This weekend I attended the Quantified Self conference in Amsterdam. The number of participants was just short of 300 of which 90(!) people were involved in some way in a session. They call this a "carefully curated unconference": they started by checking out all the registrants and then connecting to them if they look interesting. … Continue reading “Don’t Life Log Me” – Quantified Self 2013 in Amsterdam
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Behind the Scenes of the Internet: Julian Oliver & Danja Vasiliev
This week I was in the fortunate position to be able to attend a five day workshop at de Waag in Amsterdam. Julian Oliver and Danja Vasiliev hosted Behind The Scenes of the Internet. The workshop opened with a presentation on the influence of engineering on society. Julian and Danja refer to themselves as critical … Continue reading Behind the Scenes of the Internet: Julian Oliver & Danja Vasiliev
Access, Trust and Freedom: Coordinates for the Future Internet
I am now in Bucharest, Romania at the INET Conference organised by the Internet Society (ISOC). The Internet Society: [brings] together Members, Chapters, and partners [and] is at the center of the largest global network of people and organizations focused on ensuring the Internet continues to evolve as a platform for innovation, collaboration, and economic … Continue reading Access, Trust and Freedom: Coordinates for the Future Internet
Make Sure You Read This: Hackers by Steven Levy
Wow! This is a masterful book. Levy reports on three different eras that have shaped modern computing: The group of hackers at MIT in the early sixties who were the first to use computers for anything other than computing things (the first computer game, the first chess computer, the first time that a computer is … Continue reading Make Sure You Read This: Hackers by Steven Levy