Interrelativity

Interrelativity: musings about interrelatedness

  • Frontchannels, Backchannels and Sidechannels at CSCW 2004

    CSCW 2004 was an engaging experience along numerous dimensions. In addition to an interesting collection of papers, panels and keynotes presented in the frontchannel(s), we had WiFi coverage and designated IRC channels throughout all the sessions. In one session, we projected the IRC window onto the main presentation screen, moving the backchannel toward the frontchannel,…

  • Representations of Identity: Digital and Physical

    CSCW 2004 was a great conference on multiple dimensions (for me); personal highlights include participating in a great workshop, exploring Chicago, co-presenting a paper, co-organizing a panel and being inspired by the closing plenary.  I’m going to post separate entries for each of these, starting with the workshop. The workshop was on "Representations of Digital…

  • The Politics of the Apology

    Liz Lawley recently posted an interesting piece on the art of the apology, highlighting how apologizing can be a simple and effective strategy for maintaining good relations among people and organizations.  She showed great restraint by not going into the politics of the apology, or mentioning U.S. President George W. Bush, whose unwillingness to even…

  • Backblogged

    It’s been a busy week — so much to blog about, yet so little time to blog … leaving me feeling rather backblogged (which I’ll define as "[n] an accumulation of insights or experiences not yet recorded or posted electronically"). I enjoyed a great visit with my friends and former colleagues at Accenture Technology Labs…

  • Digital Backchannels in Shared Physical Spaces

    danah boyd and I are organizing a panel on "Digital Backchannels in Shared Physical Spaces" at CSCW 2004.  If anyone wants to "join" us on the IRC chat channel, we’ll be at #cscwC (on irc.freenode.net) from 11:00am-12:30pm Central Time today (Wednesday, November 10).  More info on how to use IRC can be found on the…

  • A New Habit: Find Your Voice and Inspire Others to Find Theirs

    A USA Today article today — in their Money Section (?!) — announced the publication of Stephen Covey‘s new book, "The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness", a sequel to "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People".  The new habit is to "find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs".  I find this particularly…

  • Entrepreneur University 2004

    I attended Entrepreneur University 2004 today, a daylong workshop at the University of Washington sponsored by the Northwest Entrepreneurial Network (NWEN).  Lots of interesting and inspiring presentations and discussion, much of it emphasizing the importance and value of passion and emotion in the success of a venture. 

  • Amy’s Back from Nephew Jack’s

    Amy is back home, after spending four days with her sister and brother-in-law, Julie and Jim, and helping them care for their new baby, Jack, born on October 18. As is always the case when she goes away, her absence helped me appreciate all the more everything she does here to care of this family.…

  • GWB, FDR, HST, JFK … and LBJ

    In a speech today, U.S. President George W. Bush invoked a lineage of Democratic presidents: The party of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman and John Kennedy is rightly remembered for confidence and resolve in times of war and hours of crisis. Senator Kerry has turned his back on “pay any price,” and “bear any burden.”…

  • When One Door Closes, Another Opens

    I have left Intel Research Seattle to open up to new opportunities. I sent out farewell messages, and a number of people have asked for more information. I decided to post some more information on this blog, motivated in part by a desire for efficiency — write once for multiple potential readers (a sort of…