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SNL and Sarah Palin :: Satire Dead? Idiot Killed the Radio Star?

Monday, September 29th, 2008

(Interrupting robo-talk for a chat about the jaw-droppingly lame state of American politics): Maybe - though it appears it's all been done before: Aghast at the atrocities committed by US forces invading the Philippines, and the rhetorical flights about liberation and noble intent that routinely accompany crimes of state, Mark Twain threw ...

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Twittering the Election, SIFTing Media Collections

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

If you haven't seen this already, then go check it out. Terse political opinions fly by with impunity. What to do, what to do...and how does media theory speak to this? I can anticipate hundreds of approaches, from critical political economy to social constructivism to what-have-you ... but then again, ...

Posted in Mobile Muse, SCOT, STS, content aggregation, critical constructivism, culture & society, drupal, mobile, open source, political economy, technology, work | No Comments »

Nokia’s Legends Telegraph

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Nokia's done something intriguing here in terms of marketing. Not sure where this is going exactly, but it's interesting.

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Android

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Exciting times. Right on the heels of our Open Mobile event, the first Google Android handset has been released on T Mobile - the HTC Dream, announced just this morning in NYC. And it's wi-fi (!!!) Now if only I had an in over at HTC, or if a Canadian provider had ...

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Open Mobile, as it happens

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

It was fun setting up to Brian Eno's Music for Films, which cast an alternately serene and ominous shadow over our dry runs with the 3 screens. I think the keynote went over well. The tech worked out supremely, with all 3 screens going, SIFT aggregation, Movino, ...

Posted in Fearless City, Mobile Muse, Whistler, culture & society, events, mobile | 1 Comment »

Open Mobile

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

I'm presenting a keynote this Sunday for an event called Open Mobile, presented in part by Mobile Muse as part of New Forms Festival 2008. I'm co-presenting with Roland Tanglao and Jesse Scott (artist info here), who will be my visual accompanists. But hopefully their visuals will override and scramble ...

Posted in Fearless City, Mobile Muse, Whistler, conferences, culture & society, events, mobile, open source, political economy, technology, theory, wi-fi | 4 Comments »

A Spectre Is Haunting Marillion

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

This? Oh yeah, we already did that. & it's true what they say - Reverbnation rules the internets!

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Mobilecamp Vancouver 2008

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

notes from MobilecampVancouver08, as it happens: scheduling jam - lots of tech and business, but the turnout is a little more arsty than last time with a good showing from the Fearless community. huge iphone dev track. it's split in two it seems. 10:30 - 11:30 Karen Fung on transit and cycling ...

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