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E07 Podcast: An Interview with Bruce Schneier

mpasiewicz — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:02:49 -0500

The attached recording provides coverage of a 14 minute interview with BT Counterpane's Bruce Schneier. Listen in as he shares some insightful words about privacy along with interesting commentary about ethics, cybersecurity and blogging. Don't forget the video (or audio) of his session in Seattle too.

OCLC Report on Social Networking

mpasiewicz — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:48:38 -0500

OCLC has issued a new report that sounds like a must read for those interested in navigating the waters of the social web and I look forward to delving into it. I, personally, have mixed feelings about what I've skimmed of the report. I'm particularly vexed about a call from OCLC to "relax the rules of privacy" ... I haven't read the report yet, but that's an interesting call to action. Personally, I'd love to see a call for a more research and experimentation into alternative approaches to the social web that might find a way to protect privacy and raise awareness of why it might be important.

I'm also interested in the so called attention economy and the work of groups like AttentionTrust.org, but they haven't gained much traction as far as I can tell. As I learn more about these new social spaces, I've begun to worry more and more about privacy. In an era of mash-ups, widgets and outsourcing services to third parties, it almost seems to easy to skim over issues like privacy. I also worry that for many, the topic of privacy is limited in scope to compliance with FERPA related issues. Am I alone in my perception there?

I often wonder whether or not we're sometimes are too quick to embrace some of these areas without pausing to consider the potential for unintended consequences and other side effects. Furthermore, I often wonder about who'll take up the banner of privacy and trust in an era where the library is being disintermediated and where the values that librarians often hold are brushed aside as organizations look to embrace some of these emerging technologies. The library was once a key locus for managing the relationships between content and consumers, but now access to information is much more diffuse and the breadcrumbs of consumption are scattered about and managed by many different players ... and many of them are private sector participants whose values may be very different from those often embedded in our library colleagues. Is this a good thing? I'm not so certain, but I'd love to hear your thoughts.

http://www.oclc.org/reports/sharing/default.htm

Do you NOSO?

mpasiewicz — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:50:44 -0500

Sick of social networks? Need a Luddite-style retreat? :)

Take a look at NOSO.

http://nosoproject.com

Funny, weird & crazy - I like it.

An Interview with John Morris

mpasiewicz — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:29:51 -0600

In this 17 minute recording, Marilu Goodyear sits down with John Morris for a discussion about transcoding legacy media, digital preservation, and the synergy between architecture and technology.

An Interview with Ken Hamma

mpasiewicz — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:52:47 -0600

In this 20 minute recording, we'll hear from the Getty's Ken Hamma. Listen in as he shares some thoughts on unlocking the public domain, virtual worlds, personal fabrication and more.

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This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Fall Task Force Meeting. The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

An Interview with John Oberlin

mpasiewicz — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:17:21 -0500

In this 20 minute recording, we'll hear from John Oberlin, Associate Vice Chancellor for IT, Technology Assessment and Planning. Listen in has he shares some thoughts on the Memex Metadata (M2) for Student Portfolios project, Kurzweil's Law of Accelerating Returns, and much more.

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An Interview with Greg Jackson

mpasiewicz — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:03:08 -0500

This 27 minute recording provides coverage of an interview with the University of Chicago's CIO, Greg Jackson. Listen in as Marilu Goodyear hosts a discussion about patents, cyberinfrastructure and the propsects for a merger between Internet2 and NLR.

An Interview with Paul Gandel

mpasiewicz — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:16:37 -0500

The attached 14 minute recording provides coverage of an interview with Syracuse CIO, Paul Gandel. Listen in as Gene Spencer hosts a discussion about strategies for talking with the press, data visualization, scholarly communication and much more.

An Interview with MIT's Phil Long

mpasiewicz — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:44:39 -0500

The attached MP3 provides continuing coverage of a series of interviews conducted at the 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. Listen as Marilu Goodyear hosts a 30 minute interview with Phil Long, Senior Strategist for the Academic Computing Enterprise at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Among other things, they take on the issue of patents, discuss Ray Kurzweil's Law of Accelerating Returns, and tackle the prospects for continued research on learning space design.