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Wednesday, 3-24-2004. Even though it's totally wrong that human beings does not used more than 10% of their brain, I have to admit that I don't use more than 25% of all the software and devices I have :(
For people who are into Karaoke or for others like me who are just curious about social phenomena: Karaoke Culture by Cyril Fievet:
Karaoke is a Japanese word. It comes from kara, short for empty, and oke, the abbreviation of okesutura, meaning orchestra. This empty orchestra is thus a way to refer to songs where only the music and not the vocals are recorded.(...) In Japan, Toyota has presented recently a new equipment which, among others, allow people to practice Karaoke in their car. In Thailand, some websites offer an Online Karaoke virtual experience (http://www.singingweb.com, in English and Thai). And in Indonesia, its hard to buy a CD player which does not have the K-function included. Maybe the concept is evolving, trying to take advantage of new technologies or new customers tastes. But Asian Karaoke doesnt seem to be dead. Far from that.
Atelier "Formes du Collectif", 2ème Séance. Mardi 23 Mars 2004, de 10h à 17h Lieu : EHESS Matin : salle 524,54 Bd Raspail, 75006 Après-midi : salle 6, 105 Bd Raspail, 75006.
Animé par Marc Relieu (FT R&D) & Moustapha Zouinar (FT R&D)
Organisé dans le cadre de l'Action Spécifique "ACOSTIC" (http://www.irit.fr/ACOSTIC), l'atelier "formes du collectif" vise à ouvrir un espace d'échanges pluridisciplinaires autour de l'imbrication des technologies de l'information et de la communication avec la formation, la transformation ou la recomposition de collectifs. L'atelier sera notamment l'occasion d'identifier les approches et questions de recherche émergentes, les problèmes théoriques ou méthodologiques posées par l'étude du "collectif", en relation avec la conception de systèmes visant à assister, renforcer ou créer des activités collectives. Dans ce second séminaire, nous accueillerons trois intervenants dont les travaux sur le collectif abordent ces trois axes (théorique, méthodologique, conception) : Paul Dourish (University of California, Irvine)
Jacques Theureau (IRCAM)
Christian Heath (University of London, King's college)
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La cirugía, un paso más allá El Centro de Rehabilitación de Levante ha permitido que un brazo amputado se haya mantenido con vida durante nueve días conectando sus venas y arterias con las de una pierna. Después, el brazo fue reimplantado con éxito. (EFE) |
I also saw on cnn that people made water from water but I cannot find the link :(
From the New York Times, a paper that says that the mydoom propagation "reflects a willful ignorance of basic computer skills that goes well beyond virus etiquette.": unsavvy person clicked on the attachment :(
As MyDoom, the fastest-spreading virus ever, continues to clog e-mail in-boxes and disrupt business, the computer-savvy are becoming openly hostile toward the not-so-savvy who unwittingly play into the hands of virus writers.
The tension over the MyDoom virus underscores a growing friction between technophiles and what they see as a breed of technophobes who want to enjoy the benefits of digital technology without making the effort to use it responsibly.
I like this:
Many of the computationally confused say they suffer from genuine intimidation and even panic over how to handle the mysterious machines they have come to rely on for so much of daily life. Virus writers, spammers and scammers, they say, are the ones who should be held accountable for the chaos they cause.
"Responsibility is shared," said Scott Charney, Microsoft's chief security strategist. "With some of these viruses that require user action, people have a responsibility to be careful and protect themselves."
Nobody cares, it's just "une pierre blanche" as we say in french, but now I use a MAC :)
It's been almost a week that I chose to put categories in the title of my posts. The reason why I do so is because I find it clearer especially when you read blogposts when using aggregator like NetNewswire or rss4you (made by my fellow weblogger). It's more human readable (altough not machine readable, RDF is preferred of course).
Hence the categories I am going to deal with are the following : - MyResearch: all about my phd topic - Research: research in general - CRAFT: about my research lab - TheWorld: news and thoughts about the world (that smells bad) - Space and Place: links or thoughts about space, place and research about this - Weird: strange stuff - Prospective: news, forecast... - Lyon: stuff about Lyon, France
BBTests is the new testing structure of Berchet (a french toy company). Installed rue Jean-Bourgey in Villeurbanne (Lyon, France), they aim to test toys with families, psychologists and sociologists. They observe children palying with those toys, propose refinement or modification.
