Top Ten Ideas of '04: News Turns from a Lecture to a Conversation

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New York Daily News - Ideas & Opinions -
Zev Chafets: Why Bush is going to win

New York Daily News - Ideas & Opinions -
Zev Chafets: Why Bush is going to win 08/04/2004 02:54 PM
Zev Chafets: Why Bush is going to win .. Daily News columnist Zev Chafetz .. predicting a Bush victory

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New York Daily News - Ideas & Opinions -
Zev Chafets: Kerry's Cambodia question

New York Daily News - Ideas & Opinions -
Zev Chafets: Kerry's Cambodia question 08/12/2004 06:33 PM
UPDATE: Kerry's Cambodia question: He says he served there, critics say not so .. It’s as simple as that

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"US public turns to Europe for news"

"US public turns to Europe for news" 03/13/2003 10:25 AM

Community News: Apache Web Server Turns
Eight!

Community News: Apache Web Server Turns
Eight! 05/13/2004 07:46 AM
Well, if you haven't seen it yet over on Slas hdot, then here it is again for all of our PHP-loving audience:

BBC NEWS | Technology | Creator of the
web turns knight

BBC NEWS | Technology | Creator of the
web turns knight 07/17/2004 04:21 PM

12-March-2003 -- US public turns to
Europe for news

12-March-2003 -- US public turns to
Europe for news 03/13/2003 12:21 AM
US public turns to Europe for news -- "We have noticed an upsurge in traffic from America, primarily because we...

BBC NEWS | Americas | US turns up heat
on volcano refugees

BBC NEWS | Americas | US turns up heat
on volcano refugees 08/21/2004 03:38 AM
BBC NEWS Americas US turns up heat on volcano refugees .. Monserrat .. Quote:

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3575796.stm
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Yahoo! News - Wristwatch phone turns
your finger into an earpiece

Yahoo! News - Wristwatch phone turns
your finger into an earpiece 11/07/2003 06:33 AM
You want me to stick what, where? .. Est a telefonar

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Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Ideas
/ The semio-grads

Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Ideas
/ The semio-grads 05/18/2004 11:43 AM

Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Ideas
/ Unasked questions

Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Ideas
/ Unasked questions 04/12/2004 07:29 AM
Craig Unger: The 9/11 commission should ask who authorized the evacuation of Saudi nationals in the days following the attacks 4/12 .. airspace was still closed .. Link to Story

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Telegraph | News | Woman who turns
pets into pillows faces death threats

Telegraph | News | Woman who turns
pets into pillows faces death threats 04/11/2005 08:07 PM
Woman who turns pets into pillows faces death threats .. "Never pick up road-kill on the first date" .. death threats from animal rights activists

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Eno lecture in SF on Nov 14

Eno lecture in SF on Nov 14 11/03/2003 07:01 PM
Kevin Kelly sez,

Musician/producer BRIAN ENO will be giving a rare free public lecture next week at Fort Mason in San Francisco on Friday, Nov. 14, in the Herbst Pavillion. Coffee bar opens at 7pm, lecture at 8pm. Directions to Herbst Pavillion are here.

This is not a concert. Brian Eno will be speaking about "The Long Now." His talk will be the first of a monthly series of Seminars About Long-term Thinking, sponsored by The Long Now Foundation (http://www.longnow.org). Eno's talks are usually as amazing as his music...

Admission to the lectures is free (a $10 donation is welcome but NOT required). The hall holds about 700 people. For unticketed lectures like this it's a good idea to come early for a good seat.

ETH Lecture Communicator 0.7

ETH Lecture Communicator 0.7 06/25/2004 07:28 AM
A classroom assessment and communication tool.

ETH Lecture Communicator 0.6.1

ETH Lecture Communicator 0.6.1 05/23/2004 01:57 AM
A classroom assessment and communication tool.

Cyberterrorism Lecture

Cyberterrorism Lecture 03/24/2005 04:41 PM

I had the chance to attend a lecture last night by Marcus Ranum on the subject of cyberterrorism. Ranum is the author of the book The Myth of Homeland Security.

Upon my arrival I quickly realized that I was entering a room full of college age kids and was in the minority of people over the age of thirty. Rannum began his lecture with stories of his experiences with airport security and how he really does feel any safer today than he did prior to 9/11. He than began to talk about hypothetical situations or pranks that one could pull in order to cause the TSA (Transportation Safety Administration) a headache. I wonder how many of the college students in attendance may actually try some of his ideas out. It was at this point I began to wonder when he was going to start talk about cyberterrorism.

