Space of Flows: Characteristics and Strategies

2002-11-26 Thread Felix Stalder
[This is a slightly revised version of a talk I gave at the Doors of Perception conference called "Flow: The design challenge of pervasive computing." http://flow.doorsofperception.com ] Space of Flows: Characteristics and Strategies = Felix Stalder <

May the real John Ashcroft please stand up?

2002-11-26 Thread Ivo Skoric
Please compare what you see at: http://www.arkzin.com/competitor/htmls/skoric1.html and http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/1097/ijge/gj-7.htm So, Ashcroft in 1997, as a senator, during Clinton's administration was an outspoken opponent of FISA - he wrote: " The FBI wants access to decode, di

morons in the media; a brief transcription

2002-11-26 Thread Bill Spornitz
whaza-> 2 Letters to the Editor that appeared in The Victoria Times Colonist, Monday, Nov. 25, 2002: 1. Francoise Ducros, Prime Minister Jean Chretien's director of communications certainly should apologize immediately -- to all morons. Morons are a quiet, generous and peaceful breed -- many of m

Re: Space of Flows: Characteristics and Strategies

2002-11-26 Thread Alan Sondheim
This reminds me of a model I was working on around 1992 - which was one of radiations/flows - using the electromagnetic spectrum as an example - what's interesting here is that the flows are uncontained, i.e. there are nodes/intensifications and limited bandwidth, but there's no 'container' - these

the future of computing

2002-11-26 Thread human being
// a highly-recommended overview of the near-term future of computing: Future of the notebook By Gary H. Anthes and Bob Brewin NOVEMBER 18, 2002 Content Type: Story Source: Computerworld http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/story/ 0,10801,75889,00.html // this is of special inte

studying world society

2002-11-26 Thread Keith Hart
This short essay was written as an epilogue for The anthropology of transnational flows: methodological issues, Thomas Hylland Eriksen (editor), forthcoming. I share it with nettimers because I would like to develop it further. Keith Hart Studying world society Cosmopolitan Right shall be limite