Liveblog of a #Berkman lunch written with Erhardt Graeff. Tim Davies (@timdavies) is a social researcher with interests in civic participation and civic technologies. He has spent the last five years focussing on the development of the open government data landscape around the world, from his MSc work at the […]
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Joi Ito’s 9 Principles of the Media Lab from MIT CMS/Writing on Vimeo. Liveblogged at #civicmedia with help from Ed Platt. Any errors are likely ours. Joi Ito (@joi), Director of the MIT Media Lab, is here to share his nine principles. Nearly thirty years ago when the Media Lab […]
Liveblog of Kate Darling’s Berkman Center lunch, A discussion of near-term ethical, legal, and societal issues in robotics. Kate begins with the observation that there aren’t nearly enough experts in robotic law. Those that are interested in the emergent field need to become more expert, and many more need to […]
Clay Shirky‘s on stage with Ginny Hunt at Harvard’s Institute of Politics discussing the lessons we can take away from the Healthcare.gov boondoggle (#netrevolution). Clay’s first point is that of all the criticism of Healthcare.gov and the Affordable Care Act, no one has argued that it’s a bad idea to […]
A summary of my Media Lab Master’s thesis, cross-posted from my personal site, because, well, there are a lot more people over here. Unlike my thesis readers, who may or may not have made it through all 244 pages, you get to experience the condensed version. The full PDF is […]