“Englebart’s most famous invention is the computer mouse, also developed in the 1960s, but not used commercially until the 1980s. Like Vannevar Bush and J.C.R. Licklider, Englebart wanted to use technology to augment human intellect.”
Bootstrap Institute
“In the spirit of Engelbart’s lifelong mode of working ever so fruitfully, keywords here remain pragmatic, experiential, evolutionary.”
Linked to Englepart in the previous post as I had an inkling of the depth of his work – see the idea of open hypertext at work here, and the notion of augmenting intelligence. Of course it is patially implemented here too with the “permanent link” on each item. Blogs have that! Which is an easily overlooked factor in their value. Interesting site, on the edge.
In the bootstrapping process does pragmatic come before soulful or is it the other way around? Anyway, experiential, evolutionary resonate well with me.
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Silicon Valley | 03/27/2002 | Journalistic Pivot Points
Dan Gillmore writes:
” Yesterday at PC Forum, I was part of a key moment in this evolution.
“I was blogging a session on wireless technology, and wrote something about SkyPilot, one of the presenting companies. Duncan Davidson, SkyPilot’s CEO, finished his presentation and sat on the podium, reading on his laptop, while other people talked.
Then, in the Q&A, he corrected something I’d written in the blog. In other words, he’d caught this in near-real time and had better information (he should). I immediately posted another paragraph, which began, “I’ve been corrected….”
Whoa. I’m still not entirely sure what happened. But I do know this. My journey in journalism hit a pivot in that moment. Maybe journalism itself hit a pivot point, as pretentious as that sounds.”
How interesting to hear this from one who was not only there but in it, doing it. This links in of cousre with an earlier post I made here from Esther Dyson The conversation continues… THE WI-FI PEANUT GALLERY
All I know for sure is that I’m jazzed that it happened, and I’m going to think about it, hard.
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Curriculum Vitae Walter Logeman
“I did some primary school teaching in the sixties. In 1974 I founded ”Four Avenues” a state funded secondary school based on the principles of Ivan Illich. Taught in the school for four years.”
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“Illich’s radical anarchist views first became widely known through a set of four books published during the early: Deschooling Society (1971), Tools for Conviviality (1973), Energy and Equity (1974) , and Medical Nemesis (1976). Tools is the most general statement of Illich’s ideas. The other three volumes expand on examples sketched there in order to critique what he calls “radical monopolies” and “counter productivity” in the technologies of education, energy consumption, and medical treatment. This critique applies equally to both the so-called “developed” and the “developing” worlds, but in different ways to each.”
Illich came to mind during these last few months while I have been learning GNU/Linux (I hate being this purist using this name for it, but I think the underlying GNU ideas and WORK are vital
The reason is that i have this memory from the seventies of Illich philosophy which advocated tools that people could fix. Car engines that one could get into, even valve radios because they were modular. Well, did it work for technology in the world of matter? Perhaps the success of the PC is an example. But in the world of software it is *imperative* to keep access open. When one person fixes something it can be available to all, instantly. Making that impossible is so wrong. It is worse than dumping food while people are starving… information is of a higher order and knowledge could lead to a better world. Dumbing down the world for profit – that is not only MS but all closed software projects. How can this be prevented?
I’d like to revisit Illich on this…
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Daypop – a current events/weblog/news search engine Search 7000 News Sites and Weblogs for Current Events and Breaking News
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Techne & Psyche Techne & Psyche
perspectives on technoscience and the cultural psyche
Dolores Brien’s very psybernet related weblog. One I’ll be watching a lot. Dolores has a real interest and insight into the psyche and the Net.
See also:
An interview with Stephen L. Talbott. The Machine in the Ghost.
Archetypes of the Internet by Dolores Brien.
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Internet Magazine – News/Advice/Reviews/ISPs/Hosting
Kim Gilmour asks its busy 29-year-old co-founder and CEO Evan Williams about how weblogs have changed the Web
