What happens when not only the objects around us become ‘smart’ but also we ourselves? When connectivity, cameras, being always on, record and recording are the default state? This seems to be a fascinating conference about what is now cutting edge but rapidly becomes the new normal. veillance.me
“Upgrading your WordPress.com blog no longer requires a credit card or PayPal account. Starting today you can raid your virtual piggy bank to pay for WordPress upgrades with the digital currency Bitcoin.” This is interesting. How ‘virtual’ is bitcoin anyway? Maybe Linden Lab – the company behind Second Life –… Continue reading
Alternate Reality Games (ARG)! conspiracies! Augmented Reality! Mind hacking! Soon all this on your Android (now in closed beta) – and I guess less soon also on iOS. Meet Ingress, Google’s ARG. It reminds me of Shadow Cities, but then again I could not yet try out Ingress. It seems… Continue reading
I recently posted about a video-interview with Ray Kurzweil I found on Singularity Hub. I also mentioned the membership-model this site uses. Now the site announced Singularity University acquired it. Keith Kleiner founded the site five years ago. At first I thought it was part of the Singularity University, but… Continue reading
“Thingiverse is also introducing a new “Follow†button that will connect you to the things, digital designs, designers, users, tags, categories: all the stuff you care about most. By following a Thing, you’ll get a notification when someone comments on it, makes a copy of it, or remixes it. Some… Continue reading
So what have I been doing at the Think-Know course facilitated by Howard Rheingold? These past few weeks we’ve been using Diigo extensively. This social bookmark-service is well-suited for group collaboration. While the course group is reserved for members, you’re welcome to join my own group about the impact of… Continue reading
“Fred Turner discusses his opinions on the social phenomenon of Burning Man and how he thinks the ideals of the festival apply to the marketplace that is evolving in our society, specifically in the Silicon Valley.†Turner is also the author of the fascinating book From Counterculture to Cyberculture. via… Continue reading
Remember the Peeragogy Handbook Project, facilitated by Howard Rheingold? A group of learners from various continents work peer2peer to create this handbook which wants to inspire people who want to take their learning in their own hands. The handbook has a very practical side – given that so many learning… Continue reading
Stephen Downes on Half an Hour now has a list with international Massive Open Online Courses. Let’s not forget: there is more out there than the xMOOCs such as offered by Coursera, edX and Udacity – the connectivist courses offer a very different learning experience, based on distributed platforms, the… Continue reading
Who are we when parts of our brains are in our heads, but other parts are in the cloud, is one of the questions Keith Kleiner asks on SingularityHUB in this interview: Also consider the business model of SingularityHUB – you can become a member (for a modest contribution), which… Continue reading