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Tag Archives: technology
Information Space | The Necessity of Information Scientists and iSchools: Separating Technology from ‘Magic’
The Necessity of Information Scientists and iSchools: Separating Technology from ‘Magic’ via Information Space @ Syracuse University iSchool
Academic Makerspaces: Connections & Conversations
Gabriella Coleman | Geek Researcher Spends Three Years Living With Hackers
Geek Researcher Spends Three Years Living With Hackers | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
I’m sure Gabriella Coleman’s upcoming book Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking will be a fascinating read! I completed an Information Security weekend workshop during my MLIS program and we discussed hacking and how easy it is for hackers to compromise systems. We also discussed pros and cons of hacktivism. I would have to take a full-credit course in Information Security but it was not offered at the time. I could see Coleman’s research integrating well within the curriculum.
The Anthropology of Hackers syllabus-as-essay via The Atlantic
Hacker (Forthcoming, The John Hopkins Encyclopedia of Digital Textuality)
Gabriella Coleman video Hacktivism: Political Hacking’s Global Reach, From Scientology to Wikileaks to the Arab Spring on DemocracyNow.org
Collection of Links: For the Typeface and Font Lovers…
Google Type – Random Google images become characters for a typeface.
Next Gen OCR Project Reaches Back into Early English History and Databases via The Digital Shift
This Font Made Of DNA Isn’t Just For Kicks via Co.Design | FastCompany
8 Typefaces Designed to Serve a Greater Purpose. Fonts to help dyslexia, proofreading and saving the planet…
Mashable | 7 Landmark Tech Laws Passed in 2012
It will be interesting to see if any other similar Canadian laws are launched, although we did just have the passing of Bill C-11 (Copyright Modernization Act). Here’s a post by Michael Geist about “What the New Copyright Law Means for You.”
7 Landmark Tech Laws Passed in 2012 via Mashable
Academic Makerspaces: Connections & Conversations…10.29.12 « The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog
I’m super keen on libraries evolving into makerspaces supporting learning and collaboration. Although libraries have traditionally always supported these activities, its being raised to a new level with the push for the ability to create using technology and leveraging knowledge of community members. Very cool!
Collection of Links: Big Data
Big data is almost on the cusp of the emerging technology hype cycle according to the Gartner 2012 Hype Cycle and according to Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2012 (PCMAG.com). What is the ‘big’ deal with big data anyways? Below I have posted links to information resources highlighting a range of issues related to big data.
Gartner defines big data as…”the term adopted by the market to describe extreme information management and processing issues which exceed the capability of traditional information technology along one or multiple dimensions to support the use of the information assets. Throughout 2010 and into 2011, big data has focused primarily on the volume issues of extremely large datasets generated from technology practices such as social media, operational technology, Internet logging and streaming sources. A wide array of hardware and software solutions have emerged to address the partial issue of volume.”
The Data Drive Life by Gary Wolf (April 28, 2010) is a great backgrounder article on how we have come to generate more and more data in our daily lives.
Big Data/Linked Data White Paper from Fujitsu, March 2012
Business Perspective
From Harvard Business Review. The Next Wave of Process Strategy, October 30, 2012 and Big Data Hype (and Reality), October 18, 2012
Significance to Libraries
Data Science: What’s in it for the New Librarian? from Information Space, July 16, 2012
Big data is also about the Internet of Things and Linked Data. Linked Data for Libraries OCLC Video posted August 7, 2012
Defining the “Big” in Big Data by Leslie Johnston at the Library of Congress, May 17, 2012
Importance to Other Industries
Big Data and social media: A match made in heaven? posted October 23, 2012 at the TechRepublic
Big Data is Transforming Healthcare from Wired Science, October 16, 2012
Software
Big Data Meets BI: Beyond The Hype from Information Week, October 30, 2012
Lists some of the other open source software in the big data space (versus Hadoop) Big Data Right Now: Five Trendy Open Source Technologies from TechCrunch, October 27, 2012
Fostering Female Technology Leadership in Libraries – The Digital Shift
Collection of Links: 3D Printing
With 3D printing becoming ever more popular in the news, I thought I would post links to articles I found most informative about this emerging technology.
The EFF Needs Help Keeping 3D Printing Free from TechCrunch October 27, 2012
Kickstopped: Affordable 3D Printer Put on Hold from WIRED October 26, 2012
The Future of Higher Education: Reshaping Universities Through 3D Printing from Engadget October 19, 2012
Wired’s Chris Anderson: Today’s ‘Maker Movement’ Is The New Industrial Revolution [TCTV] from TechCrunch October 9, 2012
The Next Battle for Internet Freedom Could Be Over 3D Printing from TechCrunch published in August 2012
To Remain Relevant, Libraries Should Help Patrons Create – The Digital Shift from May 2012
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