some top blogs
.textism.
.cityofsound.
.rebeccablood.
no crumbs (or fluff) in her pocket
I noticed there were some info lit sources so I sent them to conrad re. the project he just mentioned in the InfoD cafe
.ideography./wsis-focus
I also sent
smartmobs
the original matt
.blackbeltjones.
who I have recently rediscovered
and who just linked to
.pixelcharmer.
who has just writen about
power law relationships
which lead me to
Bernardo A. Huberman's The Laws of the Web: Patterns in the Ecology of Information.
which (unsurprisingly) lead via LINKED back to Smart Mobs.
.brightlycoloredfood.who links to RRE - which is a sign of good taste
and whose categories I like and where I found myself stuck for ages goign off in different directions...
http://www.jellyvision.com/deal/jackprinc.htm
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/cogsci.html
Tom_Erickson/AskNotForWhom
.waferbaby.
this blog is new to me but there are some interesting gimmics
got to this via the googleGraph
.plentyoftaste.
[design tutor blog]
.seralat.
[linked to me - one time so...]
.kuro5hin.
particularly
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/12/4/103535/463
which is well worth reading - and following on from
I guess these should really be on a sub menu - but as nothing will be moving for a while.......
Douglas Engelbart Demonstrated the First Mouse and the Chord Keyset in 1968
from the Capacitance Electronic Discs Magic ¿
CED in the History of Media Technology
having been away
and about to be away again
thought I'd play some
ackingba atch-upca
My GUUUI Postings
My Postings to the InfoD café
or via the very intresting looking
GMANE
and here are some old comments I have made elsewhere
http://interconnected.org/notes/prices.shtml#comments
http://www.eleganthack.com/archives/002933.html#006709
http://louisrosenfeld.com/home/bloug_archive/000139.html
and I recently discovered that I have a very impressive re-alta ego
http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/
Previously I wondered if 'The Robot in the Garden' had been published.
I had obviously forgotten that I read the first chapter in July 2000 - as it came to me in an email via RRE.
Introduction: The Unique Phenomenon of a Distance by Ken Goldberg
Chapter 1 (and an overview of the other chapters)
Telerobotics and Telepistemology Bibliography
which is from the MITpress Leonardo on-line site
Leonardo On-Line Index and Search
I had obviously forgotten that I read the first chapter in July 2000 - as it came to me in an email via RRE.
Introduction: The Unique Phenomenon of a Distance by Ken Goldberg
Chapter 1 (and an overview of the other chapters)
Telerobotics and Telepistemology Bibliography
which is from the MITpress Leonardo on-line site
Leonardo On-Line Index and Search
Bloggers (myself all to often included) - and others of course - should note that :
Thinking should come before communication December 09, 2002 issue of New Thinking by Gerry McGovern
I'm now off to remove some recent blogs that were added prior to actually looking at them... Just so you'll know why.
for every lie I unlearn
I learn something new
I sing sometimes for the war that I fight
'cause every tool is a weapon -
if you hold it right.
ani defranco
toys, art, writings, games, and other silly stuff
ze's page
via a good experience interview
Ze won the webby 2002 personal website (People's Voice award)
Great visual display of the relationship between sites
Google Graph Browser which utilises TouchGraph
takes a while to load sometimes but it's worth it
I added some content to the IAwiki recently - this is another great example of a wiki as a subject focused collaborative resource - though of course this type of open environment does require editorial control or could become uncontrollable...
Finally listened to:
O'Reilly Emerging Technology 2002
KEYNOTE: Rethinking The Modern Operating System 2002-05-17 (0:43:00) By Richard Rashid
which looks at visualising and sorting/extracting information and points out that we are still at the Dewey (sp?) decimal system stage of network design - and what is needed is a useful mediator between the data and the user depending on context etc...
More great O'Reilly content:
Seeing and Tuning Social Networks [Jun. 04, 2002] by Jon Udell
which quotes
Jonathan Schull's Macroscope Manifesto
"Most natural patterns are not easily perceived, for they do not happen to produce lasting stimuli to which our nervous systems are attuned. But everything we know about biology, epidemiology, social networks, computational algorithms, and data structures tells us that branching patterns are "out there," waiting to be mapped, illuminated, seen anew. In the last few decades, new data sources, new data-analytic tools, and new tracking techniques have become available to scientists and schoolchildren. It is now possible to envision a "macroscope" that presents these invisible but ubiquitous patterns to human perceptual systems so that they would engage our innate ability to perceive millions of leaves as scores of trees ... and a forest."
Udell asks 'How will we apprehend these patterns?'
Says Schull:
"Go back to nature. Consider the perceptual arrays already proven to give us vast amounts of information subliminally. Visual textures, the shapes of trees and bushes, faces.
