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Re: The Ethics of Authenticity

whatknows — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:47:32 -0000

For whatever it is worth, reading your statement made me think about Justine Cassell's view on embodying technology. (http://www.soc.northwestern... In some sense it seems you are suggesting the inverse - that technology should appropriately embody us. Sounds good to me. This whole phenomena of computers speaking on our behalf is kind of a new concept.

Re: Federating with Identi.ca

whatknows — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:39:13 -0000

I couldn't agree more. One great boon to my use of RSS (and particularly Google Reader) was Firefox's ability to simplify the subscription process. This leaves me wondering if a Firefox extension might help the process along.

Once major benefit of Twitter (before the trouble, that is) was the IM integration, particularly the ability to listen for keywords. I don't see how Laconic can (easily?) replicate that in a federated architecture. I would love to ditch Twitter if possible, but presuming the IM comes back online, this was my favorite feature.

Re: Organizing Ourselves

whatknows — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:05:35 -0000

I couldn't agree more. Actually, it sounds a lot like Charles Leadbeater and his book "We Think." His book, and the recent YouTube video have certainly caught some buzz in the poli-theory-blogosphere (gnovis wrote about it here: http://www.gnovisjournal.or....

I am hesitant, however, when people assume that democracy will be the outcome of Internet. Cases like Singapore show how eGovernment can effectively increase the standard of living and citizen-government relationships, without necessarily requiring democracy.