Category Archives: infrastructure

standing in the future

As we try to step into a stable-state society (does it exist, or will it be more of a slow crumbling?) I wonder: how long does a buried fiber-optic line continue to function without maintenance?

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invisible data storage

I’m far more involved in customizing, maintaining, and learning more about my software than most people, but I got a glimpse of the casual user’s experience today when I briefly thought firefox was doing more than I knew it could. … Continue reading

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internet privacy

I want to hold some kinda workshop/collaborative brainstorming to help sort out ways to build confidence in a web anonymity and/or verification bank. A list of issues I’ve personally seen this apply to: – how to get gang members and/or … Continue reading

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online universities

what can we look for as metrics or goals of traditional college education that we want to aim to capture in new media? Obviously there is transfer of specific ideas represented as text/words – that’s basic and already captured by … Continue reading

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green architecture

I ran a research project this summer focusing on the use of remote collaboration technologies (like phone and email) among young architects. I learned that one of them is building a water-neutral building in Seattle. This means it will reuse … Continue reading

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