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by William Bain 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

Basically in reply to the posts suggesting that we should drop the string discussing David Watson's allegedly racist comments, I just wanted to note a couple of things. First, since I started the discussion, I don't feel like I should let this go without saying something. Second, and the main thing I wanted to say now: please recall that I did note that Watson had made a retraction, so that, in part, in large part, I thought the remainder of the discussion would be anti-racist comments and scientific examination of things related. I.e., not continuing naming. Finally, if the consensus is to stop talking about it, I'd just like to note that with anyone interested in exporing the last post of mine, I'd be hapypy to do so offlist. It is, as I obviously feel and as someone (sorry not to remember the name) suggested, not uninteresting. Finallly finally, it certainly wasn't my intention and isn't now to offend or go after anyone. I admire the work of the people I was answering, some of whom have put up info on internet research, software, philosophy and stuff that has helmeped my own work quite a lot. I was going to go on here and say something about "the type of criticism I do" etc etc, but I've lost my notes and anyway I said a couple of things. In the interest of democracy. Peace, Will William Bain PhD Student Comparative Literature Department of Spanish Philology Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Let Watson be dealt with elsewhere
by Barry Wellman 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

I don't see the relevance of the Watson discussion to the Association of Internet Researchers list. I was hoping it would die out on its own, but it seems to persist. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Room 418 Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-7162 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing "Return to Sender" these days _______________________________________________________________________

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Fwd: [Freesw] Conference Announcement: DE-2007: Economic Participation in the Age of Networking : Digital Ecosystems of Knowledge, Business and Services
by Jeremy Hunsinger 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

Begin forwarded message: > From: Andrea Nicolai <a.nicolai(a)t-6.it> > Date: October 25, 2007 5:59:24 AM CDT > To: freesw(a)conecta.it > Subject: [Freesw] Conference Announcement: DE-2007: Economic > Participation in the Age of Networking : Digital Ecosystems of > Knowledge, Business and Services > Reply-To: mailing list dedicated to free software/libre software > discussion <freesw(a)conecta.it> > > > > Economic Participation in the Age of Networking : > Digital Ecosystems of Knowledge, Business and Services > Achievements of the first 3 years and future perspectives of the > collaborative > EU research and development of Digital Business Ecosystems > 7 November 2007, Bruxelles, Borchette Centre > http://de-2007.eu > 50. 50' 17" N 4. 22' 53.5" E > > This conference will show the achievements of the "Digital Business > Ecosystems" with its systemic approach, which empowers SMEs and > allows them to participate actively in the global economy, > exploiting all dimensions of dynamic collaboration and networking: > networking organisations, networking services, networking knowledge > and capacities. > > This conference is a major event of the digital ecosystem > community. It is a unique opportunity to meet the digital ecosystem > community, explore the achievements reached so far and get a view > of the future perspectives. I encourage you to attend and to pass > the information to anyone who may be interested. > > The open and distributed philosophy of digital buisness ecosystems > fosters innovation and local development, enables collaboration > between SMEs, and their integration in the global market. A > "digital ecosystem" of services, ideas and skills enables the > networking of knowledge, services and business actors and has to > be supported by specific (necessarily distributed and open source) > technologies and infrastructures. The cluster of projects in > this research area, which provide open source and creative common > results, represents the biggest co-funding of in open source > technologies made so far with the European Commisssion (with more > than 30M¤ of total common investment) . > > The Conference presents the tangible results and the innovative > potential of Digital Business Ecosystems research and development > achieved in 3-4 years, which enabled: > - to define new technologies and paradigms based on people and > business networking able to self-organise and evolve > - to forge applications and ideas > - to develop working prototypes of evolutionary open and free > platforms > - to transfer the research results and their adoption by regional > pilots > - to form a vibrant scientific community and a network of pilot > regions > - to engage SMEs in design and use of initial applications. > > With this conference the European Commission celebrates the > achievements of the first phase of the Digital Ecosystems research > activities. The main achievements - in terms of research and in > terms of deployment - will be presented. Two round tables will > debate the future perspectives of the European Digital Ecosystems. > > Each session will be opened by high-level keynote speakers > providing an inspiring vision of the future and addressing the > challenges ahead for creating a favourable environment for SMEs in > a network-based economy. Keynote will be provided by the open > source champion Bruce Perens. Two round tables composed by Members > of the European Parliament and Regional policy makers will debate > the future perspectives for development. > > This conference, also be webcast, can accomodate up to 200 > representatives from the research community and from European, > national and regional decision-makers. It will be translated and > recorded in 5 European languages. Early registration is advised. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > If you would like to subscribe or know more about the DE-2007 > conference, > please refer to the website http://de-2007.eu > The Digital Ecosystem Book, is on line at http://www.digital- > ecosystems.org/book/de-book2007.html > A free paper copy can be requested at http://www.de-2007.eu/ > digital_ecosystems.html > More information about digital ecosystems at http://www.digital- > ecosystems.org > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freesw mailing list > Freesw(a)conecta.it > http://mail.conecta.it/mailman/listinfo/freesw Jeremy Hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron

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CFP DEADLINE REMINDER: Politics: Web 2.0: An International Conference, New Political Communication Unit, RHUL
by Chadwick Andrew 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

Dear AOIR list members, Please find below the final call for papers for this forthcoming conference, the deadline for which is November 2. I would be grateful if you could please distribute this among your colleagues. Thanks for your help. Andy Chadwick ------------- [Apologies for cross-posting. Please distribute widely.] Politics: Web 2.0: An International Conference: Call For Papers Hosted by the New Political Communication Unit, Department of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London. http://newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk April 17-18, 2008. http://newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk/politics-web-2-0-conference/ Paper proposals DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 2, 2007 Has there been a shift in political use of the Internet and digital new media - a new Web 2.0 politics based on participatory values? How do broader social, cultural, and economic shifts towards Web 2.0 impact, if at all, on the contexts, the organizational structures, and the communication of politics and policy? Does Web 2.0 hinder or help democratic citizenship? This conference provides an opportunity for researchers to share and debate perspectives. Confirmed keynote speakers * Stephen Coleman, Institute for Communications Studies, University of Leeds. * Rachel Gibson, Institute for Social Change, University of Manchester. * Robin Mansell, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and President, International Association for Media and Communication Research. * Helen Margetts, Oxford Internet Institute. * Micah Sifry, Co-Founder and Executive Editor of Personal Democracy Forum and formerly of The Nation. * Michael Turk, Vice President of Industry Grassroots for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, formerly e-campaign director, Bush-Cheney '04, and e-campaign director for the Republican National Committee. Conference Sponsors * Routledge Publishers * Polity Press Potential themes could include (in no particular order): * Theorizing Web 2.0. * Changes in political journalism, news production, and consumption. * Social networking (MySpace, Facebook) and election campaigning. * Citizen activism from the local to the transnational. * Blogs, wikis, and user-generated content. * Changing social, cultural, and political identities. * Social software and social media: design, technologies, tools, and techniques. * Social network analysis. * Surveillance, privacy, and security. * Security, foreign policy and international communication. * Hacktivism. * Radical transparency. * The impact of online video. * E-government, web 2.0, and new models of public service delivery. * New models of social and political collaboration and problem-solving. * 'Little brother' phenomena. * Political life in virtual worlds. * Netroots versus the war room model of election campaigning. * New challenges for media regulation. * Collaborative production of political knowledge networks. * Changing party, interest group, and social movement strategies. * Web 2.0 and political marketing. * Collective intelligence, smart mobs, crowdsourcing. * Fragmenting audiences, the long tail, and the political economy of web 2.0 media. * Civil society, civic engagement, and mobilization. * Web 2.0, ICT4D and the changing digital divide. * The politics of intellectual property. * Hyperlocalism. * The political aesthetics of Web 2.0. Journal of Information Technology and Politics special issue Conference presenters will be invited to submit their papers to a peer review process for publication in a special issue of the new Journal of Information Technology and Politics. http://www.jitp.net. Submitting a proposal 300-word paper proposals should be submitted via the secure online form: http://newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk/web-2-0-conference-form/ Full panel proposals are also welcome. If you would like to propose a panel of three papers on a common theme, with or without a discussant, please email the proposal to the Conference Convenor: Dr. Andrew Chadwick (Andrew.Chadwick(a)rhul.ac.uk) Deadline for all proposals: November 2, 2007. Details of registration and accommodation packages will be released early in 2008.