We're wired to respond to these natural biological stimuli. What's missing are the data, which we're becoming more eager to provide, and the macroscope that will bring the picture into focus."
O'Reilly Emerging Technology 2002
KEYNOTE: Rethinking The Modern Operating System 2002-05-17 (0:43:00) By Richard Rashid
which looks at visualising and sorting/extracting information and points out that we are still at the Dewey (sp?) decimal system stage of network design - and what is needed is a useful mediator between the data and the user depending on context etc...
More great O'Reilly content:
Seeing and Tuning Social Networks [Jun. 04, 2002] by Jon Udell
which quotes
Jonathan Schull's Macroscope Manifesto
"Most natural patterns are not easily perceived, for they do not happen to produce lasting stimuli to which our nervous systems are attuned. But everything we know about biology, epidemiology, social networks, computational algorithms, and data structures tells us that branching patterns are "out there," waiting to be mapped, illuminated, seen anew. In the last few decades, new data sources, new data-analytic tools, and new tracking techniques have become available to scientists and schoolchildren. It is now possible to envision a "macroscope" that presents these invisible but ubiquitous patterns to human perceptual systems so that they would engage our innate ability to perceive millions of leaves as scores of trees ... and a forest."
Udell asks 'How will we apprehend these patterns?'
Says Schull:
"Go back to nature. Consider the perceptual arrays already proven to give us vast amounts of information subliminally. Visual textures, the shapes of trees and bushes, faces.
We're wired to respond to these natural biological stimuli. What's missing are the data, which we're becoming more eager to provide, and the macroscope that will bring the picture into focus."
Linkship - Imagining a New Kinship of Networks - via Matt[IC] - it was put together by Ideas Bazaar where they conduct ethnographic research.
Talking of which, I just checked and I am surprised to see I have never linked to Intentional Networks or Using Technology with a Heart both of which are by Bonnie Nardi - who I greatly admire.
I went to the ICA to see a preview of
the dancer up stairs (trailer)
last night.
The event was organised by
Index on Censorship
which is a brilliant magazine - the film was equally excellent.
the dancer up stairs (trailer)
last night.
The event was organised by
Index on Censorship
which is a brilliant magazine - the film was equally excellent.
Example Visualizations of email communications
Jeff Potter collaborated with danah boyd on this (see previous entry)
I must read this!
Faceted Id/entity:Managing representation in a digital world
" In order to manage one's identity and representation, individuals rely on contextual information about the environment around them. While they are quite adept at negotiating the complexities of contextual feedback in the physical world, the digital realm challenges their expectations by providing an entirely different set of rules. Focused on giving users control over their digital identity, the thesis research documented at this website discusses issues of contextual negotiation, self-awareness, and faceting of one's identity for management purposes."
another smg thesis
Shirky: Communities, Audiences, and Scale
" Can we get the best of both worlds? Can we have a medium that spreads messages to a large audience, but also allows all the members of that audience to engage with one another like a single community?" The answer seems to be "No." "
Other forms of computer mediated community may form though - around a list - a site - or a blog or group of blogs? UpMyStreet GrubStreet
I am looking to find Visualisations of interconnections between blogs. Kinda like a wiki visual link map (see visual tour at the foot of the page). But with strength of connections indicated (in some way...).
Went to
Bringing Design to Software
Edited by Terry Winograd
to see if I could read:
The Role of the Artist-Designer - Gillian Crampton Smith and Philip Tabor
but it isn't one of the chapters available online.
Philip spoke about 'A space for half-formed thoughts' at Flow~Doors7
The following conclusion will certainly influence my approach to aural~visual reps of CMC space.
I think the challenge is to afford dynamic control of the 'boundary' between vagueness and clarity (primarily on a personal level).
"
1: Its metaphor is spatial, but its spatial character is not limited by the
constraints of real space and physics
2: It contains flowing patterns that reflect incoming data about the world. But
we don’t just see these patterns: we sense them as sounds and vibrations;
we feel them as wind in hair, taste on tongue, tension in muscles
3: Informational patterns are manifested in varying densities of this smoky
space; and
4: We can sharpen the outlines of things, make them harder and clearer. But
we’d only do so when we feel our ideas are ready to coalesce
Vagueness is sometimes a virtue, and clarity is sometimes a vice."
Looks like the TATE 'problem' was a local browser 'issue' - as it is working fine now - I think I was low on resources (too much multitasking) - so I have deleted the post ;) I wonder if anyone (except Jen leP) saw it anyway. It is weird not to know whether anyone/who is reading this :)
I got my first - that I am aware of - mention on someone else's blog the other day - which was kinda nice - it was by Matt[IC] - who maintains a very regular blog (pushed by email - which for me singles it out - I used to really enjoy gleanings which also came via email but it has dried up - maybe Christina has more important things to do?
