We educate kids in batches
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The problem with Murdoch’s media
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010Henry Porter discusses some of the key criteria as to why Vince Cable has such an important contribution to make in controlling total media and therefore political power currently wielded by Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp. This follows on ... Ratings: (No Ratings Yet)
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tattoos, identity and meaning [2]
Saturday, October 9th, 2010I am writing this post as my old friend David O'Hanlon asked a question to my post on Tattoo's, identity and meaning that I think requires a somewhat in-depth response. Patrick Skinner is a PHD student at Cambridge University, his ... Ratings:
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Data, lubricating a more open society
Friday, October 8th, 2010Picked this up from Future Gov. an interview with Tim Davis of Practical Participation, published by Dave Briggs.Reminds me of my postings last year on thinking differently about government in the networked society.Well worth a listen. Ratings: (No Ratings Yet)
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Networked and participatory education
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010The New York Times has run an informative article on gaming and education Learning by Playing: Video Games in the Classroom. Which reminds me of the work of Henry Jenkins on Participatory education and also of Howard Rheingold. Here is ... Ratings: (No Ratings Yet)
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What gets you out of bed on a Monday morning?
Monday, October 4th, 2010Didier Marlier writes,Daniel relates an interesting study run by the famous M.I.T. seeking to understand the impact of financial incentives on employees’ motivation. Participants were offered low, medium or high financial reward depending on their results in a series of ... Ratings: (No Ratings Yet)
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A people will only be free when their control their own communications Mr Murdoch
Sunday, September 19th, 2010The headline is a quote from Frantz Fanon someone who was recognised as an authority on post colonial rule, Fanon's statement about people, society, communication and freedom is encapsulated in the point Will Hutton makes, link to Observer story (here), ... Ratings: (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Posted in: Economics, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Politics, Ethics, Media, Newspapers, Society, Television
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Journey’s in augmented reality
Sunday, September 19th, 2010Picked this post up from Layar co-founder, M. Lens-FitzGerald. Urban Augmented Realities and Social Augmentations that Matter: Talking with Bruce Sterling, Part 2The post is well worth a read, and I picked this nuggetJesse Schell described the importance of AR ... Ratings: (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Posted in: 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Culture, Data, Distribution, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Research, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Identity, Media, Mobile, Networks, No straight lines, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends
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The system known as the kisha club
Thursday, August 26th, 2010In No Straight Lines I talk about the systemic breakdown of models of control and organisation that were defined by an industrial era. Jay Rosen tweeted this article which is a fascinating insight into the Japanese media world, that was ... Ratings:
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the diversity of language, media and youtube
Sunday, July 18th, 2010[caption id="attachment_5555" align="aligncenter" width="239" caption="Like nature, we are diverse"][/caption]It was Noam Chomsky in the 60's that developed a view that we (humanity) was programmed with a universal language DNA. But what if the very diversity of languages is the key ... Ratings: (3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Listen to Alan at SXSW
