The April 16 Archive: Front Pages Collection
The Center for Digital Discourse and Culture is pleased to announce our Front Pages Collection, an archive of newspaper coverage of the April 16 tragedy. The hundreds of front pages posted on this site were given to the Center by a thoughtful individual in the aftermath of the shootings. Together, they capture a wide variety […]
Read MoreInterpretive Policy Analysis: Discourse and Power in Critical Policy Studies
I’ll be going to Kassel in June, originally i had planned to go Glasgow(triple helix) to Kassel (Interpretive Policy Analysis) to Cologne (E-social science), Glasgow and Cologne accepted my papers as posters, which I don’t like, though I can see why someone might do that. So I’m bowing out of those conferences, I’m not a […]
Read MoreOntario judge orders website to reveal identity data on anonymous posters
Ontario judge orders website to reveal identity data on anonymous posters [From Ontario judge orders website to reveal identity data on anonymous posters] —— someone probably needs to explain to the judge that there is a huge difference between the state having a compelling interest to protect children thus over-riding privacy rights and the compelling […]
Read MoreConnections was a show that i couldn’t get enough of
[From YouTube – JamesBurkeWeb’s Channel] ===== i think i only saw a few shows, but it definitely influenced the way i see the world. now connections is on youtube…
Read Moreada lovelace day more technologies than many
I think for Ada Lovelace day I’ll have to mention my mom. She might not be a high tech wizard like my sister and my wife, but my mom is on facebook and twitter. She knows how to do what she wants to do; she even has a programmable sewing machine for doing things that […]
Read MoreMarjorie Grene has passed away
I don’t think that I can say that I ever studied from Marjorie Grene, but I did study with her. She sat in on an Ancient Philosophy graduate class I took and came to the weekly Ancient Greek translation and reading group we had for a while in the philosophy department. She was a real […]
Read MoreTimes Higher Education – You don’t have to be fixated to work here…
For Lennard J. Davis, universities are akin to licensed madhouses and obsession is the name of the game. [From Times Higher Education – You don’t have to be fixated to work here…] ——— the sad thing is that this is mostly true….
Read Moreevent of interest at Ryerson: Second life
The Infoscape Research Lab is pleased to welcome a lecture by Jeremy Hunsinger, Virginia Tech ‘Exploring Science in Second Life through the Interplay of Information and Interactivity’ Mar 10, 1pm Rogers Communication Centre 329 gelmer@ryerson.ca Science in Second Life operates through the modeling and interacting with virtual objects. These objects are primarily visual constructs represented […]
Read More