Mike Rossmassler

Wednesday's meeting, a sort of catch-up for all all of us first years, was a lot more fun than some similar classes that i had in my years as an undergraduate. I think that's largely due to the company and the subject matter, as Revelle seminars are really intended for pre-med students, not people like me...

So today we had a nice sit-down with danah boyd, social network theorist, and holder of many degrees. She talks quickly and precisely, and her enthusiasm for the subject is extremely evident. The topic? Social structures stemming from online environments.

The guest speaker tonight is Simon Penny, and i'm just writing this to remind myself to bring up one of my perennial topics, the implantation of rare earth magnets. Thanks to Anthony for digging up those links.

The installation.
The removal.

Liveblogging of the Simon Penny Talk...

Here's a transcript of the backchannel chat from today's seminar. didn't get to liveblog it because i chose to googlejockey instead. There's so many buzzwords in that sentence that i feel like puking.
Full stuff after the jump

Tonight's speaker was very interesting. Associated with the BBC, she talked about the growing interest in major corporations for new technology and new modes of thinking. Cool stuff, and good to hear that the beeb is thinking about this kind of stuff. Loads better than the fearmongering Fox News does with myspace and the foley-page debacle. Just wish she would have talked about her days playing quake. But i think i'm alone in that. :/

I did get to ask a question about privacy concerns, and got an answer that was more than adequate considering a lot of the prevailing attitudes towards datacollection and privacy on the internet. Fun stuff.