Tag Archive | "networks"
Iranian social media police
On passing through the immigration control at the airport in Tehran, she was asked by the officers if she has a Facebook account. When she said "no", the officers pulled up a laptop and searched for her name on Facebook. They found her account and noted down the names of her Facebook friends.
Continue reading...The Internet of Things: A critique of ambient technology and the all-seeing network of RFID
Saturday, July 4, 2009
The adoption of he technologies of the City Control is not inevitable, nor something that we must kindly accept nor sleepwalk into. Each of us can help contribute to building technologies of trust and empower ourselves in the age of mass surveillance and ambient technologies.
Continue reading...Map of railway networks
Monday, June 29, 2009
Because I love trains. And am drawn to understanding how we are connected. Or not. From the New Scientist‘s article on our connected earth.
Continue reading...Is changing names enough when you post images online?
Saturday, June 13, 2009
I tried to leave this comment on Ethan Zuckerman’s blog. But apparently Captcha thinks I’m not human, so posting it here with a few edits. Jonathan Torgovnik’s photographs of children born of rape during the Rwandan genocide. By Mia Fineman, Slate Magazine Powerful article about a photo series, focusing on the children of rape in [...]
Continue reading...The Social Life of Routers
Friday, December 12, 2008
Interesting article in the Technology Review: “The Social Life of Routers: How a 1960s sociology experiment could hold the key to better Internet routing“. It’s about how sociologist Stanley Milgram’s research into social networks may provide clues on ways to better transmit data across the Internet. Milgram gave volunteers the task of forwarding a letter [...]
Continue reading...Communications guide for networks
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Just finished posting the first draft of a communication guide for telecentre networks on my blog on the telecentre.org website. People who manage distributed teams will also find some good stuff in it. I’ll be developing some of the concepts here, but in a more generic form. Especially the eavesdropping model — a great alternative [...]
Continue reading...Network mapping and analysis for human rights
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Skye Bender-deMoll’s Network Analysis and Mapping Report (April 2008) examines how network analysis and network mapping can facilitate human rights work. It introduces non-academics to network concepts, gives some examples of this work in practice, discusses risks and challenges, and provides a series of recommendations. The report was prepared for the Science and Human Rights [...]
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Nathan Englander reads Isaac Bashevis Singer’s “Disguised” for The New Yorker’s monthly reading and conversation with Deborah Treisman. Englander’s voice couldn’t be more perfect.
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Early in his career, professor Mark Rowlands had two loves: philosophy and Brenin, a wolf he was forced to bring along to his lectures. Through their relationship, Rowlands started examining his work and life. Listen on CBC’s Ideas, via EarIdeas.
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Every month, The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, hosts a reading and conversation with a well-known writer. August 2009 featured Joshua Ferris reading George Saunders’s “Adams.” The rhythm is magnificent.
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