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Fwd: [IP] AT&T says there is no duopoly, net neutrality is bad
by Jeremy Hunsinger 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

Begin forwarded message: > From: David Farber <dave(a)farber.net> > Date: October 24, 2007 9:06:13 PM CDT > To: ip(a)v2.listbox.com > Subject: [IP] AT&T says there is no duopoly, net neutrality is bad > Reply-To: dave(a)farber.net > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: dewayne(a)warpspeed.com (Dewayne Hendricks) > Date: October 24, 2007 6:09:24 PM EDT > To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy(a)warpspeed.com> > Subject: [Dewayne-Net] AT&T says there is no duopoly, net > neutrality is bad > > [Note: I attended the MW conference yesterday and saw Cicconi's > performance. Simply amazing! He just kept throwing out one zinger > after another. DLH] > > POSTED AT 9:49 AM ON OCTOBER 23, 2007 > > Blogging from the 2007 MW conference: AT&T says there is no > duopoly, net neutrality is bad > <http://www.muniwireless.com/article/articleview/6560/1/23> > > It's Day 2 of the Muniwireless Silicon Valley Conference and they > have an executive from AT&T talking about municipal wireless networks. > > AT&T has not changed its tune. It is still against cities using > public funds to compete with private enterprise and believes that > communications should be left up to private firms like AT&T. > > James Cicconi, Senior Executive VP Legislative and External Affairs > for AT&T claims that there is no duopoly and there is enough > competition in the market for telecommunications services, so > cities should stay out. > > What is AT&T's position on net neutrality? > > Net neutrality is a challenge for all companies. You spend billions > to deploy your assets and net neutrality means someone telling you > what you can do with your assets - what you can charge, tiers of > service, etc. > > "All bits should be treated equal" is a problem for network > engineers because one bit is porn another bit is heart surgery, > another is email, yet another is voice, another is spam. That > everything should be moved equally end to end is ludicrous. It's a > more costly way to do things. It's not efficient, according to AT&T. > > AT&T cannot build and maintain assets quickly enough to meet the > demand. They are spending $19 billion this year. Some of the demand > is driven by video. What happens when people start delivering high > definition film? They can't build networks fast enough! What's the > answer? Effective traffic management. > > The antitrust laws can deal with the problems of net neutrality > (side note: unfortunately these are not being enforced today). Why > should AT&T want to degrade traffic? They will go to someone else > (side note again: in a duopoly, you've got Comcast which has been > blocking Bittorent traffic). > > - - - - - > > Note: Given what I have heard here today, the only solution here is > structural separation. > > > ------------------------------------------- > Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now > RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com Jeremy Hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron

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hmm hatebook.com
by Jeremy Hunsinger 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

http://www.hatebook.org/ well at least the people who don't participate here... aren't participating there.... i hope. jeremy hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers http://www.stswiki.org/ stswiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ LI-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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Fwd: Creativity: Innovation and Industry
by Jeremy Hunsinger 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