Via CNN.comTechies met at Foo Camp to ponder the future but :
For relaxation, campers drank microbrews, tossed Frisbees, and disassembled a Toyota Prius, then put it back together again (it was a rental). Clearly, this was not your average technology conference.
Via bohellz :
OK, let's move forward !
It's Christmas, so, I am into games today. Via freedom rider, the Tactile Awareness Box is described as "A treasure chest of "touchie-feelies." Set includes one of each: spiderball, 3" sensaball, squeeze ball, mini koosh ball, foam ball, waterlog, sticky squash ball, plus an Awareness Guide and plastic carrying case. "
What's the link with 'awareness' ?
next blog to invent : - brainstorm on concept of the future, illustrate them... new blog - photoblog : blended lifeforms
Ideas about our spam project (in french) Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : le spam, en gros c le miroir de notre Web Presence Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : je braistorm en te parlant Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : au lieu d'ecrire dans un fichier word qui fait planter mon msn roby [back@home] dit : (lol) Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : donc je disais le spam, vu que c'est basé sur notre présence web Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : = soit un email posé sur notre home page Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : = soit un email placé dans une database linked to the web Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : les robots broutent tout ca, retourve le truc Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : donc a l'arrive le spam que tu recois est le reflet de tes interets/gouts Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : fab fait l'hypothese que l'on recoit tous des spam plus ou moins 'adaptés' à nos gouts/boulots/intérets roby [back@home] dit : (en gros oui mais pas necessairement) Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : l'idée est donc de catégoriser les spam que l'onr ecoit Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : analyse qualitative : trouver des catégories Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : de défini quelque profil (ca c'est al voie que fab veut suivre) Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : moi je serais plus intéressé par la création d'une sorte d'indice composite définissant la web presence de chacun en fonction des catégories de spam Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : bof c naze la roby [back@home] dit : uhm, moi j avais pense a un truc comme fab, mais je vois pas de grande difference a ta voie Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : moi non plus la Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : c de la merde ce que jai dit Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : on oublie roby [back@home] dit : hihi t es fa roby [back@home] dit : tigue Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : non l'idée intéressant c'est de conceptualiser la Web Presence Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : et de dire que le spam est UN des indicateurs Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : tas lu des trucs en psycho social sur la présence de l'individu dans la sphère sociale . Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : ? roby [back@home] dit : sociale c etait pas mon truc mais Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : i no roby [back@home] dit : disons que si au depart tu dis que de toute facon roby [back@home] dit : le spam que tu recois definit ton experience avec le web roby [back@home] dit : a quoi ca revient de faire tout ce bazar? Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : je voudrais donner une sorte de scientific flavor Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : ouais ca sert a RIEN Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : c a chier Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : juste a reveler/mettre en avant le concept de social presence roby [back@home] dit : l idee est interessante. un truc comme ca, ca pourrait donnes des resultats qui vont appuyer ou pas ton hypothese de depart Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : ecrire un machin, l'envoyer a une conf et voir ce qu'ils repondent !!! roby [back@home] dit : ouais, c vrai Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : notre hyp de base c'est que le spam ets un reflet de nos gouts/habitudes/intérets Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : et donc de notre Web Presence roby [back@home] dit : faudrait deja recolter le spam dans deux petits groupes de personnes (ou meme trois): utilisateurs chevronnes, moyen et "novices" du web roby [back@home] dit : pour voir ce que ca donne chez eux dans un petit echantillon Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : ouais mais quelle taille de l'echantillon et sur quelle frequence temporelle ? Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : a mon sens le plus gros probleme c'est de savoir ou on foutu son email !!! Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : ou alors faut commencer from scratch, en creant des comptes emails... roby [back@home] dit : petite taille pour deja voir ce que ca donne Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : controler les facteurs c pas facile roby [back@home] dit : ouais aussi roby [back@home] dit : mais par exemple nicky en recoit en ne surfant pas Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : ah ouais Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : putain roby [back@home] dit : et c oas du hotmail roby [back@home] dit : pas roby [back@home] dit : enfin, faut trouver l astuce quoi Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : ouais faut qon fasse une experience controlee avec des emails crees sur un compte roby [back@home] dit : exact Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : mais il me semble que hotmail recoit plus de spam que yahoo par exemple Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : donc c pas facile de trouver un bon provider, le tout est que tous les sujets aient le meme roby [back@home] dit : ouais, et certains provider ont aussi des filtres roby [back@home] dit : mais tu peux les desactiver Severino Nova [N-Gage] dit : j'ai une idee : creer des profils d'user : informaticien... et leur assigner un email et recolter sur un mois roby [back@home] dit : par exemple roby [back@home] dit : oui
