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Is Google Watching Your Library Visits?

Posted by Michael Zimmeron February 1, 2005in Libraries, Privacy, Search EnginesLeave a comment

(via Google Weblog) Daniel Brandt at Google-Watch points out the possibility that Google's personally identifiable cookie could enable the FBI or other government authorities to see what books you read using Google Library via a subpoena. His particular concern is…

More “friendly” search engines…

Posted by Michael Zimmeron January 31, 2005in Search Engines, Values In DesignLeave a comment

(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 DesignLeave a comment

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…

Seeking Better Web Searches

Posted by Michael Zimmeron January 30, 2005in Search Engines, Values In DesignLeave a comment

Scientific American is seeking better Web searches. They report on all sorts of innovations happening outside the Google-Yahoo-MSN zone that the press is usually reporting on, including GPS-enhanced searches from University of Maryland, Shape Retrieval and Analysis from Princeton, musical…

The Age of Egocasting

Posted by Michael Zimmeron January 24, 2005in Personal Tech, Values In DesignLeave a comment

Christine Rosen's article "The Age of Egocasting" in the latest The New Atlantis provides needed insight on the impact of new technology (such as TiVo & iPod) on our desire to feel "in control" of the media that we experience.…

Technopolis

Posted by Michael Zimmeron January 19, 2005in Social Media, Values In DesignLeave a comment

Just came across Langdon Winner's blog, Technopolis: Technopolis, a weblog by Langdon Winner, offers occasional reflections on historical, philosophical, and contemporary questions that involve the perplexing intersection of human ends and means.