January 31, 2005 – MichaelZimmer.org

More “friendly” search engines…

Posted by Michael Zimmeron January 31, 2005in Search Engines, Values In Design

(via John Battelle's Searchbog) Craig Silverstein, Google's technology officer, asks how your search engine can become more like your friend:It's clear that a list of links, though very useful, doesn't match the way people give information to each other," says…

Submission to “Science and Technology in Society” Conference

Posted by Michael Zimmeron January 31, 2005in Events, Mobility, Privacy, Values In Design2 Comments

I've made the following submission to the Science and Technology in Society conference sponsored by the School of Public Policy at George Mason University, The Center for International Science and Technology Policy at George Washington University, the Science and Technology…

iPod therefore iAm

Posted by Michael Zimmeron January 31, 2005in Personal Tech, Values In Design

Wired News writes about Prof. Markus Giesler's ethnographic study of iPod users called "iPod Therefore iAm." Giesler uncovers the formation of a new "cyborg consumer":According to Giesler's preliminary research, the iPod isn't simply an updated Walkman. It's an entirely new…