by Derek Morrison, 29 November 2009 The BBC has a new intiative underway with the working title Digital Revolution.. They are in process of producing a new four part documentary about how the Web is transforming the world and they intend to open up as much of the production process as possible. It’s an interesting […]
Archive for November, 2009
Pebbles crack boulders?
November 20th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 21 November 2009 Here’s a reflective activity. If you dear reader haven’t done so then read the following in the order suggested (the really motivated can also follow the embedded hyperlinks 🙂 Digital Britain report published – read carefully (Auricle, 21 June 2009) ‘Ooooo’ comes after ‘Eeee’? (Auricle, 24 & 25 June […]
My mind is going, going, gone … oh no it hasn’t
November 14th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 14 November 2009 Here’s definitely one for my techno-dysfunctions category. At 18m 30s into The World’s technology podcast 263 there was an interesting interview with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger about his book Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age (Princeton University Press, 2009). The Princeton Press site also offers a link to […]
Quote: Beyond Google?
November 13th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 12 November 2009 “Sometimes we don’t just want to see what’s at the top of the haystack but the needle that is buried somewhere inside that no one has linked to.” Victor Keegan (Why I’m searching beyond Google, Guardian, 11 November 2009) Keegan offers a number of useful insights in this article […]
Byteing stories to death
November 5th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 5 November 2009) One for my techno-dysfunctions category of posts. There is an interesting little piece in today’s Times by Ben Macintyre (who always tells a good story) called The internet is killing storytelling (Times, 5 November 2009). His title and narrative will speak for itself. Download article as PDF
Higher Education Framework published
November 4th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, first posted 4 November 2009 updated 5 & 17 November 2009 N.B. The views expressed in this posting are the product of this author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the views of any other individual or organisation. Lord Peter Mandelson’s super-ministry the Department for Business Innovation and Skills […]
Google as the digital ‘Library of Alexandria’?
November 3rd, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 3 November 2009 There’s an interesting On the Media item called The Infinite Shelf (27 March 2009) about Google’s vision of creating the digital equivalent of the Library of Alexandria. I think it’s well worth listening to the MP3 download of this interview with Harvard’s Robert Darnton author of Google & the […]
