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.lists are dead not really...- February 4, 2005 To say that listservs (i.e. news lists and discussion lists) are dead is a bit premature. Discussion lists and news lists serve different needs than RSS and blogs, though they do interchange at certain levels. At best, they are complementary to each other. For example, I have plenty of news and discussion lists subscriptions, as well as plenty of RSS feeds. Over the past year I have supplemented some of my news lists with RSS feeds whenever possible. However, as far as discussion lists are...http://www.kmentor.com/socio-tech-info/2005/02/lists-are-dead-not-really.html why i'm in academia- February 3, 2005 apophenia: why i'm in academia is a very interesting and thoughtful post by Danah. More or less I could have written the same, I feel the same. Managing and balancing the industry experience and involvement, and pursuing academic path is not easy. But certainly challenging individuals in such positions can act as catalysts for learning experiences in both directions.http://www.kmentor.com/socio-tech-info/2005/02/why-im-in-academia.html |