Bookmarklets | MOVABLE TYPE gamagora is the new video game school in Lyon, France. But at the moment their website is just nothing :)
"Social capital generally refers to trust, concern for one's associates, a willingness to live by the norms of one's community, and to punish those who do not."Social Capital and Community Governance by Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis
Whereas physical capital refers to physical objects and human capital refers to the properties of individuals, social capital refers to connections among individuals social networks and the norms of reciprocity and trustworthiness that arise from them. In that sense social capital is closely related to what some have called civic virtue. The difference is that social capital calls attention to the fact that civic virtue is most powerful when embedded in a sense network of reciprocal social relations. A society of many virtuous but isolated individuals is not necessarily rich in social capital. (Putnam 2000: 19)
Robert Putnam (2000) Bowling Alone: The collapse and revival of American community, New York: Simon and Schuster: 288-290 Via infed.org : Robert D. Putnam: Why social capital is important
First, social capital allows citizens to resolve collective problems more easily People often might be better off if they cooperate, with each doing her share. But each individual benefits more by shirking their responsibility, hoping that others will do the work for her . [Resolving this dilemma is] best served by an institutional mechanism with the power to ensure compliance with the collectively desirable behavior. Social norms and the networks that enforce them provide such a mechanism.
Second, social capital greases the wheels that allow communities to advance smoothly. Where people are trusting and trustworthy, and where they are subject to repeated interactions with fellow citizens, everyday business and social transactions are less costly .
A third way is which social capital improves our lot is by widening our awareness of the many ways in which our fates are linked. People who have active and trusting connections to others whether family members, friends, or fellow bowlers develop or maintain character traits that are good for the rest of society. Joiners become more tolerant, less cynical, and more empathetic to the misfortunes of others. When people lack connection to others, they are unable to test the veracity of their own views, whether in the give or take of casual conversation or in more formal deliberation. Without such an opportunity, people are more likely to be swayed by their worse impulses .
The networks that constitute social capital also serve as conduits for the flow of helpful information that facilitates achieving our goals . Social capital also operates through psychological and biological processes to improve individuals lives. Mounting evidence suggests that people whose lives are rich in social capital cope better with traumas and fight illness more effectively. Community connectedness is not just about warm fuzzy tales of civic triumph. In measurable and well-documented ways, social capital makes an enormous difference to our lives.
The notion of social capital first appeared in Lyda Judson Hanifan's discussions of rural school community centres (see, for example, Hanifan 1916, 1920). He used the term to describe 'those tangible substances [that] count for most in the daily lives of people' (1916: 130). Hanifan was particularly concerned with the cultivation of good will, fellowship, sympathy and social intercourse among those that 'make up a social unit'. However, it has taken some time for the term to come into widespread usage. Most recently, it has been the work of Robert D. Putnam (1993; 2000) that has launched social capital as a focus for research and policy discussion. However, other notable contributions have come from Jane Jacobs (1961) in relation to urban life and neighbourliness, Pierre Bourdieu (1983) with regard to social theory, and James S. Coleman (1988) in his discussions of the social context of education. It has also been picked up by the World Bank as a useful organizing idea. It is argued that 'increasing evidence shows that social cohesion is critical for societies to prosper economically and for development to be sustainable' (The World Bank 1999). We have also begun to see social capital as a focus for organizational maintenance and development (Cohen and Prusak 2001).
The wonderful Cheschire Cat from Alice In Wonderland, look at his expressive gaze :
With Mauro, we plan to carry out a short research project about professions that needs location awareness like firemen or people who conduct field studies. The idea is to discover the social meanings of location awareness. Many questions are to be answered :
- When people need to locate others ? - Why people need to locate others ? - How people need to locate others ? - Which activities require them to locate others ? - What are the activities they do together which require their co-presence ? - Is their activity possible without copresence ? Are there parts of the work which does not require co-presence ? - How frequently do they gather into groups ? and locate each other ? - How people express location ? - What's the context ? - Where the activities in which location is important are performed ?
The idea is to establish their needs. Understanding people's activity, their difficulties
Methodology : inteview or storytelling ?