Ranum followed up his opening statements with what I can only describe as a rant of the obvious. He pointed out the bureaucratic mess that was caused as a result of 9/11. He reiterated the failures in the intelligence communities that have been well document over the past couple of years. I was glad to hear Mr. Ranum clearly state that he was not politically motivated and was happy to point out the failures on both sides of the aisle.
He made it a point to show specific portions of the Patriot Act that are clearly written as political pork as opposed to security. Ranum also repeatedly said do not take his word as the truth and encourage everyone to do their own research.

With twenty minutes left in the lecture the topic of cyberterrorism was finally touched upon. Ranum pointed out that the twenty-seven intelligence agencies on the US do not have compatible systems and still cannot share their data. Yes, this is a weakness and has been known for some time. He also stated that he does not feel that a large scale or coordinated attack would succeed against the IT infrastructure of the US. His thoughts are that this type of attack would only be a bump in the road.

While I was disappointed that the topic of cyberterrorism was only covered for a small fraction of the time the overall lecture was worth the time spent. I have not read Mr. Ranum’s book however, I plan on purchasing it.

To learn more about Marcus Ranum you can visit his website.

Mitnick to lecture in Canada

Mitnick to lecture in Canada 06/25/2004 07:06 PM
globetechnology.com Jun 25 2004 11:28PM GMT

Lessig lecture in London, May 27

Lessig lecture in London, May 27 05/21/2004 06:49 AM
Larry Lessig is speaking on London on the 27th of May. Flash Link

Lecture highlights need to share

Lecture highlights need to share 04/13/2005 08:21 AM
Collaboration is key to future tech developments argues Lord Broers in his second Reith lecture.

Caltech Michelin Lecture

Caltech Michelin Lecture 01/03/2004 05:55 AM
great speech about how science is letting us down .. "consensus science" is not science at all .. Aliens Cause Global Warming .. speech by Michael Crichton .. very interesting talk .. a fabuous speech .. more» .. one

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Reith Lecture 2005

Reith Lecture 2005 04/16/2005 02:55 PM
Reith Lecture 2005: The Triumph of Technology Lord Broers -In the five lectures, he sets out his belief that technology can and should hold the key to the future. He says: "It is time to wake up to this fact. Applied science is rivalling pure science both in importance and in intellectual interest. We cannot leave technology to the technologists; we must all embrace it. We have lived through a revolution in which technology has affected all our lives and altered our societies for ever."

Longest Physics Lecture in History?

Longest Physics Lecture in History? 12/04/2003 02:33 AM
Slashdot Dec 4 2003 2:15AM ET

Lecture on 'e-government to
e-governance' held at KOM

Lecture on 'e-government to
e-governance' held at KOM 04/19/2005 07:07 AM
Times of Oman Apr 19 2005 10:09AM GMT

Scholars Lecture on 'Buffy' Show (AP)

Scholars Lecture on 'Buffy' Show (AP) 05/28/2004 03:21 PM
AP - It's tough for scholars to be taken seriously when their subject is a TV show about a California blonde fighting evil in a high school built on a gateway to hell.

US lecture tour for Cherie Blair

US lecture tour for Cherie Blair 08/12/2004 11:53 PM
Cherie Blair is to undertake a potentially lucrative lecture tour of the US, her spokeswoman confirms.

A lecture on the development of the New
York City subway

A lecture on the development of the New
York City subway 05/20/2004 10:00 AM

Tomorrow night (Thursday) at the New York Public Library there's a free lecture on The Development of the New York City Subway System that sounds interesting.

Transit Historian Peter Derrick will discuss why New York City needed an extensive rapid transit system, the political and financial difficulties in getting new lines built, and the impact the subways had on the growth of the city and the well being of its population. The focus will be on the largest stage of subway expansion, the 1913 Dual System of Rapid Transit, under which most of the existing IRT and BMT lines were constructed.

Free. From 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM.Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue, New York.

Lecture on 'e-government to
e-governance' held at KOM - Oman

Lecture on 'e-government to
e-governance' held at KOM - Oman 04/19/2005 03:58 AM
MENAFN Apr 19 2005 6:54AM GMT

BBC lecture series "Triumph of Tech"
starts tomorrow

BBC lecture series "Triumph of Tech"
starts tomorrow 04/05/2005 08:37 AM
Cory Doctorow: The BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures are an annual series of fascinating, thematically linked learned talks. This year's theme is "The Triumph of Technology." The series kicks off tomorrow. Last year, the Reith Lectures were available as downloadable MP3s; the site is vague on whether they'll repeat it ("Lecture audio and transcripts will be available after each broadcast"), but I've got high hopes.

