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Speaking at SemTech

Speaking at SemTech

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I’ll be speaking at the Semantic Technology Conference in San Jose at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, June 17, 2009! Messy Folksonomies: The Uses of Metanoise for Better Organizational Collaboration This presentation will consider the uses of bottom-up, co-evolving folksonomies for better communication and collaboration across disciplinary lines. For reasons of efficiency, semantic technologies often focus on terminological control. However, where several types of discourse exist within the same organization, a layer of bottom-up vocabulary provides a space for the change…

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Buy John’s Book

Buy John’s Book

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I have been seriously remiss in my intellectual (and wifely) support! I haven’t even urged you to buy, read, and comment on hubby’s book – The Allure of Machinic Life: Cybernetics, Artificial Life, and the New AI (Bradford Books, MIT Press)! Preview The Allure of Machinic Life at Google Books. I’m a little annoyed about the title, since I preferred “The Lure of Machinic Life” to “The Allure of Machinic Life.” However, the absolutely wonderful bit on me me me…

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Oh, thank you, package from Amazon.com

Oh, thank you, package from Amazon.com

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Oh joy! Books! Books I ordered, but that now appear like a comic gift to me from Benevolent Deities Inc. Happy sigh. Ahhhhh…. two for browsing at leisure, one for candy satisfaction: Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings Rob Brezsny Diva Lion says: Pronoia is a philosophy book of a most unusual stripe. It takes a lot of the ideas that Breszny has developed on the Free Will Astrology…

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Gettin Nothin But Static

Gettin Nothin But Static

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Livin’ on the edge of Zeee-eee-eeeee…. The B-52s, “Channel Z” [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUOYFuMaATg[/youtube] I am livin’ on Channel Z! Gettin’ nothing but static (static) Gettin’ nothing but static (static) Static in my attic from Channel Z Getting nothing but static (static) Getting nothing but static (static) Static fills my attic from Channel Z I don’t know, I feel like something’s happening Something good is happening I feel love has got to come on, and I want it Something big and lovely And…

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The Multi-faceted Goddess Prayer

The Multi-faceted Goddess Prayer

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This most astounding of Goddess prayers is from Rob Brezsny’s book Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings– the latest addition to my wishlist. You may know Rob Brezsny if you follow his witty syndicated column Free Will Astrology. Thanks to sweet Nessa for suggesting it – I found it posted at Killing the Buddha. Prayer for You How do you get God’s attention? Try sweet talking his girlfriend. by…

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Quiddity

Quiddity

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I’m amazed by the way one word can fire off a whole line of thought. This is a good one: quiddity. The word “quiddity” (Latin quidditas) is one way to denote the idea of the real nature or essence of a thing, the very thing that makes it what it is. Literally, it translates as “whatness” or “what it is.” That sounds very individualistic to an American ear, and “what is it” sounds like it might be referring to the…

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