Shoshana Zuboff: Secrets of Surveillance Capitalism

Over the past two years I have kept trying to explain to people that Google is appropriating the commons and is building value on something that isn't theirs. Another way of saying the same thing is that Google is using you as a sensor to build knowledge about the world as a whole. The example … Continue reading Shoshana Zuboff: Secrets of Surveillance Capitalism →

Brewster Kahle on “Universal Access to All Knowledge”

This afternoon I attended a session at info.nl in Amsterdam with Brewster Kahle who wants to create "Universal Access to All Knowledge". He has founded The Internet Archive, a non-profit library with about 150 people. It is best known for its Wayback Machine (collecting about 5 billion web pages a month, amazingly still fitting in a … Continue reading Brewster Kahle on “Universal Access to All Knowledge” →

Sensing Place/Placing Sense 2: Accountability Technologies

I am attending Ars Electronica: The Big Picture in Linz, Austria. This is a festival for Art, Technology and Society. If you are interested to know a bit more about the festival, then don't watch this useless trailer: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfRaIbNX5PU] Look at the program instead or check out their newly launched and fabulous archive. One of … Continue reading Sensing Place/Placing Sense 2: Accountability Technologies →

Notes On a Full Day of Innovation

I was at a full day about innovation at Mediaplaza in Utrecht today. We used a room that had a stage in the center and chairs on four sides around it. This is a bit weird as the speaker has to look in four directions to be able to connect with the audience. The funny … Continue reading Notes On a Full Day of Innovation →

e-Learning Event 2012 Keynote Sessions Day 1

Today and tomorrow I will be attending and speaking at the e-Learning Event in Den Bosch in the Netherlands. This should be one of the biggest learning technology events in the Netherlands. For some reason I have never been before, so I am curious to see how much I enjoy the event. Theo Rinsema, General … Continue reading e-Learning Event 2012 Keynote Sessions Day 1 →