Utopic visions -
Bush
and Greenberger
January 13 - Discussion of Bush and Greenberger
Precursors of Bush
Emanuel
Goldberg and his Statistical Machine - demonstrated in Dresden,
London and Paris in 1931
H. G. Wells' World
Brain/World Encyclopedia first presented in London 1936 in another
version than the linked version here.
Precursors of Orwell
Thomas More. "Utopia"
(1516)
Edward Bellamy. "Looking
Backward" (1857)
H. G. Wells. "Time Machine"
(1898)
Jack London. "Iron
Heel" (1907)
Eugene Zamiatin. "We" (1921. 1924-English edition).
Aldous Huxley. "Brave
New World" (1931)
Assignment for Thursday 1/15
Read Rheingold introduction "How the Recognize the Future When It Lands On You" and the Updates at smartmobs.com on HtRtFWILOY
January 15 - How to Recognize the Future When It Lands on You
Assignment for Tuesday 1/20 "Shibuya Epiphany"
January 20 - Shibuya Epiphany
Assignment for Tuesday 1/22 SE on smartmobs.com
January 22 - Update of Shibuya Epiphany
Assignment for Tuesday 1/27 Technologies of Cooperation
January 27 - Technologies of Cooperation
January 29 - Visit with Bob Young - Red Hat founder and head of Lulu.com
Assignment for Tuesday 2/3 read about EFF.org and for Cory Doctorow visit
February 3 - pre-Cory Doctorow discussion
February 5 - visit by Cory Doctorow
Assignment for Tuesday 2/10 ToC on smartmobs.com
February 10 - Update of Technologies of Cooperation
Assignment for Thursday 2/12 Computation Nations and Swarm Supercomputers
Step 1 of Major Paper due
February 12 - Computation Nations and Swarm Supercomputers
Kelly Hoffman and LaQuintes Jones
Assignment for Tuesday 2/17 CN and SS on smartmobs.com
February 17 - Update of Computation Nations and Swarm Supercomputers
Harrison Hall and Adam King
Assignment for Thursday 2/19 The Era of Sentient Things
February 19 - The Era of Sentient Things
Aletha Green and Chris Liang
Smart Dust in US News and World Report 2/16/04
Roadblocks to RFIDs in Cnet 2/19/04
Assignment for Tuesday 2/24 tEoST on smartmobs.com
February 24 - Update of The Era of Sentient Things
Len Fiume and Tadra Martin
Assignment for Thursday 2/26 The Evolution of Reputation
February 26 - The Evolution of Reputation
Olapeju Fadiora and T. Meekins
Marc Smith at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference
Assignment for Tuesday 3/2 EoR on smartmobs.com
Step 2 of Major Paper due
March 2 - Update of The Evolution of Reputation
Zach Evans and Jennifer O'Bryan
Assignment for Thursday 3/4 Wireless Quilts
March 4 - Wireless Quilts
Christina Ekeleme and Sam Sims
SF Public Wireless (and Brewster Kahle) in Time
Dave Hughes Colorado Wireless Project
David Reed's Open Spectrum Site
Assignment for Tuesday 3/16 WQ on smartmobs.com
March 16 - Update on Wireless Quilts
Taylor Debnam and Alicia Terrian
Assignment for Thursday 3/18 Smart Mobs: The Power of the Mobile Many
March 18 - Smart Mobs: The Power of the Mobile Many
Erik Dalton and Curtis Webster
UPOC (universal point of contact)
Digifest 2004 featuring Steve Mann
Wearable Computing Group - U of Oregon
Granovetter and Social Network Analysis
Smart Mobs with a purpose (Madrid)
Assignment for Tuesday 3/23 SM on smartmobs.com
March 23 - Update on Smart Mobs
Trisha Crutchfield and D'Wayne Wilkins
Assignment for Thursday 3/25 Always-On Panopticon ... or Cooperation Amplifier
March 25 - Visit with State Senator Eric Reeves Co-chair of the Information Technology Committee, Co-chair of Select Committee on Laptops in Senate Chamber
March 30 - Always-On Panopticon ... or Cooperation Amplifier
Nathan Cox and Stewart Williams
Foucault's "Technologies of the Self" defined
EPCOT (aka Waltopia) - Rosette City or Panopticon
New Lessig Book - Free Culture (download or buy)
Assignment for Thursday 4/1
smartmobs.com on Always-On Panopticon ... or Cooperation Amplifier
April 1 - Update of Always-On Panopticon ... or Cooperation Amplifier
Jennifer Bullock and Jenny Wong
Assignment for Tuesday 4/6 Begin The Future of Ideas (Preface through Part I )
Step 3 of Major Paper due
April 6 - Discussion of the beginnings of Future of Ideas (Part I - DOT.COMMONS)
Alex Bethune
Assignment for Thursday 4/13 Read Part II of Future of Ideas
April 8 - Jeanne Smythe of ATN Security and Policy
April 13 - Discussion of Part II DOT.CONTRAST
Assignment for Thursday 4/15 Complete Future of Ideas (Part III - DOT.CONTROL)
April 15 - Discussion of Future of Ideas - Especially Part III
Assignment for Tuesday 4/10
April 20 - (Jones at imaging and archives conference)
April 22 - Major paper due at noon.
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