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Megan Stern

What We Talk about When We Talk about Bandwidth - Boing Boing - 0 views

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digiciv water distribution bandwidth

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  • Megan Stern on 15 Nov 10
     
    Compares bandwidth with a modern water distribution system. It's a double whammy!
Gideon Burton

Things as They Really Are - Ensign June 2010 - ensign - 0 views

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Bednar LDS internet danger reality

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  • Gideon Burton on 03 Sep 12
     
    A key talk about the digital realm from the point of view of an LDS apostle.
Andrew DeWitt

Speeches Website - 0 views

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open digiciv open movement capitalism giving byu forum free give

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  • Andrew DeWitt on 28 Sep 10
     
    BYU Forum. Great Talk!  This is a must read/listen about if you give more you will actually make more.  Link that to ideas of a free economy.  
Gideon Burton

New Media Studies Syllabus - Rutgers - 0 views

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  • Gideon Burton on 23 Sep 10
     
    Christina Dunbar-Hester talks through her new media studies course outline at Rutgers
  • Gideon Burton on 23 Sep 10
     
    This is a good example of how social filters work. A former student sent me the link to this via Twitter, and the professor for this course has made a very solid outline of issues that compare to our Digital Civ themes. Good bibliography, too.
Andrew DeWitt

Talk It Up! - 1 views

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  • Andrew DeWitt on 21 Sep 10
     
    Heidi Miller's blog about social media. Great content
  • Andrew DeWitt on 21 Sep 10
     
    Somebody you might want to follow...
Brad Twining

Anthropological history of YouTube - 0 views

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digiciv web2.0 media social

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  • Brad Twining on 28 Sep 10
     
    Presented at the Library of Congress by a professor from Kansas State. It is almost an hour long, but a great talk! He talks about the impact of YouTube on society and culture and how revolutionizing it and Web 2.0 has been.
anonymous

Confessions of an Aca/Fan: Archives: Civic Media: A Syllabus - 0 views

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civic media government journalism

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  • anonymous on 03 Oct 10
     
    This is a syllubus of a class on civic media at USC. Talks about how media should be used to influence the public's engagement in government.
Jeffrey Whitlock

Will physical books be gone in five years? - CNN.com - 4 views

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      Jeffrey Whitlock on 18 Oct 10
       
      I sure hope that this does not come to pass! I love books and I get pretty tired of staring into a lightbulb to read. Great article, thanks for suggestion Mike.
  • Mike Lemon on 18 Oct 10
     
    Remember when we talked about this a few weeks ago? Or was I talking with some friends? Either way, enjoy the article.
Trevor Cox

My Great, Great Grandfather in Special Collections! - 1 views

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  • Trevor Cox on 26 Oct 10
     
    I found a book that talks about a number of Pioneers, one is my great, great grandfather! So cool. 
margaret_weddle

JSTOR: The Two-Year College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan., 1977), pp. 22-26 - 0 views

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calculus logarithms

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  • margaret_weddle on 14 Oct 10
     
    A Brief history of Logarithms, as talked about by Dr. Zapata in class today
Ariel Szuch

Transforming women's work: New ... - Google Books - 0 views

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  • Ariel Szuch on 12 Oct 10
     
    This is my group's book for our book club--it talks about the way women and families were affected by the industrial revolution
Andrew DeWitt

Learning in the Light of Faith - 0 views

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  • When I was just out of graduate school, I attended my first meeting of the American Physical Society in New York City. A highlight was a special event arranged by the conference organizers: the great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov had been invited to speak to us.
  • Hour after hour he wrote down the stories he found in books in the university library about people protesting the invention of things like machines to spin thread and to weave cloth, steam-powered trains, automobiles, airplanes, etc. All of these advances were perceived by the general public either to be physically dangerous or to be a threat to the livelihoods of workers in trades that were about to be destroyed by these advances.
  • when he started to write science fiction, he remembered all of this work he had done. So while his fellow writers were all rhapsodizing about the thrill of rockets and space travel (long before such things were possible), he wrote a story about how the local populace showed up at the launch site with torches and pitchforks in opposition to space travel. Years later, when rockets and travel outside of the earth’s atmosphere became possible, there were protests, and many of Mr. Asimov’s colleagues were astounded that he had predicted so far in advance that this would occur.
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  • “Why,” Mr. Asimov then asked us, “among all of these talented and visionary writers, was I the only one who was able to predict that this resistance to change would occur?” He let us think about the question for an uncomfortably silent minute, then leaned into the microphone and said in an intense voice that I still vividly remember: “It’s because people are stupid!”
  • The lesson I take from my memory of this experience is that the proper attitude to have when confronted with the vast complexity both of the universe and of the ideas and activities of the people who live on this small planet orbiting an ordinary star far away from the center of things in our galaxy is profound humility.
    • Andrew DeWitt
      Andrew DeWitt on 19 Oct 10
       
      This is how we ought to deal with future shock: "humility"
  • Andrew DeWitt on 19 Oct 10
     
    Great Devotional Talk by Ross Spencer.  Includes a great reference to "Future Shock".
Katherine Chipman

