20bc is203 - Social and Organizational Issues of Information http://courses.ischool.berkeley.edu/i203/s07 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:03:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en

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Considering a Technological Singularity With the readings fresh in mind, I happened to cross the innovation diffusion notions with the idea of an approaching technological singularity. That is, the acceleration of innovation is so great that we'll reach a point where the slope of growth will be so steep that many changes will ...

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Newsgroups (Internet Discussion Groups) In the early 1990’s Newsgroups (Internet Discussion Groups) played an integral part in the research collaboration. It was comprised for the most part of scientists or university students that had access to Internet communications. The bar consisted of gaining Internet access. There was a level of self-regulation observed by members ...

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Social construct of a car A couple of years ago Volvo presented the first-ever car built by a team of women engineers - some of the features it had (a space between the front seats to fit a handbag is my favorite) would have SCOTists overjoyed by the perfect demonstration that yes, social constructs happen ...

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James Burke “Connections” TV available on-line Here's a link to on-line streaming video of several episodes of the James Burke TV show connections. http://clickcaster.com/connections 

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The age of technological revolution is 100 years dead Grumpy Sir Simon Jenkins has lots to say about technological pseudo-progress (as he sees it, anyway) in this article on the Manchester Guardian: "No, research and development do not equate with economic progress. No, the computer is not a stunning technological advance, just an extension of electronic communication as known for ...

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Uninvention: Examples? Just thought I might abuse the blog for some shameless self-promotion: there's an interesting discussion going on over at localoaf on the inevitability of technology and the potential for uninvention, in case anyone wants to jump in.

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A few more comments about course blogging… I just wanted to post a short note reiterating what we said in class about blogging the weekly readings.  The main idea is that we want you to be creative, to think critically about the readings, and simply write it down.  Try not to think of this as a course ...

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Please Create an Account is203ers, Please register on this site ASAP. We'd like everyone to create an account in the next week or so, and then we'll close the site to registration. If you have any trouble with the process, email Judd. 517

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Welcome to is203! A few quick comments about this site. First, you'll find all the usual stuff - syllabus, presentation slides, and assignment information - through the links at the top of the page. Detailed course information, contact information, required texts, office hours and such is available in the about box on the ...

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