Category Archives: Information Technology and Information Literacy

Liveblogging at the Social Computing Symposium 4

Posted on May 9, 2006 by Timothy Burke

Next session doesn’t begin for a while, but I’m thinking here at breakfast about how this meeting accelerates my sensation of being a misfit toy in academia. I mean, in the context of my everyday practice, I think quite a … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging at the Social Computing Symposium 3

Posted on May 8, 2006 by Timothy Burke

From an afternoon session on mobile and pervasive social computing. Rich Ling suggests that mobile computing or communication creates social cohesion better than other computer-mediated communication. I don’t really buy that, for a variety of reasons. Perhaps partly because I … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging at the Social Computing Symposium 2

Posted on May 8, 2006 by Timothy Burke

So now we’re proposing sessions. One interesting thing was someone suggested a discussion on the ethics of using IRC backchannels during a conferencing session. I do have to say that it’s slightly weird to be hearing reports of what’s happening … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging: Social Computing Symposium

Posted on May 8, 2006 by Timothy Burke

Thanks to the amazing Liz Lawley, I’m here at the 2006 Social Computing Symposium. So I’m going to try something I haven’t done before, and post up notes here on sessions. Right at the outset one thing that makes me … Continue reading →

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