Tag Archives: web

David Weinberger’s Knowledge in the Age of Abundance

David Weinberger
Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard
& 4 ways the Internet isĀ  making us dumber (though overall it’s making us smarter)

Information abundant, but also abundance of crap.
Organizations premised on the good stuff having to redefine.
Age of information: finding out information, narrowing down to good stuff.
Today: abundant information (showed a profile page to demonstrate)
Exited [...]

putting the web into perspective

Thanks, Kevin Kelly.

a contest for your students…

These two fellows (who graduated from my alma mater) are posting humor videos to YouTube. This one is about a contest that students can participate in to win new geek toys. (If only I were a student…) The contest is being held by WorldBook, and participants make videos about website evaluation. Sounds like good [...]