by Derek Morrison, 3 May 2008 The central argument of Jonathan Zittrain’s book The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It is that the concept of “generativity” that has been unleashed by Web 2.0 is being increasingly compromised by increasingly ubiquituous appliances that may do limited things well but which lock or tether […]
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Blocking Moodle
September 2nd, 2004
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In my three previous Moodle Meanderings articles we've sort of 'poked a stick' at Moodle and verified that in fact it's alive and looks well, so this time we decided to see how easy it would be to extend one aspect of its functionality. Let's be clear … Moodle is still a work-in-progress. Nevertheless, I […]
Downes downs 'lock-in'
July 1st, 2004
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I just had to use this Stephen Downes' quote from yesterday's OLDaily as the basis of this short Auricle article. Stephen hits the nail on the head when he challenges the Motley Fool's contention that 'lock in' to Blackboard's products is a 'good thing' (from an investor perspective). “Oh, I know, investors leap at lock-in […]
Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe (LOCKSS)
January 28th, 2004
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The beta phase of Stanford's LOCKSS initiative is coming to a close and it looks like the project is going to enter production. What's LOCKSS about? I can do no better than quote from their own site: “…let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and […]
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
June 17th, 2011
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by Derek Morrison, 22 May 2011 updated 27 May, 31 May 2011, 3 June 2011, and 17 June 2011 Adam Curtis describes himself modestly as “a documentary film maker, whose work includes The Power of Nightmares, The Century of the Self, The Mayfair Set, Pandora’s Box, The Trap and The Living Dead” but that understates […]
Ebooks in the ‘e-filling station’?
May 20th, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 20 May 2010 Any views expressed in this online essay are those of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the view of any other individuals or organisations. Today’s posting is an addition to my de facto segue on ebooks, words and techno-anxiety a topic I’ve addressed at […]
No country for old readers?
February 28th, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 28 February 2010 Any views expressed in this online essay are those of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the view of any other individuals or organisations. My apologies to the Coen brothers for the abuse of their No Country for Old Men. In this posting I […]
Ebooks what ebooks?
February 21st, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 21 February 2010 (updated 24 February 2010) Any views expressed in this online essay are those of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the view of any other individuals or organisations. In a fairly detached way I’ve been interested in the trajectory of the ebook concept and […]
iPhone, iTouch, iTunes, iNewsagent, iNfinity?
January 3rd, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 3 January 2010 N.B. The following online essay represents the views of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the views of any other individual or organisation. In my posting Tensions are prelude to virtual space and e-publishing wars? (Auricle, 6 December 2009) I wasn’t convinced that the […]
