http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/metablog/ A discussion blog for ICS 234C (Winter quarter 2004) on Community and Cyberspace. en-us 2004-02-20T00:45:56-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/metablog/archives/000082.html An interesting story I found about blogging in Iran amidst the upcoming parliamentary elections. Check out the links to the blogs at the bottom of the article... yehm 2004-02-20T00:45:56-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/metablog/archives/000069.html Mynatt, O'Day, Adler, Ito This 1998 paper discusses the genre of 'network communities' which are described as "...robust and persistent communities based on a sense of locality that spans both the virtual and physical worlds of their users." The authors'... Papers & Articles stuttle 2004-02-03T11:13:44-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/metablog/archives/000064.html http://www.bev.net/ Anticipating the conversation on network communities. From the website: "Who are we? We're local citizens, business persons, educators, school children, senior citizens, and volunteers. It's the diversity of our villagers that make the BEV an exciting place to be!"... Websites & Blogsites stuttle 2004-02-01T22:28:43-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/metablog/archives/000060.html John Robb has this list: There are three ways to build a hot weblog. To be a connection machine (people with huge blogrolls and/or RSS lists that point to other weblogs -- they do add their two cents and sometimes... Thinking about Blogs vhaldar 2004-01-30T23:33:04-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/metablog/archives/000056.html http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/atlas.html... Websites & Blogsites stuttle 2004-01-29T21:16:00-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/metablog/archives/000047.html Today, Prof. Nardi talked about Personal blogs, Publishing blogs, Punditry, and Product-related blogs. Am I missing any major categories, or do I get to go with my all-too-cute "critical Ps"? -- That's not my point. My point is really that... Thinking about Blogs danyelf 2004-01-27T22:06:04-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/metablog/archives/000046.html Agre's chapter "Information and Institutional Change: The Case for Digital Libraries" seeks to identify ways to characterize the interactions and relationships between technology and social institutions and he uses the idea of a digital library as an exemplar to give... Papers & Articles sabrams 2004-01-27T16:11:58-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/metablog/archives/000045.html Wanted: personal social network coordinator (You can't make stuff like this up!) Seriously, though, is delegation or automation of web logs the future? How about a presence tracking system that posted to Paul's blog that he was in his office... jerenkra 2004-01-27T14:15:47-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/metablog/archives/000044.html http://www.bopnews.com/... Websites & Blogsites stuttle 2004-01-27T12:44:26-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/metablog/archives/000043.html For blog and news junkies: I cobbled together a little AOL chat bot that monitors a bunch of RSS feeds and periodically sends me new news items as instant messages. Get it here (tar.gz file). There's a README in there... Applications vhaldar 2004-01-27T05:29:43-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/metablog/archives/000042.html The author examines various aspects of "identity" in virtual communities, and in particular, the role of multiple and deceptive identities. Why is "identity" so important? Because in any community, evaluating information is deeply influenced by its source, and the reputation... Papers & Articles vhaldar 2004-01-27T04:57:17-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/metablog/archives/000041.html Politics / Economics blogger Billmon just got sent up to the world economic forum in Davos, where people who are far richer than you and I talk about how they'll spend our money in the next year. Interestingly, Davos had... Websites & Blogsites danyelf 2004-01-27T01:17:21-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/metablog/archives/000040.html Hi, I am looking for a partner to work on the project in this class. Anyone who needs a partner can email me (jkotak@uci.edu).... jkotak 2004-01-26T23:26:57-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/metablog/archives/000039.html Blogging Agre Agre's "CYBERSPACE AS AMERCIAN CULTURE" attempts to evaluate the effects of cyberspace on the standing institutions around it. Starting with the common rhetoric that the internet changes everything, dismantling institutions and rethinking interactions, he attempts to push back,... Papers & Articles danyelf 2004-01-26T20:26:24-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/metablog/archives/000038.html This paper “The Presentation of self in Electronic Life: Goffman on the Internet” describes various process of self presentation online. The author also juxtaposes presentation in “real” world vs. presentation in the “virtual” world in context to self presentation. In... Papers & Articles jkotak 2004-01-26T10:30:33-08:00