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ICT's Timeline: thanks and answers
by Jeremy Depauw 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Goodmorning everybody, First of all, I did'nt expect so much answsers and interesting suggestions, so thanks a lot ! I will try to answers some remarks: @ Julian Hopkins: I did'nt know the Sinclair ZX80, and it wasn't mention in my main source : http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/. The only question which remains is : has it been used as tool by journalists and/or information management profesionals ? If yes, so I'll inculde it in my timeline. About databases, I don't consider them as an exclusively IT thing but my initial hypothesis is that they permitted to develop IT tools; Am I wrong ? Thanks also for the reference of Poster. @ Elizabeth Van Couvering: It is absolutely true that original cultural roots have influence on that Timeline building process. In my case, I have a belgian/european background and I am influenced by the field of computer history, which is more "anglo-saxon". In this case, I will have to deal with that two background, which is not an easy thing. I don't think I could consider some other cultural approach. Thanks for pointing this because such question has to be kept in mind, and it wasn't the case since you pointed it out. @ Jonathan Sterne: It is true the choice of that period may seem too limited but actually it refers to the global question of my research. I sustain the thesis (in very short) that profesional Information mediators (i.eJournalists and Information managers in companies) played the role of obliged relay of infrmation until recent years. The emregence of technologies (devices and tools) has permitted to those profesionals' audiences to avoid that relay by consuming, managing and producing information on their own. In order to better understand that phenomenon, I tried, with this timeline, to enlarge the historical scope. But it didn't seem necessary to go beyond 1945 because I wanted to keep some connection between past and current time. But your remark is relevant beacause it points out that the evolution Technologies couldn't be seen in a so limited perspective. @Elijah: Yes it helps, thanks for the reference. @Kevin Guidry: I have to admit that I didn't thought about spreadsheets, great ! Actualli, ERP and CRM are the tools I was thinking about when asking about databases, because I had the idea that they were the basis of that tools. I will now try to develop that aspect of my timeline. I have now new paths to follow, thank to you all ! I am very gratefull of that ! Jeremy -- Jeremy Depauw The Power of Knoweldge Sharing and Skills Synegism Journal de recherche: http://dev.ulb.ac.be/~jdepauw/dotclear/index.php

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ICT's Timeline: thanks and first draft
by Julian Hopkins 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Hello Jeremy, I'm surprised you don't include the Sinclair ZX80 (see e.g. http://www.oldcomputers.net/zx80.html ) in your timeline - I may be mistaken but I think it was the first 'PC' that was cheap enough to go straight into the average household - the ZX81 had more of a mass market and then it was followed by the Spectrum. I remember playing my first computer game on a ZX81, and using them in school too :) On the database question - I would say that yes they have to be considered. However a database is in essence just a list of things - which must have been around ever since the first sapiens tried to tell someone about their favourite gathering spots :) So how and why (or if) they become something exclusively 'IT' I don't know. Mark Poster deals with the significance of databases in a Foucauldian manner: Poster, Mark. The Second Media Age. Cambridge: Polity Press; 1995. Regards, Julian ++++++++++ Julian Hopkins Lecturer HELP University College - ADP Kuala Lumpur tel: +60 3 2095 8791 x2913 email: julianh(a)help.edu.my Message: 13 Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:52:53 +0200 From: "Jeremy Depauw" <jeremy.depauw(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Air-l] ICT's Timeline: thanks and first draft To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Message-ID: <f837fdd90610110752l3cd745b9y41566e6dc619440e(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Dear all ! Firstly, I would like to thank readers who have taken some of their time to answer my question about ICT's Timeline. Lots of suggestions were very usefull. Now I would like to present the first draft I made since I manages to catch a first wave of dates and ideas. To view it, feel free to click on that link <http://dev.ulb.ac.be/%7Ejdepauw/telecharger/EN_timeline-TIC.pdf>. I think that my info are still too "computer oriented" but by the way, I am not sure there is so much other fields of innovation for my question. I translated it very quickly and the layout is still to be improved. My new motivation is here to ask for an advice : should I consider the history of "databases" as relevant in my reflection and should I link it to the developpement of on-line ressources ? (which I couldn't take into account yet) -- Jeremy Depauw The Power of Knoweldge Sharing and Skills Synegism Journal de recherche: http://dev.ulb.ac.be/~jdepauw/dotclear/index.php

