Can high levels of interoperability lead to greater innovation? What would a theory of interoperability look like? That’s the question posed by the latest book by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser: Interop: The Promise and Perils of Highly Interconnected Systems(amazon). Palfrey and Gasser are a team I have come to […]
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Words are amazing. A phrase of unusual integrity or cacophony can launch our imagination, fill our senses, and send us tumbling through unexpected patterns of interpretation. Last night, I heard five wonderful words which arose from the collective creation of millions of people, a legendary computer, the content of the […]
Today, we are hearing from Sugata Mitra, visiting professor at the MIT Media Lab and Professor of Educational Technology at the school of education at Newcastle University (blog here). Mitra is best known for the “Hole in the Wall” computer learning systems in India (TED Talk) and the related educational […]
This is a writeup of Hrishikesh Aradhye, Ph.D.’s talk at the Media Lab last month, with my own commentary sprinkled throughout. Power to the people, at last! It’s a new hourNow we all ain’t gon’ be American IdolsBut you can ‘least grab a camera, shoot a viral Kanye West, Power […]
Congratulations to the team behind CRONICAS DE HEROES for the recent Honorary Mention in PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA, Digital Communities category. PRIX ARS is one of the most important annual awards in the field of electronic art, interactive, animation, digital culture, and music http://prix2012.aec.at/prixwinner/5056/ CRONICAS DE HEROES is civic platform of […]