Lecture 1: Technology will Determine the Future of the Human Race

Lecture 2: Collaboration

Lecture 3: Innovation and Management

Lecture 4: Nanotechnology and Nanoscience

Lecture 5: Risk and Responsibility

Link (Thanks, Gherkin!)

Lecture on enforcement of intellectual
property rights today

Lecture on enforcement of intellectual
property rights today 01/17/2004 10:57 PM
Jamaica Observer Jan 17 2004 8:31AM GMT

Tom Leonard, AI Programmer for Valve
Software is Coming to the University of
Utah for a Free Lecture

Tom Leonard, AI Programmer for Valve
Software is Coming to the University of
Utah for a Free Lecture 03/25/2005 06:30 AM
Tom Leonard, AI Programmer for Valve Software is coming to the University of Utah for a free lecture [PRWEB Mar 25, 2005]

How not to end an IM conversation

How not to end an IM conversation 10/29/2003 01:17 AM
Why is it that in IM conversations some people stick to you like flies to the proverbial crap? New to...

End the Conversation

End the Conversation 03/13/2003 10:26 AM
Allen (12:06:43 AM): damn one day, i'll teach you to throw axes Allen signed off at 12:06:48 AM. That's certainly...

The ever evolving conversation

The ever evolving conversation 03/26/2005 04:33 PM

For about three years now - I'm been hemming and hawing and giving people a hard time and (apparently) acting belligerent - about Open Identities.

About the notion of open DNS-like indices of people. And what we could do with them. You see I spent much of teh 90's desinging systems that relied uypon a theoretical notion - that noadasys is called social software and social networking. And at the core of that - is digital identity.

So as the world has caught up with my ideas, it's becoming more and more important that we DO IT RIGHT!

Now Tribe is calling that the PeopleWeb, Microsoft has a [can't talk about it but will soon] platform and Dick Hardt and his Sxip Networks is rolling out.

Along the way the Identity Commons has launched their i-Names effort and PingID continues to lead in the open source Liberty Alliance (and other enterprise protocols) space.

So Doc cautions us and says "we're barely srarted."

No shit - Sherlock.

But like I said - it's all happening. I just wish Dave Winer were part of the conversation - too.

The long conversation

The long conversation 05/27/2004 06:26 PM
Guardian,UK-16 hours ago ... Google is perhaps the most obvious clue-holder, with its corporate maxim "Don't be evil", its brand new corporate weblog and its all-round fluffy, friendly ...

a surrealistic conversation

a surrealistic conversation 11/16/2003 05:58 AM
Jon Udell:

weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2003/06/13.html#a721
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Best IM Conversation of Today

Best IM Conversation of Today 03/11/2003 09:43 AM

Best IM Conversation of Today

The worst part is he's close to right*...

kjartanmannes: so whats next for Mr Johnson?
fuzzygroup: in what context ?
kjartanmannes: well, you've been slashdotted so what is your new goal in life?

My sincere thanks to all the messages of encouragement, nice feedback and other comments.

Continuing the MT conversation

Continuing the MT conversation 05/16/2004 07:12 PM
Continuing the discussion about MT licenses, Movable Type clarified and changed some of their terms. Having looked at some of...