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Re: [Air-l] timeline
by Jonathan Sterne 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Hi All, I haven't been following the timeline conversation so I don't know the particular motivations behind it, but it seems rather short scale to my mind. For instance, if one wants to understand the history of digital audio, you've got to at least go back to Fourier, who was interested in heat but whose waveform analysis made digital audio possible. And if you want to talk about the relationship between music and number, well now we're back to Aristotle and Aristoxenus. If we're interested in keyboard instruments, the history of typewriters seems important, and if we're interested in the history of databases the census, the postal system and the invention of tabulation machines seems important. Also the 20th century dates seem off to me. 1950s is an important period for the diffusion of television in the US but much of the key policy and technological development happened between the 20s and 40s. One might also look internationally to German deployments of television and so forth. Again, I don't know the motivation behind such a timeline but if it is meant as a guide to media history relevant to people who are interested in digital media today, I would recommend more attention the extant media historical scholarship. Best, --J

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Re: [Air-l] quantitiative tools
by Sabryna Cornish 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Hi Sam--I'm using TAMS amd doing word counts of articles. It's free here: tamsys.sourceforge.net The downside is that everything has to be in rtf format, but it will do word counts and other coding. Sabryna ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:26:18 -0700 (PDT) >From: Sam Tilden <tildensam(a)yahoo.com> >Subject: [Air-l] quantitiative tools >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > >Does anyone know of software (free) that does a word counts of a wide range of documents? > > Thanks, > > Sam > > >--------------------------------- >Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. >_______________________________________________ >The air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/ listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://www.aoir.org/ Sabryna Cornish Ph.D. candidate, ABD Institute of Communications Research Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. –Robert Louis Stevenson

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new Ph.D. program
by Sabryna Cornish 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Hi there--In case you know any students looking for a great Ph.D. program (notice the familiar name in the faculty:-)) Sabryna October 11, 2006 Dear Colleague: The UIC Communication Department announces a Ph.D. program with a new technology emphasis. Could you please encourage promising Master's-level graduate students to apply? The program recognizes the prominence of new media, and aims to develop research strategies to study the consequences of channels such as the internet. The program builds on faculty and university strength and research and also on the successful M.A. program in Communication. The Department has unique structural advantages. We work closely with the UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory housed in the Computer Science Department. A joint effort of the College of Engineering and School of Art & Design, the lab is the oldest formal collaboration between engineering and art in the United States and is the pre-eminent virtual reality and high-speed networking research lab in the world. The Department is the birthplace and current home of New Media and Society, the leading journal in the field. Our central location in an international communication hub enhances research opportunities. Besides national media outlets and production companies, Chicago is headquarters to Motorola, Tellabs, SBC and new media companies and hosts one of the first and busiest Internet Network Access Points (NAP). The Department hosted a recent Summit on Industry-Academy Alliances, and its advisory board of ranking executives in new technology and related industries will allow students to apply their knowledge and research skills to real-world settings. Besides well-known scholars working in technology, the faculty includes scholars in fields such as politics, visual communication, rhetoric, diversity, history, as well as other areas, along with younger scholars. We hope your top Master's graduates will pursue admission. The enclosed poster has a reply card, and the brochure provides program details. If you need more information, please see the web site http://www.uic.edu/depts./comm, and do not hesitate to get in touch with me. Cordially, Andrew Rojecki Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies GRADUATE FACULTY Kevin G. Barnhurst Hui-Ching Chang James A. Danowski Doris Graber Patricia Harkin John A. Jones Richard R. John Steve Jones Bruce Lambert Rebecca Ann Lind Victor Margolin Deirdre McCloskey John Nerone Andrew Rojecki Jim Sosnoski -- Sabryna Cornish Adjunct lecturer Communications BSB 1148B University of Illinois at Chicago "I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top." -- An English Professor, Ohio University

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Internet Usage by Older People
by Brian Loader 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

I'm trying to compile a comparative profile of internet take-up and it's different usage by older people (aged 60+) and would be very grateful for suggestions of national statistics. Happy to share results with list members. Brian Brian D. Loader Co-Director, Social Informatics Research Unit (SIRU), Deparment of Sociology, Wentworth College, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD Email bl506(a)york.ac.uk Tel: +44(0) 1904 432639 Fax: +44(0) 1904 433043

