The Meaning is the Message

A smart summary of Marshal McLuhans theories:

Der Schwabe Darth Vader

Gefunden auf DabbleSläsch

Dick Hardt 3.0 on Identity 2.0

Webcasts: Dick presented once more another twist on Identity 2.0 at The Next Web Conference 2007 (google video)

podcasts for reboot9

check out Nicole Simon's pre reboot conference podcasts at cruel to be kind. Actually, by now they are post reboot.

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A duel at reboot9

I am happy to present at reboot9 this year. I'll talk about a duel between desktop- and web-computing.

Abstract. Today the user of personal computers is facing several inconsistencies which originate from an unresolved situation between two competing interaction models. The WIMP desktop model was developed nearly 30 years ago at Xerox Parc and Apple Computer. The web model became popular in the mid 1990s and has profoundly changed business and the perception of social relationships. Contradictions between these two models have a severe negative impact on human-computer interaction.

The presentation will be based on a similar talk I gave at MEDICHI a month ago.

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Dueling Interaction Models of Personal-Computing and Web-Computing

A position paper for MEDICHI 2007 by Matthias Müller-Prove and Frank Ludolph:

Abstract. Today the user of PCs is facing several inconsistencies which originate from an unresolved situation between two competing interaction models. The WIMP-desktop model has been developed nearly 30 years ago at Xerox Parc and Apple Computer. The web model became popular in the mid 1990s and has profoundly changed business and the perception of social relationships. Contradictions between both models have a severe negative impact on the human-computer interaction.

Read the entire article.

Bruce Sterling at UbiComp 2006

Keynote by Bruce Sterling: The majesty of the ideas and the lyricism of the language.

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Doug does HyperScope

Vision and Reality of Hypertext and Graphical User Interfaces: The release party for HyperScope 1.0 is comming up.

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Weizenbaum. Rebel at Work.

Ein Film von Peter Haas und Silvia Holzinger um das Leben und Werk Joseph Weizenbaums. 80 min DVD, 2006

Ein berührendes Portrait des Menschen Joseph Weizenbaum. Wenn man sein berufliches Leben, seine Bücher und Überzeugungen kennt, ist der Film eine ganz liebevolle Hommage. Wenn man Weizenbaum noch nicht kennt, dann wird man durch "Rebel at Work" angeregt "Die Macht der Computer und die Ohnmacht der Vernunft" zu lesen und hört dann den Autor selbst zu einem sprechen. Jeder Informatiker sollte den Film mal gesehen haben.

Il Mare Film works on a portait on Joseph Weizenbaum. The German DVD is available for EUR 23,40. The English version will follow in a couple of months. – Trailer:

Siehe auch

• Wir werden Bediener, ZDFmediathek März 2005
• Das Gefühl kann man unmöglich programmieren, Computer Zeitung 23. Okt. 2006
• Militär treibt massiv den IT-Fortschritt an, Computer Zeitung 30. Okt. 2006