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Metaphors in Technology
by Gordon Carlson 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

Hello all, Many of you have helped me compile a list of technology metaphors. Several asked to see the list. So here we go. The following is a list of metaphors related to technology and its use. The emphasis is clearly on digital technology but some others are in there as well. If you have additions to the list PLEASE do send them along, I would like to keep the list growing. If you have a dispute or other comment that should make for interesting conversation, as metaphorical as it might be on a mail list. Thanks for all your help! active and inactive bandwidth blog - web log?? blogosphere breadcrumbs brick and mortar broadband broken record (not digital but still a technology metaphor) bulletin boards calculating (as in a person is cold and calculating) chat "rooms" chatting citizen of the internet - netizen click cloud (storage and computing) cyberspace dashboard database deckware desktop dial a touch phone dial up internet access dialog boxes directory domain drop a packet email extranet files filing system firewall flame flaming folders forum forward (as in to forward an email) frames garbage can garbage in, garbage out gateway grinding (used in gaming to get lots of a resource) harvesting hit homepage hotspot hub inbox information superhighway instant messaging intranet link lurking menu mining, especially data mining mouse navigation open (as in a file or email) outbox owning someone (as in to defeat someone in a game, not unique to technology basis for pwned) palette portal programmed or hardwired people protocol quad (a couple people mentioned this but I don't know why it is a metaphor, any help?) recycle bin reply reserving a "seat" for an online course run search engine server shopping carts/basket slides in powerpoint spam speed dial (Opera browser) spyware surfing tabs tag tap (as in a line or phone which is no longer literal) terminal the computer going to "sleep" the whole concept of a virtual open house tree trojan horse trolling virus windows wiping out a team of players (gaming, not unique to technology) world wide web worm -Gordon

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metaphor
by Cameron Adams 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

Kevin wrote: > Perhaps. I'm not an expert in language or how languages evolve so > I'm not in a good position to answer your question. However, it seems > to me that most metaphors are used with the explicit understanding > that they are indeed metaphors and that understanding seems to supply > some of their power and usefulness. Words or phrases that are misused > to the point where the "misuse" redefines the word or phrase seem very > different from metaphors. There is a popularly held belief that metaphor is just this sort of overt, playful or artistic use of language (ie your eyes are deep limpid pools). However, there is a lot of research on this stuff and metaphor is far more subtle and pervasive than this. Though most of us have no idea that broadcasting has anything to do with things other than media, it is still an agriculturally sourced metaphor. Further, these unconsciously held metaphors seem to structure the way we think about the world in, perhaps, dramatic ways (ie complete cultural understandings about the structure of concepts, objects and/or actions). Our medical system is full of these; even our understanding of the immune system appears to be metaphorically mediated. That said, I think your question is pretty much "when does a metaphor cease being a metaphor?" That depends on who you ask and is a big thing in metaphor research. We may never know (and if we find out we'll probably keep it quiet until the funding runs out). Cam

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Facebook: a network, a research tool, a world? One day symposium
by Adi Kuntsman 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

**Facebook: a network, a research tool, a world?** One day symposium, 24 October 2008, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Hosted by the MA programme in Internet and Communication Studies, School of Media, Critical and Creative Arts http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/MCA/91704.htm Facebook is one of the faster growing sites for social networking. Its popularity increases every day, and so do the hopes, the concerns and the controversies that surround it. This event brings together researchers in Social Sciences, Humanities and Education, who study Facebook and its effect on our life and work. The symposium will explore issues of trust, deception and negotiation of identity; the use of Facebook for student support and learning; the use of Facebook as a research tool; and many more. Confirmed speakers: Fiona Frank, Department of Continuing Education, Lancaster University and Department of History, University of Strathclyde Monica Whitty, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University Tristram Hooley, CRAC and Jane Wellens, University of Leicester On-line research methods training programme Jane Secker, LASSIE project, London School of Economics We welcome additional contributions in the form of short papers. Please submit your proposals to a.kuntsman(a)ljmu.ac.uk by August the 31st 2008. For more details please check our website http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/MCA/91704.htm

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broadband/narrow band
by Barry Wellman 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

