Reading, reading, reading
I've spent the weekend reading a report (amongst other things) about Cultural Commons called Unbounded Freedoms. It's a fascinating read, although I will admit, it's the first time I've read a 'whole' document on-screen. There are so many ideas in this. It foreshadows the moves available with wikis (and the web in general) in creating a shared resource for learning.
Another reading I was doing on the weekend was Small Pieces Loosely Joined - A unified theory of the web. I haven't gotten very far in that one, cos it's a physical book. I keep forgetting to pick it up. But it's really interesting. It spurred me on to finally making a website. That's half an hour's work. I really need to focus on things and get them finished.
And then there's Persuasive Technology - Using computers to change what we think and do. I'm not sure what to make of that one. It seems to be a marketing book. I'm not really into marketing. There's something sinisterly subversive (or subversively sinister?) about that book. I feel a little uncomfortable thinking about technology being a controlling factor. Maybe I've watched too much Star Trek with its fairly neutral technology to contemplate it being an active agent of change. But there's also some spark of fascination, something that moves the edges of thinking, some subtle shift in perception. But maybe it's only me.
Another reading I was doing on the weekend was Small Pieces Loosely Joined - A unified theory of the web. I haven't gotten very far in that one, cos it's a physical book. I keep forgetting to pick it up. But it's really interesting. It spurred me on to finally making a website. That's half an hour's work. I really need to focus on things and get them finished.
And then there's Persuasive Technology - Using computers to change what we think and do. I'm not sure what to make of that one. It seems to be a marketing book. I'm not really into marketing. There's something sinisterly subversive (or subversively sinister?) about that book. I feel a little uncomfortable thinking about technology being a controlling factor. Maybe I've watched too much Star Trek with its fairly neutral technology to contemplate it being an active agent of change. But there's also some spark of fascination, something that moves the edges of thinking, some subtle shift in perception. But maybe it's only me.