Posts belonging to Category Shock2008

Dangers in selling your soul to Google

Posted by niall on April 3, 2008

At the Oxford Shock of the Old Conference: I’ve just listened to a thought provoking talk by Ian Bell, Records Manager and Information Compliance Officer at the University of Dundee. It would be fun to get Ian in the same room as people like Martin Weller, who’s sold his soul to Google, and Tony [...]

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Stuffy lecture theatres in SecondLife. What’s that about?

Posted by niall on April 3, 2008

When Karl Harrison demonstrated a stuffy looking lecture video – complete with a blackboard – within the SecondLife island he’s created, my heart sank. I’m at the Shock of the Old Conference in Oxford, as usual on the look out for good examples of using technology in effective ways rather than just for the [...]

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