Polite Conversation

Polite Conversation 06/24/2005 08:38 PM

I've been at a conference for the last couple of days, and have spent a significant portion of that time eavesdropping on conversations. Aside from the obvious observations (that most people don't listen, and that men do most of the talking and interrupting in mixed company conversations) what most astonished me was the unintended lack of politeness and courtesy that seems to characterize most conversations. It's not that the participants are rude -- it's just that they seem to lack mutually-understood and mutually-respected protocols to govern conversation in a civilized manner. This, in a world in which we are beleaguered by rules in almost everything else we do, seems remarkable to me. So I did a bit of research to see whether I could find some protocols, some rules of behaviour, that work effectively regardless of the number, gender or conversational style of the participants. The longest-established protocol is also, it seems, the most misunderstood. This is the protocol of the Talking Stick, which has its roots in aboriginal American culture and in that of some third-world cultures as well. The basic rules of the Talking Stick protocol, from what I can ascertain, are as follows: The person holding the Talking Stick is the only one who can speak.Others must listen and not interrupt, even to ask clarifying questions. The onus is on the speaker to be clear, brief, and respectful. Generally the person most respected by the group (the tribal elder, or the person selected by the elder to present the issue to the group) talks first. The Talking Stick is then passed clockwise as each person finishes, and makes one complete circle of the participants. Participants with nothing to add simply pass the Stick along. The person who spoke first asks then whether additional discussion is warranted, and if anyone thinks so, the Stick is again passed around the circle. There have been a number of 'improvements' suggested to this process, such as allowing clarifying questions, allowing people to reach for the stick in any order, first-come, first-served, and summarization or 'voting' processes, but none of these enhancements has a distinguished history and none in my opinion represents a significant improvement to the basic protocol. Allowing the group to engage in two-person iterative Q&A, or sidebar conversations, would seem to me to abrogate the three duties of clarity, brevity and respectfulness, or at least render them less necessary. In some Talking Stick circles, if you take the stick you must begin your speech by briefly reiterating what the previous speaker said, and only when that synopsis receives a nod from the previous speaker can you begin saying your piece. In some cases this might work brilliantly, but in others it could make the conversation interminably long and repetitive. It is not clear to what extent the Law of Two Feet applies in Talking Stick circles -- where if you find the discussion valueless or frustrating you have the option to leave, without repercussions, and perhaps start another conversation on the same or another subject with those similarly inclined. The alternative would be to assume that if you chose to accept the invitation to join the conversation in the first place, you owe the rest of the group the courtesy of giving them your attention until it is finished. My personal view is that this judgement (whether leaving a conversation you find tedious is discourteous or not) is best left up to the individual. I have witnessed many 'moderated' conversations, where one person decides who will speak next, or where people raise their hands to be next to speak and a first-come, first-served honour system applies, and found them mostly frustrating. But anarchy, where the loudest voice always prevails, seems to me even more so, and also unfair. Where the participants are part of a hierarchy, and rank clearly determines speaking priority, the result is too often not really conversation at all, but rather an information reporting and instruction exercise. I have witnessed, too, meetings that allow the listeners to use tacit signals to prompt the speaker without interrupting them: Holding up a green card means "I like what you're saying", a red card the opposite, and a yellow card signals "I don't understand what you're saying". They tend not to work, I think, because the green encourages unnecessary loquaciousness, the red is rarely used because it would be perceived as rude, and the yellow is rarely used because it might make the listener appear stupid. Electronic equivalents (IMs that the speaker can read on-screen while talking) present the same discouragements, and also are more of a distractions than most speakers can handle on the fly. One of my favourite conversational formats is the interview/Q&A, where one (or more) persons pose questions and the other(s) restrict themselves to answering them. There is a certain inherent democracy in such conversations -- each side gives up certain speaking rights in return for receiving others. Unrehearsed, they require considerable skill and agility to pull off eloquently. Rehearsed, they can be extremely effective at transferring knowledge but they become less conversations than performances. So my sense, based more on observations of what doesn't work than what does, would be that the use of a Talking Stick or similar icon might be very helpful, even in two-person conversations (to reduce propensity to interrupt). I'm ambivalent about whether passing the Stick clockwise or allowing anyone to grab it next providing they satisfactorily summarize the last speaker's message first, would work better -- and I suspect it would depend on the subject and the conversational style of the participants. I do like the idea of using a subtle timer to reinforce the importance of clarity and brevity, which seem so absent in most modern conversations that the resulting incoherence is often unintentionally hilarious to the eavesdropper. Beyond that, I'm not partial to any 'improvements' to the basic four-rule Talking Stick process described above. What's worked for you? Have you tried using such techniques, and when are they effective (and not)? Are there other techniques, newer or older, that work better, and when are they appropriate? And what of telephone and Skype conversations, or those anarchic multi-party IM sessions? Could a 'virtual Talking Stick' be introduced to organize such conversations? It should be easy enough for the technology to handle, but has anyone actually tried imposing this kind of discipline on non-face-to-face conversations? And perhaps most important, does practice using these techniques tend to make more polite, respectful and articulate conversations second nature? Or is there some reason I'm missing why interruption and 'louder voices prevail' protocols are so prevalent in our conversations, seemingly by default?

Conversation with Joe Trippi

Conversation with Joe Trippi 09/20/2004 07:26 PM
Please join me in a conversation with Joe Trippi about his book, "The Revolution Will not be Televised." We will stream it live at Of, By, and For, this Friday the 24th at 2:00pm Pacific time. As you might know, Trippi built the Dean for America campaign and started rewriting...

Conversation with GoDaddy

Conversation with GoDaddy 04/12/2005 01:20 PM

I spent some time on the phone with the folks at GoDaddy today and they have a few ideas on what is going on with the server and are going to try a few things on the box we will keep our fingers crossed.

We will see what happens over the next few days.

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