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RESCITE: September 2008

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The blog of noise, interference and diversity. Federated Cloud Computing - Museums were there first. Last Tuesday, Google announced its Chrome Browser. I am not particularly interested in problems about "letting cartoon cats out of bags," but more so in the issues about ownership and rights to information that this move highlights. It is clear that what Google are doing is to set the stage for their moves into Clouds. Now, why am I telling you all this? The reason is that it is not all that vacant. T...

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RESCITE: July 2011

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The blog of noise, interference and diversity. Digging into Technology's Past - Archaeology Magazine. It is nice to know that after years of working as a media archaeologist, and an archaeologist that is an historian of technology, that the archaeology community is finally waking up to the existence of the discipline. I don't want to gloat, but there is a quiet satisfaction of "I have been telling you so.". Digging into Technology's Past - Archaeology Magazine. Links to this post. View my complete profile.

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RESCITE: Paternalistic neo-colonialism in 21st century anthropology

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The blog of noise, interference and diversity. Paternalistic neo-colonialism in 21st century anthropology. Access to the now institutionalised patrimony and inscriptions of the indigenous, appropriated over centuries largely without the consent, or even knowledge, of the originating cultures, are now strictly guarded by these marshals of cultures not their own. Is this just the last desperate grasping of a dying epistemology, or the resurgence of a new colonialism? Let's hope the former.

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RESCITE: January 2011

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The blog of noise, interference and diversity. Paternalistic neo-colonialism in 21st century anthropology. Access to the now institutionalised patrimony and inscriptions of the indigenous, appropriated over centuries largely without the consent, or even knowledge, of the originating cultures, are now strictly guarded by these marshals of cultures not their own. Is this just the last desperate grasping of a dying epistemology, or the resurgence of a new colonialism? Let's hope the former. Museum of Archae...

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RESCITE: February 2010

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The blog of noise, interference and diversity. Problems with CC Attribution and Non-Commercial. Shelley Bernstein, the Brooklyn Museum. 8217;s Chief of Technology, earlier this month. In keeping with the Brooklyn Museum's innovative approach to on-line access, they are creating an API for people to access all of their digital content via the CC Attribution/Non-Commercial license. Last year, Sydney's Powerhouse Museum. Did something similar when it put most of its digital images up on Flickr. You could sa...

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RESCITE: June 2009

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The blog of noise, interference and diversity. The Tables and Chairs of Database Origins. A friend was over from the States this weekend. She is the one who invented boundary objects. And she always gets me thinking. She gets me thinking largely because she is so smart, but also because she puts things in a way that gets you thinking. That is a rare gift. I do realize that the genealogies for all of these systems are complex, and that what is most important is the transformation from media to media machi...

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RESCITE: February 2009

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The blog of noise, interference and diversity. I am not keen to discuss this aspect of his life, the Judaic and Christian fundamentalism, the colonial apologetic, and the soft misogynism, but to try and remember an earlier man - a man who I could recognize in myself, a man who has a genealogy with my own. But a man who I did not remember. My daddy was a miner,. And I'm a miner's son,. He'll be with you fellow workers. Until the battle's won. Which side are you on? Which side are you on? Links to this post.

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RESCITE: March 2009

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The blog of noise, interference and diversity. Strange how many people think the same - at the same time. After finishing the previous blog-post this morning, I noticed Robin Good's entry on Bye Bye E-Learning: Emergent Learning Paradigm More Important Than Digital Delivery Tools. Well done Robin (the other one). Nice to see the pressure building. Also, found a few good examples of what these more hybrid and decentred approaches are arguing against. See HASTAC's Future of the Digital Humanities. 8220; a ...

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RESCITE: May 2009

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The blog of noise, interference and diversity. You want that wrapped or just in a bag? Kevin Marks' blogged a year ago in An API is a bespoke suit, a standard is a t-shirt. That the problem with an API is that it:. Is like being a bespoke tailor - you have to measure them carefully, and cut your code exactly right to fit in with their shapes, and the effort is the same for every site you have to deal with (you get more skilled at it over time, but it is a craft nonetheless). ( 1. It is true that APIs.