Desdemona
The second day of the workshop, after a strong beginning with a lot of information, software seems to close down the openings. Tapio’s new/old bike appears at MediaBase, thanks to Kati, as wheels...
View Articleüber-conservative
Brilliance of fall, cleaned air with a bit of refractive moisture. Snow draping Longs Peak down below the tree line, not the first, not the last time. I have watched this translation of condition creep...
View Articleresistance
long day, a short stop at NIFCA to check on a few things, then on to Media Lab to have lunch with Samu. bloody cold in the wind. walking to the ferry, I have to fumble with my hood for all of 20...
View Articlenext five minutes
into the NextFiveMinutes conference. I have been burned out for much of the time for some reason, almost catching a cold yesterday evening, then this morning, spraining my back with the most minimal...
View Articlepsychic nomadism
so Mom calls with the news that Janet is in the hospital. since Monday. remoteness increases when the vulnerability of life is revealed through small events. finally getting around to exploring the TAZ...
View Articlepikajoulua
nice dialogue with Geidre about networks and hierarchies. this topic is rising again and again, more and more intensively in the sense that it does appear that society is becoming more and more...
View Articleraw suspicions
the raw suspicion that stability is a straw dog. (a term that Anthony first raised into my consciousness). in that conversation in a bar-restaurant somewhere on the Delaware River a long time ago....
View Articlehuman agent
begin back to work. arbeit macht frei. within the largest hierarchic structure since I was here (University of Colorado) last in 1997. still a free agent, but about to become something different than...
View Articleimmersion or transcendance?
another month, gone. and the leaves starting to fall. what about that dia-positioning of network vs hierarchy on a sliding scale. or about my tendency to lodge myself deep in a larger socio-structural...
View Articlemore network-ing
spending much time on research of network theory and history, but not finding much online — most journals are still not available online to the public. I could access some sites when I was in the...
View Articlereflections on the classroom
to the IDC list sotto voce: Although, as a University educator — I agree with John’s appraisal of the condition of the contemporary educational institution (having taught in around 50 institutions in...
View Articlelame duck
November comes already. a week shy of four months in rehabilitation. there are still many problems in the body. lying on the couch reaps intense stiffness and pain when getting up. belly distended,...
View Articlebrainstorms
conversations with Volker and others range across vast spaces of cultural, spiritual, personal, and social thought and practice. as per usual. great! I’ve been checking brainstorms more than usual...
View Articleseminar
back in a classroom. talking about data – information – knowledge – intelligence – wisdom. signal-to-noise ratios. adaptability, chain-of-command, defined functions, trend analysis, long tail,...
View Articlecutting room floor
The cumulative fabric of the social system evolves through a constantly shifting, hybrid, and continuous field of change, affected by all flows: we might call it simply a net/archy. The differences...
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