Hopefuly I will one day soon too). I went to meet a potential supervisor at the OU's KMi last week - quite encouraging re my CMC visualisation ideas but I am not sure if he is the best/ideal person to supervise me - I am going to seek advice from those more knowledgable about this area in the InfoDcafé.
Some great Gresham Geometry Lectures by Harold Thimbleby
The two recent lectures have been about designing gadgets and microwave cookers. Lots of transferable techniques though...
His first lecture about The Computer Science of Everyday Things was a little disappointing to my mind, as it lacked clarity. I wish I had asked a question at the time...
azeem.azhar.co.uk: The BBC, community and opensource - not sure about the arguments put forward but...
prompted by Matt I thought I would also test
track(ing) back twice
probably only works within movable type blogs?
prompted by Matt I thought I would also test
track(ing) back twice
probably only works within movable type blogs?
gr8 (NOT)
most of my links to cooper have broken due to the sites redesign
the articles and newletter pages are no longer there
the only one that does still work is The Myth of Metaphor
how annoying!!!
surely a simple redirect to the new location could have been left in their place?
I think I will write to alan and see what he says...
I have managed to lend my blagged copy (to somebody ¿) but at least the first 5 chapters of The Social Life of Information by John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid are available online.
SLofI TOC
This book is simply brilliant!
Reading some of the recent papers by Robert E. Horn and thought I would check out
Engelbart: Augmenting Human Intellect (1962) which he mentions quite a lot. This particular section starts with an "historical progression in the development of our intellectual capabilities: Concept Manipulation, Symbol Manipulation and Manual, External, Symbol Manipulation."
This is very timely as I am currently considering the whole notion of connected (in that they are linked) and individual (both personal or collaborative) representations of cmc-spaces.
Also came across the Transformative Approaches Project, part four looks at visualisation and comprehension. Visualization: Augmenting human intellect on the Union of International Associations site?
the latest UIE article
The Art of Being Human by Nick Usborne
is a sort of short version (with a couple of examples) of the cluetrain manefesto which I linked to previously, but which is realy worth reading properly (i.e. in book form)
interesting the connection between this and small pieces lossely joined
by David Weinberger - Co-author of the cluetrain manifesto
where the second chapter (ignor the page title ;) is entitled Space - it is stated that the web isn't one, even though we think of it as such. But I am not convinced about this...
The idea of maps showing different levels (or perspectives) and possibly also their corresponding interelations is something potentially pretty powerful.
If you can create a map of it then surely what the map represents is some kind of space (even if it isn't tangable).
Understanding what the map depicts and therefore being able to interpret or understand it is another thing...
There is the argument that text is central but when coupled with images (and possibly sound) can text be taken further than when it is unacompanied?
The Art of Being Human by Nick Usborne
is a sort of short version (with a couple of examples) of the cluetrain manefesto which I linked to previously, but which is realy worth reading properly (i.e. in book form)
interesting the connection between this and small pieces lossely joined
by David Weinberger - Co-author of the cluetrain manifesto
where the second chapter (ignor the page title ;) is entitled Space - it is stated that the web isn't one, even though we think of it as such. But I am not convinced about this...
The idea of maps showing different levels (or perspectives) and possibly also their corresponding interelations is something potentially pretty powerful.
If you can create a map of it then surely what the map represents is some kind of space (even if it isn't tangable).
Understanding what the map depicts and therefore being able to interpret or understand it is another thing...
There is the argument that text is central but when coupled with images (and possibly sound) can text be taken further than when it is unacompanied?
The list of reasons why ease of use doesn't happen on engineering projects - UIWEB.COM
was ten (already fourteen :)
these pics are currently hanging on the wall downstairs
SIMONHOEGSBERG.COM
I think they're great!
Reminds me of Bresson
http://www.contrasto.it/eng/exhibits/dettaglio.asp?idm=394&cat=1
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/cb/
http://www.photology.com/bresson/
*** capturing a moment ***
flux - contextually defined models of language "interactions between these words. Synchronic imprints are a representation which attempts to capture the interactions in a body of language, thus capturing the instantaneous relationships between terms"
sounds a bit like dirk [?] NOT
I really need wiki or swiki functionality in this blogger thang - so the interlinking is ?automatic and the **highlighting** and [linking] would be much easier too :(
sounds a bit like dirk [?] NOT
I really need wiki or swiki functionality in this blogger thang - so the interlinking is ?automatic and the **highlighting** and [linking] would be much easier too :(
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