Fresh from the IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS 08), slides from my talk on “How Web 2.0 Communities Solve the Knowledge Sharing Problem.” (Thanks to Andrew Clement for checking during the talk…
While prepping for the Virtual Worlds panel at American Bar Association National Institute on Cyberlaw, I kept running into papers from a great journal called CyberPsychology & Behavior. Here’s a taste of their research results…
I’m tired of out of date, expensive textbooks. I’m tired of fighting copyright fair use battles. I’m tired of students being trapped in my class, when other students and teachers around the world are grappling…
At USF, we’ve been using great open source software platforms like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla!, and phpBB in the classroom for some time. What’s really interesting about these open source platforms is that you can start…
The rest of the economy may be going to hell, but American tech companies are still going strong. Last week’s article in Network World featured some of my thoughts on why tech is holding up,…
Does our Information Technology match our values? That’s not a question you typically hear companies asking. They usually ask: does the technology match my business and technical requirements? Requirements are the right way to think…
Our paper on Web 2.0 and Social Informatics has now been published in issue #8 of the Journal of Social Informatics (JSI). JSI happens to be an online magazine published by the West University of…
The newly-released book Computerization Movements and Technology Diffusion looks at how positive visions of the future convince people to invest in, adopt, and use new technologies. For many emerging technologies, rational arguments and financials aren’t…
Our pictures were on page A7 of the Western edition of the Wall Street Journal, 3/5/08. Of course, mine was a paid placement for our fine Executive MBA program… Now, who do you want answering…
Finally, official confirmation that I have the best job in the world…and that the hours and hours I’ve wasted spent playing Civilization IV have some redeeming social purpose…I got to play Civ IV in class!…