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New report coming on “How Much Information”

By Ira Nathenson on June 28, 2008

A new “How Much Information” study is being undertaken, to update previous reports done in 2000 and 2003.  The HMI study’s site states: An updated and expanded study of information growth, conducted by a multi-disciplinary, multi-university team supported by corporate and foundation sponsorship, will complete an update of the 2003 Berkeley report by the end [...]

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Tiger Woods, distractions, and laptops in the classroom

By Ira Nathenson on June 24, 2008

I was awe-struck during the recent U.S. Open Championship, where Tiger Woods won a nerve-wracking 19-hole playoff on the fifth day.  The whole time, Woods suffered from a torn ACL and a double-stress fracture in his leg.  Not only was he often in visible pain when taking a shot: he also had to walk a [...]

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Chinese censorship and the infoglut

By Ira Nathenson on June 21, 2006

Yesterday, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote about his experiments in testing Chinese censorship of the internet. (See In China It’s ******* vs. Netizens, June 20, 2006, subscription required.) Kristof started two Chinese-language blogs and filled them with politically charged postings. He was surprised that the posts were quickly available online, with only an [...]

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