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Fwd: 3 fellowship opportunities at Boalt
by burkx006＠umn.edu 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Of possible interest. DLB -- Dan L. Burk Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 ********************************** voice: 612-626-8726 fax: 612-625-2011 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:10:07 -0700 To: cyberprof(a)lists.stanford.edu From: Pam Samuelson <pam(a)sims.berkeley.edu> Subject: [CyberProf] 3 fellowship opportunities at Boalt--please share with interested persons The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) is seeking to hire 3 Research Fellows (1 Microsoft Fellow and 2 Kauffman Foundation Fellows). BCLT is a research center at the University of California Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. For the past nine years, BCLT has been rated by US News & World Report as the best intellectual property program in the country, in part because of the high quality, high impact research conducted by its faculty and students. 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KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH FELLOW & POLICY ANALYST (2 year term): Primary Responsibilities · research on how all aspects of patent policy affect investment activity, company formation and growth. · detailed analysis of impact of proposed patent reforms · development of policy recommendations based on the research and analysis · writing articles or reports of publishable quality · writing articles, white papers, and opinion pieces directed at audiences beyond academia · working with BCLT faculty and staff to organize workshops, conferences, talks, and meetings with lawyers, policymakers, and industry representatives · speaking at conferences and meetings, and to the press, about the research Requirements · Ph.D in Economics, Science and Technology Policy or other field related to the relationship between legal policies and business activities · significant research experience · subject matter knowledge of intellectual property law and technology policy · excellent communication, analytical, organizational and writing skills Salary: Salary is commensurate with experience. A description of UC benefits can be found at the University of California, Berkeley Office of Human Resources website: <http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/>http://hrweb.berkeley.edu . To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume, relevant transcripts, writing sample, and a detailed statement of interest by November 15, 2006. Two letters of recommendation (which may arrive separately or with application materials) required. Materials should be directed to: Berkeley Center for Law & Technology ATTN: Louise Lee, Assistant Director for BCLT Boalt Hall School of Law, Room 351 UC Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 Applicants should be prepared to begin work during the fall of 2006. The University of California is an AA/EEO employer. Minority, female, disabled and GLBT applicants are particularly encouraged to apply. 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ICT's Timeline: thanks and first draft
by Jeremy Depauw 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Dear all ! Firstly, I would like to thank readers who have taken some of their time to answer my question about ICT's Timeline. Lots of suggestions were very usefull. Now I would like to present the first draft I made since I manages to catch a first wave of dates and ideas. To view it, feel free to click on that link <http://dev.ulb.ac.be/%7Ejdepauw/telecharger/EN_timeline-TIC.pdf>. I think that my info are still too "computer oriented" but by the way, I am not sure there is so much other fields of innovation for my question. I translated it very quickly and the layout is still to be improved. My new motivation is here to ask for an advice : should I consider the history of "databases" as relevant in my reflection and should I link it to the developpement of on-line ressources ? (which I couldn't take into account yet) -- Jeremy Depauw The Power of Knoweldge Sharing and Skills Synegism Journal de recherche: http://dev.ulb.ac.be/~jdepauw/dotclear/index.php

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Re: [Air-l] conference - the aftermath
by Rivka Niesten 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

All AoIR Conference attendees On the way back home from the conference throughout the boring flight my mind was ticking over with all the new things I had learned and thinking about all the nice new friends I had made. I thought wouldn't it be great to somehow crystallise the whole experience in terms of new knowledge and resources for the community. I thought who will do this? Then I thought why not me? My plan is to everyone in our community for some input - a paragraph or so of your personal highlights and any links you think are really good and then I will summarise it, try to get it into some comprehensible whole, then offer it to the AUC (Apple University Consortium) magazine "Wheels for the Mind" for publication. This will promote the AoIR in Australia, and acknowledge Apple's role in providing the computers for the conference. In addition I will need some hi res pics if possible. Does anyone have any of these, particularly featuring Apple computers? If there is sufficient response to be worthwhile, I will also post the results to a website or we can use some other form of technology to disseminate the information. What do you think? Rivka

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quantitiative tools
by Sam Tilden 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Does anyone know of software (free) that does a word counts of a wide range of documents? Thanks, Sam --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.

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