Ada Lovelace - The Babbage Engine | Computer History Museum - 0 views

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  • Katherine Chipman on 14 Oct 10
     
    interesting...it talks about Babbage, but it also talks about Ada Lovelace and shows how women were involved in the mathematics and pre-computer world of their time.
Shaun Frenza

Ray Kurzweil - technology will develope human evolution - 1 views

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digiciv science evolution technology web2.0 development

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  • Shaun Frenza on 26 Oct 10
     
    Very interesting talk on the growth of computers and computing power - its evolution - and how it will help us to evolve. All in all a great site to learn about our digital culture!!!!
Bri Zabriskie

YouTube - 'Oceans' Trailer 3 HD - 1 views

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  • Bri Zabriskie on 07 Oct 10
     
    Talk about sublime! 
Andrew DeWitt

BYU Devotional: The Most Important Three Things in the World - Brett G. Scharffs - 0 views

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mormon lds faith byu devotional

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  • Dr. Haught introduced theologian Paul Ricoeur’s concept of the three stages of religious faith
  • The first stage, childlike faith, may be likened to the clear, unimpeded view that one enjoys standing atop a tall mountain.7 As children, our faith is simple and uncritical, and we can see clearly in every direction.
  • The second stage Ricoeur calls the desert of criticism. At some point, often during adolescence, we descend from the mountain of childlike faith and enter the critical world. We might label this world “high school” or, better yet, “college.” Here we find that others do not share our faith. In fact, some openly disparage what we hold dear. We learn that the very idea of faith is thought by many to be childish or delusional. We may become skeptical, perhaps even cynical.
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  • The desert of criticism is akin to being in the midst of a blinding sandstorm, where you are forced to lean into the wind and take one step at a time without a clear view of where you are going. Walking by faith becomes difficult. Some of our former beliefs cannot survive the desert of criticism.
  • Ricoeur did not malign the desert of criticism, for some childish beliefs are incorrect and should be abandoned
  • Furthermore, it is only in coming down from the mountain that we are able to enter into the world and engage others who are different from us. To a great extent this is where life is lived and where we can make a difference in the world. Some people never leave the desert of criticism, and in time the memory of their childlike faith may dim. After prolonged exposure to the desert of criticism, some even lose their faith altogether. Ricoeur maintained that once one has entered the desert of criticism, it is not possible to return to the mountain of childlike faith. It is a little like leaving Eden. Something has been lost; life and faith can never be quite so simple again
  • But he held out the possibility of a third stage of religious faith. On the other side of the desert of criticism lies another mountain, not as tall as the mountain of childlike faith, with views that are not quite as clear and unobstructed. But we can, as Dr. Haught explained it, remove ourselves periodically from the desert of criticism and ascend this somewhat less majestic mountain. Ricoeur calls this possibility of a second faith “postcritical” naveté or a “second naveté.”
  • Here the truths and realities of our childlike faith can be reaffirmed or revised
  • Our faith will not be as simple as it once was, but it need not be lost. In fact, I believe our faith may become more powerful than before, for it will have weathered and survived the assaults of the desert of criticism.
  • Andrew DeWitt on 03 Nov 10
     
    My favorite part of this talk is his description of the three stages of faith which I have highlighted.
Danny Patterson

All about yellow - 2 views

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Wassily Kandinsky art

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  • Danny Patterson on 28 Oct 10
     
    This site talks all about the color yellow and pulls an interesting quote from Wassily Kandinsky. I've listed it below: "A yellow circle will reveal a spreading movement outwards from the center which almost markedly approaches the spectator; a blue circle develops a concentric movement (like a snail hiding in its shell) and moves away from the spectator." --Wassily Kandinsky
  • Kristi Koerner on 28 Oct 10
     
    What about the use of the color yellow to represent cowardice and illness?
James Wilcox

[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Treatment of Alan Turing was "appalling" - PM | Number10.gov.uk - 0 views

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  • James Wilcox on 07 Nov 10
     
    Alan Turing made both changes in technology and mathematics along with changes in societal norms.  In this article it talks a little of his influence on the gender issue.
Brandon McCloskey

BBC News - Ray Ozzie tells Microsoft to 'go beyond the PC' - 0 views

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digiciv open media web2.0

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  • For the most part, we've grown to perceive of "computing" as being equated with specific familiar "artifacts" such as the "computer", the "program" that's installed on a computer, and the "files" that are stored on that computer's "desktop
  • Such thinking, he said, was becoming less and less relevant as the way people used computers and what they did changed
  • Connections rather than computers were more important
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  • To prosper and stay relevant, he said, Microsoft must embrace this change and get to grips with a world that cares about "continuous services" rather than computers
  • Brandon McCloskey on 27 Oct 10
     
    Wow, this is really relevant to a lot of things we've been talking about in class. I highlighted a good part of it.
Andrew DeWitt

Keeping Our Place In a Complex Universe - 0 views

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universe exoplanets astronomy

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  • Andrew DeWitt on 05 Nov 10
     
    Michael Fried talks about life here on earth.
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