infosophy: Socio-technological Rendering of InformationInformation structures and information technologies do not develop in isolation. Similarly, the social structures in our society do not develop free from technological influence. The information technology and the social structures in our human society inform and shape each other.The magic that makes Google tick - a little Google arrogance- December 23, 2004 The magic that makes Google tick, an article worth reading if you are interested to learn how things work behind the scenes before and after you type your query into Google's search box. Among the nicely said things in the article, here is a quote that is a bit sarcastic and arrogant: The job is not helped by the nature of the Web. "In academia," said Hlzle, "the information retrieval field has been around for years, but that is for books in libraries. On the Web, content is...http://www.kmentor.com/socio-tech-info/2004/12/the-magic-that-makes-google-ti.html A dialog with B. Latour on what actor-network andor ANT cannot do for you :)- December 21, 2004 In A prologue in form of a dialog between a Student and his (somewhat) Socratic Professor, Latour presents some basic but very important ideas, and clarifies some misconceptions and misunderstanding about what actor-network andor ANT is and is not, and what and what not it can do for you. The dialog is philosophical at times, brings forth challenges for all of those who deal with actor-networkANT in some shape of form. It does not seem that Latour answers the question posited at the beginning..http://www.kmentor.com/socio-tech-info/2004/12/a-dialog-with-b-latour-on-what.html The Role of RSS in Science Publishing- December 16, 2004 December's Issue of D-Lib Magazine brings and interesting article regarding the implication of RSS in the science and research publishing. The Role of RSS in Science Publishing is worth reading. Yet another practical example of how blogs have brought forth a tool that can change the nature of the web as it is traditionally known. Website are no longer the static domains, RSS helps the sites be distributed widely, most importantly as a two-way communication.http://www.kmentor.com/socio-tech-info/2004/12/the-role-of-rss-in-science-pub.html is there a lack of philosophical grounding in information sciencestudies- December 2, 2004 The following few paragraphs where prompted from a discussion with a colleague of mine about the philosophical link tofrom information science. Well, I think that any practical disciplines or field of study is definitely informed by some philosophical discourse, even when the discipline itself does not acknowledge it, or does not seem to see it. In this sense, the field of Information Science(s)Studies seems to lack an acknowledged philosophical grounding, even thought there are some obvious...http://www.kmentor.com/socio-tech-info/2004/12/is-there-a-lack-of-philosophic.html |