Communicating in a networked world
This is a piece o’ history document that rings so true to my personal experience that I have to say danah boyd[1] is both lucid and clairvoyant! Social Media is Here to Stay... Now What? … [Continue reading]
JD Lasica has just published a report Identity in the Age of Cloud Computing, based on an Aspen Institute meeting in mid-2008. It is one of three such Aspen Institute reports he has written, and all are available as free ebooks. First, here’s my … [Continue reading]
With the upcoming 20th anniversary (4th of June) of the Tienanmen Square demonstrations (which I followed on television in the US, to the extent that photos were available), is coming up and access to “social media” sites that would permit people to … [Continue reading]
I am finding myself increasingly tempted to swipe my fingers across the screen of my new Macbook Pro![1] I already use a touch screen iPhone all day long, so I'm used to swiping and tapping a lot. And the touchpad “gestures” on the Macbook … [Continue reading]
Rosemary Rawcliffe and I met a few years ago. She had been working on her Women of Tibet trilogy for just a couple of years. In 2005 or 2006 we ran into each other again at the Tibetan settlement in Dharamsala, India, and we were soon talking … [Continue reading]