Network theory rules!

MIT Technology Review: Untapped Networks. Q&A with Duncan Watts, Columbia University sociologist. Theories of networks have been around for a long time, so the science itself really isn't new. What is new is the synthesis of ideas from a variety of disciplines: math, computer science, sociology, biology. [Tomalak's Realm]

3:14:20 PM    

Good Reading!

Make no mistake.

Dr. Weinberger and I decided to sum up a whole bunch of stuff in one big site: World of Ends: What the Internet Is and How to stop Mistaking It for Something Else.

If you know anybody who's into being all dumb about the Net, this is the place to send them.

Of course, it's good for people being smart too. They just don't need it as much.

Dr. W. explains more here.

[The Doc Searls Weblog]

6:34:28 AM    

Which way do we go?

State Republican leaders want us to consider raising tuition -- national Republican leaders do not.  While Rome burns, the fiddle players are sitting on the fence.

Lawmaker Proposes a Measure to Restrain Tuition Increases. A Republican lawmaker responsible for shepherding higher education policy through the House has proposed penalizing schools that raise tuition too quickly. By Greg Winter. [New York Times: Politics]

6:29:56 AM    

It seemed appropriate at the time...

We all empathize with this guy...

US man shoots laptop. An American man is arrested after shooting his laptop in frustration after it repeatedly crashed. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

Wonder what "People for the Ethical Treatment of Computers" will have to say about this?

6:27:31 AM