Looking back it's quite possible to see that everything said in 2018 about Facebook was pretty obvious more than a decade ago. There's a great deal of wishful thinking about social media and the Internet generally, especially regarding its supposed emancipatory potential. And the problem is deeper than one corporation, however dominant. It hinges on … Continue reading Facebook in 2008
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Coding is still not the new literacy
People are often saying that programming is the new literacy, but actually thinking about programming is more significant. Creating the models that are to be computed is what we need to be teaching and learning.
How to choose the best online citation tools
Just as I finally get used to loving Zotero, it looks like Mendeley is set to claim my heart. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, these are on-line citation tools for academic research and writing. They use various different methods for collecting and manipulating metadata relating to books, journals, papers and websites – … Continue reading How to choose the best online citation tools
Official: Top Search Engine reveals Atheist Bias!
Try searching for "God is now here". Then try seaching for "God is nowhere". Spot the difference. Discuss...
God-like Google?
Nick Carr posted a piece about the 'Omnigoogle', accusing it of being messianic in tone. People seem confused about the status of Google. it can be clarified thus. Although Google's working mantra is supposedly 'don't be evil', evil is exactly what it has been doing in relation to Chinese censorship. This makes it a lot … Continue reading God-like Google?
Linking Virtual Worlds
Supposedly, Australians are leaving Second Life in droves. It seems, though, the researcher Kim MacKenzie's words were taken out of context, and she's fed up about the media looking for 'Second Life is dying' stories. Beating the Ghost Town effect Reading about the ghost town effect, and having experienced it myself in eery lone visits … Continue reading Linking Virtual Worlds
Four Cultures 