Information Age

The Cosmic Sitcom spotlights Haiti Digital Bibliography

January 21, 2010

Filmmaker and friend Carlos Pedraza surprised me this morning with a flattering spotlight on the Haiti Digital Bibliography: Many, many thanks to Carlos for the support, the help, and for spreading the word. The HDB has been an odd and, at times, spastic endeavor thus far, but it has been interesting to note the different (and sometimes [...]

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Haiti

January 18, 2010

I’m no doctor. I’m not a reporter. I give what I can. I organize stuff. I threw together a blog the other day. It’s just a (semi-chronological) jumble of headlines right now, but with it I’m compiling links to build a bibliography of digital resources about the Haiti earthquake and its aftermath. Quoting myself, In an effort [...]

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Rare books, bridging the physical-digital divide

December 8, 2009

Lengthy for online reading, but worth the eyestrain: “The Book Mechanic: A modern sensibility binds Terry Belanger to old, rare volumes” by Andrew Witmer Some years ago, Terry Belanger found a striking way to reveal the reverence that many citizens of the digital age continue to feel for old books. . . . [He] brings [...]

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Knowledge is power: Political upheaval in the Information Age

June 15, 2009

When I went to bed last night, I had planned on spending Monday morning writing up a progress report to let you kind folks know what I’ve been up to; but while I slept, Tehran exploded. Communication is my vocation, not politics. I don’t intend to go on a spirited rant about the questionable Iranian [...]

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