The "band" in broadband stands for bandwidth. Once upon a time, when I was only 35, there was only POTS (plain old telephone service) to transmit the internet (and its precursors like Bitnet) very slowly (I remember 11 characters per second). Although POTS got faster until it was good enough for reading email in almost-real time: 256Kb/second as I recall. It wasn't until new technologies came along to transmit information much more quickly through not-so-plain phone wires, cable and then satellite. This made it possible to read without cursing our current graphics-heavy web sites. (And to download stuff quickly, instead of overnight.) In comparison to the narrow bandwith of POTS (narrowband), the new technologies collectively became known as "broadband". Want to know more? I'm "sure" Wikipedia has it for you. Limping along these days at 500kB (note capital B), but soon to upgrade to 4MB. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology University of Toronto 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing "Return to Sender" these days *** HAPPY CANADA DAY *** _______________________________________________________________________

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CFP:Mobile Web for Social and Economic Development at the mLIfe 2008
by I. Kushchu 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Call for Papers Mobile Web for Social and Economic Development A Special Session at the MOBILE LIFE CONFERENCES and EXHIBITIONS -- mSOCIETY 2008 -- The 1st International Conference on Mobile Society -- EURO mGOV 2008 -- The 3rd European Conference on Mobile Government 15 -19 September 2008, Sheraton Voyager, Antalya, Turkey http://www.mgovernment.org/events/index.html mlife(a)mgovernment.org Chairs: --------- Stephane Boyera Head of the Mobile Web for Social Development group, W3C Session Description: ------------------------- This session aims at exploring the potential of Mobile Technologies to foster social and economic development. It is a small inter-disciplinary forum gathering web experts, mobile experts, academics from developed and developing regions, NGOs and civil society representatives with field experience and expertise to identify the key issues of exploiting mobile phones and other mobile devices as an ICT-platform. Among the issues, the session will particularly be focusing on - technical issues related to specific types of applications (m- health, mEducation, ...) - technical issues related to the mean of deployment (sms, voice, web,...) - technical issues related to accessibility for illiterate people - Social issues: how to capture the real needs from the targeted populations, how to have a bottom-up approach that will integrate NGOs into international organization agenda and work - Social issues related to empowerment: how to enable local people to master the technology to develop and deploy the applications they need, how to leverage local content and applications development - Social issues related to sustainability, entrepreneurship, Submissions ---------------- Submissions in the form of research papers (max 10 pages) and practice talks (max 1 page) are solicited via the conferences online submission system at the http://www.mgovernment.org/confadmin/confadmin.php Further information on submissions and all about the conferences can be found at http://www.mgovernment.org/events/ Contacts -------------- For all enquiries please write to the session chairs: stephane(a)w3.org or the conference secreteria mlife(a)mgovernment.org ------- IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Associate Professor and Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org ik(a)mgovernment.org +44 1273 777853 == please visit mLife events www.mgovernment.org/events/

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (july 2008)
by David M Silver 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

dear air-l, (please feel free to forward, post, blog, twitter, etc.) each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies (RCCS) publishes a set of book reviews and author responses ( http://rccs.usfca.edu/booklist.asp ). books of the month for july 2008 include: Digital Contagions: A Media Archaeology of Computer Viruses Author: Jussi Parikka Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing, 2007 Review 1: Joseph Nechvatal Author Response: Jussi Parikka Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace Author: Milton L. Mueller Publisher: MIT Press, 2002 Review 1: Pramod K. Nayar Unit Operations: An Approach to Videogame Criticism Author: Ian Bogost Publisher: MIT Press, 2006 Review 1: Terry Schenold enjoy. there's more where that came from. oh! coming so so soon: a very large list of new and exciting books waiting to be reviewed, perhaps by you. david silver http://silverinsf.blogspot.com

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Re: [Air-L] Queer Spiritual Spaces and Digital Culture
by Ash 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Kate, Don't know if it will be helpful or not, but I saw the "God and Gays" documentary about a year ago. Since then, the creators have been using the Web pretty heavily to continue their work and to start a conversation with people. They've done podcasts, conference calls with guest speakers, blogs, emails, etc. Here's the url: http://godandgaysthemovie.com/ Hope this helps. Ashley On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Kathleen O'Riordan <K.ORiordan(a)sussex.ac.uk> wrote: > Dear AoIR-L > > I am involved in a project - queer spiritual spaces - the web site is here: > <http://www.queerspiritualspaces.com/index.php> > > The specific case study that I am working on examines the intersection of > queer spiritual spaces and digital culture - I have a lot of material around > religion online (on the one hand) and queer online (on the other) - but I > have found less at the queer/digital/spiritual intersection. > > So I have two inquiries: > > a) Does anyone have any references for work at this intersection - > queer/digital/spiritual (not for each separate category) > > b) Is anyone else involved in research of a similar/connected kind or know > of similar projects? > > I would be really interested in responses to either of the above. Thanks > for your time in reading this. > > All the best > Kate > > > > > Dr Kate O'Riordan > Department of Media and Film > EDB > University of Sussex > Falmer > Brighton > UK > BN1 9RG > > Tel: 00 44 (0) 1273 876730 > > http://www.sussex.ac.uk/mediastudies/profile30746.html > _______________________________________________ > 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/ >

