hyperlinked society
Joseph Turow is asking a bunch of questions about links and hyperlinks. No one has assembled the powers that be in regards to links before? I’m pretty sure that isn’t the case, given the focus of hypertext conferences. the social processes of hyperlinks? to what extent is the hyperlink a working principle in the social […]
Read MoreCincinatti Airport
the Cincy airport does not have free wi-fi…. In this day and age, all concourses should have wifi, there is no excuse not to make people’s lives in airports just that much easier. if you want to have two levels of access, one somewhat slow for email and web, and then one super fast for […]
Read MoreYoda Backpack
Yoda Backpack: Stay on target! Star Wars nerds can add one more scene of the original trilogy to their re-enactment list. Inside this Yoda backpack you can place your lightsaber, your MacBook, and a cellphone to call mom to pick you up when you’re all done. If they’d only make a slave Leia full-sized plushie. […]
Read MoreTeaching and Developing Online.: June 2006 Archives
Teaching and Developing Online.: June 2006 Archives: Quote of the Day If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow enobled and no-one dares criticize it. Pierre Gallois ——— yes, i think David Noble and Langdon Winner both […]
Read MoreTeaching and Developing Online
Teaching and Developing Online: Teaching is Dead, Long live learning is a similar iconoclastic statement aimed at the traditions of modernist education. It uses the sociological and economic impact of media technology, in particular the Internet and its strengthening of informal and networked learning, and calls the foreseeable end of the traditional roles of teachers […]
Read MoreFlorida weighs in on post-modernism
Florida weighs in on post-modernism: (g) The history of the United States, including the 2 period of discovery, early colonies, the War for Independence, 3 the Civil War, the expansion of the United States to its 4 present boundaries, the world wars, and the civil rights 5 movement to the present. The history of the […]
Read MoreAlex Halavais » The Hyperlinked Society
Alex Halavais » The Hyperlinked Society: Joseph Turow at the Annenberg School for Communication (U. Penn) is organizing a conference called The Hyperlinked Society. He’s managed to invite some really cool people to come and talk, and somehow I managed to get invited too. I grateful for the opportunity to get to talk with these […]
Read MoreHow MySpace Works
How MySpace Works: From How Stuff Works check out this well-written and simple-language explanation of how MySpace works, including a section on safety issues. This is a good resource to point parents (and fellow library workers) to when the issue of MySpace comes up. found through LII’s New This Week, May 18th issue (I know, […]
Read Moreroanoke.com – Golf Stories-Bigwigs dedicate River Course
roanoke.com – Golf Stories-Bigwigs dedicate River Course: Virginia Tech president Charles W. Steger couldn’t seem to stop smiling early Monday morning. Ditto for the rest of the school’s bigwigs and heavy-hitter contributors on hand for the formal dedication ceremony of the recently renovated Pete Dye River Course at Virginia Tech. ——— ahhh, we have priorities […]
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