society and technology

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 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.

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

Take a look at NOSO.

http://nosoproject.com

Funny, weird & crazy - I like it.

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.

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.

See also:

• Whyville
• The Diamond Age
• FAB

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

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. 

See also:

• Microsoft's LifeBits
• An Interview with GMU's Roy Rosenzweig

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.

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.

See also:

• Prints And Visual Communication
• Libraries: Standing at the Wrong Platform, Waiting for the Wrong Train?

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.