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Re: [Air-L] July 15 Deadline for GigaNet Symposium paper Proposals!
by Nanette Levinson 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Just a reminder as the July 15, 2008 deadline for paper proposals approaches: Third Annual GigaNet Symposium 2 December 2008 - Hyderabad, India Hyderabad, India International Conference Center (HICC) Call for Papers This is a call for papers from scholars interested in presenting an original research paper at the conference. Submission topics In addition to papers on methodological aspects of Internet governance-related studies, this year's Symposium particularly encourages submissions on the following themes, which are described in more detail below: 1. Comparing Internet Governance to other Global Governance Domains 2. Networked Governance Theories and the Institutionalization of Internet Governance 3. The Role of NGOs, Social Movements and Civil Society in Internet Governance 4. Year 3 of the UN Internet Governance Forum: Assessing its Structure, Process and Impact 5. Law and Jurisdictions in Internet Governance 6. Copyright Protection, Internet Service Providers and Technical Mechanisms of Control 7. Internationalized Domain Names: Expanding Access or Tower of Babel? Submission requirements Applicants should submit: 1) an abstract of 800-1000 words, in English, of the proposed paper that describes the main research question(s), methods employed, and the paper’s relevance and value to the thematic area; and 2) a one page summary curriculum vitae listing in particular the applicant’s current institutional affiliation(s), advanced degrees, scholarly publications relevant to Internet governance, and web sites, if available. Submission materials should be emailed directly to the chairperson of the 2008 Program Committee, Dr. Meryem Marzouki, at Meryem.Marzouki(a)lip6.fr by no later than July 15, 2008, midnight GMT. Members of the 2008 program committee will review submissions according to the same criteria. In order to ensure fairness of the evaluation process, submissions that do not conform to the requested format will not be considered. The Program Committee will notify applicants of its decisions via email by September 15, 2008. A full paper upon which oral or poster presentation will be based must be delivered to the same address by October 10, 2008, midnight GMT in order for the author(s) to be included in the program. While GigaNet asserts no copyright to authors’ work, it is expected that the version of the paper presented orally or as poster will be made available for posting on the GigaNet website. Travel scholarships for a few outstanding accepted papers may be available for scholars who would otherwise be unable to attend. Applicants who are accepted will be informed of these opportunities after September 15. (see www.igloo.org/giganet for members of the Program Committee as well as details on the Symposium.

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Lessons in Second Life (Road Show)
by jeremy hunsinger 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

distribute as appropriate -jh Every Week on Monday (1:00-2:30pm SLT) join us for Lessons in Second Life, an open table forum centering on what can be learned in sl in both formal and informal settings. The forum is open to faculty, students, and interested parties of all kinds. This summer, we will meet at various locations in second life in order to explore and think about learning in second life. im buridan simon for more information. Come share your ideas for learning in Second Life Today we are visiting Literature Alive to consider the spaces for learning in second life. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/238/214/22 Note: that we visit a place is not an endorsement of that place in any way. We go places that exemplify problems and issues as much as excellences. jeremy hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu ) wiki.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ Learning Inquiry-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series _______________________________________________ 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/ ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/ . _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators _______________________________________________ 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/

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Query: iCommons in order to beginners- a paint(ca. 2006) hereby ...
by Steve Cavrak 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Does anyone have a more description term other than "spam blog" for sites like the one below ? Agykishikimberly’s Weblog June 29, 2008 · No Comments http://agykishikimberly.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/icommons-in-order-to-begin… Alter had the happiness touching chatting in truth in a capsule partnered with Fashionable Curzon Sacrifice at the iSummit entree Dubrovnik ere then this common year, aside from his sunshiny privileged question was castrated passing through a cushion audience– Highfalutin, Me owe ourselves a observation! ... etc The basic characteristic of the site is that there is a burst of postings - a dozen or so in ten minutes, a series of links to equally O(2) or so English. Anyone have a good theory of the underlying motive for them ? Or am I the only one running into them :) ? Steve

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