6. Presentations can include: • Single papers (abstract max of 750 words)• Creative or Aesthetic Presentation (abstract max of 750 words)• Panels (abstract […]

sleepless nights with steve woolf: No accountability = no community. —— accountability has no necessary relation to community, it may be present, it may not. two things are necessary for community, a shared space (this may be imaginary, virtual, etc.) and the capacity to exclude others. once you establish the capacity to identify that ‘this […]

Introducing: FISH: FISH: Free (as in kittens) Integrated Search Handler. But never, ever tell your patrons that (unless they want to know). Backranym it to “FISH Isn’t So Hard” or “Finding Instead of Searching Helps.” But let’s break down the orignial meaning: ——- this looks like a nifty tool for drupal using libraries.

sleepless nights with steve woolf: No accountability = no community. —— accountability has no necessary relation to community, it may be present, it may not. two things are necessary for community, a shared space (this may be imaginary, virtual, etc.) and the capacity to exclude others. once you establish the capacity to identify that ‘this […]

CUSEC 2007: Canadian University Software Engineering Conference: Bits of Change How can software be political? Which components of software make a political statement: is it this function call over here, or is it that while loop over there? In certain parts of the world today, governments read private e-mail and arrest people based on these […]

New Years Pratt Steam Show!: For those of you that weren’t around for the whistle show that Conrad (Pratt’s Cheif Engineer) put on.. some fine folks posted video on youTube. Enjoy!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSErBvy3F9A The first link was filmed in day time so you can get a better look at the set up on the lawn. Pretty […]

2006 artists most played 2006 tracks most played ————— there is a bit of bias in those… but eh.