Begin forwarded message: > From: Thom Corah <tcorah(a)DMU.AC.UK> > Date: October 24, 2007 9:56:25 AM CDT > To: CREATIVEINDUSTRIES(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Creativity: Innovation and Industry > Reply-To: creativeindustries <CREATIVEINDUSTRIES(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> > > Hi all, > > > > Apologies for cross posting > > > > I am pleased to announce advance details of a one day conference on > creativity to be held on 6th December at De Montfort University in > Leicester. Brief details are below, with more available from the > website > at http://cii.dmu.ac.uk <http://cii.dmu.ac.uk/> . > > > > Best regards > > > > Thom Corah > > Research Assistant > > Creativity East Midlands > > De Montfort University > > > > > Creativity: Innovation and Industry > > > > > > Enhancing creativity, innovation and productivity > > > A one day symposium exploring creativity > > > 6th December 2007 > > > De Montfort University > > > > > > Advance Notice > > > > > No company ever cost-cut its way to greatness. Creativity is the > path to > greater productivity, new products, and new services. Sustained > success > in business depends on the ability to innovate. Creativity > shouldn't be > restricted to the 'creatives', it needs to flow through the entire > company.[1] > > > > "To compete successfully in the global economy, we must foster a > dynamic > environment with innovative and creative businesses at its heart."[2] > > > > This one day conference will look at how new technologies and new ways > of thinking can be applied to successful business innovation. There > are > four main themes. > > > > * What is creativity? > * How can we be more creative? > * How does innovation happen? > * How is creativity managed successfully in business? > > > > To explore and answer these questions will be thoughts, > experiences, and > insights from four distinguished speakers. > >> Prof. Margaret Boden > (http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/profile276.html) > >> Dr. Claudia Eckert (http://www.edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/people/cme26.html) > >> Frank Boyd (http://www.unexpectedmedia.com/) > >> Toby Moores (http://www.sleepydog.net) > > > > There will also be a parallel strand of workshops should you choose to > learn in a more practical way. These will be > >> Enhancing Creativity: a creativity assistant > >> Creative Collaboration: face to face > >> Speaking the language of creativity > >> Creative techniques > > > > For more information please visit http://cii.dmu.ac.uk > <http://cii.dmu.ac.uk/> > > > > > ________________________________ > > [1] Cox Review of Creativity in Business > > [2] Regional Economic Strategy for the East Midlands, EMDA > jeremy hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers http://www.stswiki.org/ stswiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ LI-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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[AIR-L] Digitizing the World's Media - Free to All
by Scott MacLeod 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

Are multiple endeavors at digitizing the world's media better than one? Library Happiness - Open Content Alliance Digitizing the World's Media - Free to All http://www.archive.org/details/oca_2007_movie http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/technology/22library.html Scott -- http://scottmacleod.com This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this email message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and destroy/delete all copies of the transmittal. Thank you.

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Dr Watson I Don't Presume
by Barry Wellman 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

1. I think this list always needs to make a choice about whether to stay on topic (Internet Research -- both words are germane) or wander way off topic. (Dr. Watson). I value it for the former, and don't think this is the place for a general bull session. If others persist, I know that I will not want to read or participate, as many others have decided not to do before. (Step back and analyze who are the active published scholars in journals such as JCMC, ICS, NM&S, Info Sty, etc -- and who contributes here.) 2. But, as long as you got me going, to give my .02 re Watson, the world is filled with scientists (and politicians) making ex cathedra pronouncements about the things they don't know much about. Just like some professors I know;-) YMMV, Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Room 418 Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-7162 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing "Return to Sender" these days _______________________________________________________________________

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Re: [Air-L] racist comments by James Watson?
by 'Gail Taylor 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

Here's a link to a U.S. Census Bureau web site that calls attention to reasons why researchers might be hesitant to use race as a research category. Researchers use these designations to conduct research. At the same time, interpretations of race are institutionalized. Choosing to use these designations is a way that researchers promote institutionalized views of people, as individual members of a larger society. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/racefactcb.html /Gail --------------------------------------- Gail D. Taylor, M.Ed. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Human Resource Education Ph.D. Student Educational Psychology Teaching Assistant Library & Information Science Research Assistant "Technology enables man to gain control over everything except technology." -- Unknown

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