http://www.djsaab.info/blog djsaab's personal infospace Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:38:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Below is a Wordle of a paper that I'm presenting at the iConference in a few weeks: The paper offers up an ontology of tags based in Heideggerian phenomenology and schema theory. It critiques the view that social bookmarking sites are a type of collaborative effort among users and illustrates ... http://www.djsaab.info/blog/2010/01/18/wordle-the-ontology-of-tags/ From Heim, M. (1993) The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality, New York: Oxford University Press: What Heidegger called 'the essence of technology' infiltrates human existence more intimately than anything humans could create. The danger of technology lies in the transformation of the human being, by which human actions and aspirations are ... http://www.djsaab.info/blog/2009/11/12/the-infiltration-of-technology/ Best viewed fullscreeen http://www.djsaab.info/blog/2009/05/20/inforgs/ Below is a Wordle of a paper that I'm presenting at NA-CAP@IU 2009 next month: The paper talks about semantic network representations as emergent cultural entities that are ontologically connected to larger cultural landscapes. I explore semantic networks from a Heideggerian existentialist and phenomenological perspective. I invoke cultural schema ... http://www.djsaab.info/blog/2009/05/12/wordle-of-a-paper/ http://www.djsaab.info/blog/2008/08/25/terraform/ Wade Davis makes the point: cultures are facets of the human experience. There is no pinnacle of culture, no culture that sits at the apex of a metaphorical pyramid. Each has something of value to share as part of the story of what it means to be ... http://www.djsaab.info/blog/2008/07/09/web-of-belief-and-ritual/ I successfully defended my dissertation research proposal yesterday. I was a bit nervous, as this is a pretty big milestone, but I've got a great committee backing me up. They asked a bunch of insightful questions and gave me some good advice on improving some things. I'll post a ... http://www.djsaab.info/blog/2008/06/13/successful-proposal-defense/ I found this navigation sphere via Information Aesthetics. I like the interface a lot, but it's not without its difficulties. It portrays a series of images in the shape of a sphere that are connected to each other with lines. Both the images and lines are clickable. ... http://www.djsaab.info/blog/2008/06/02/tedtalks-navigation-sphere/ I'm continuing to work on my research proposal for my dissertation. Heidegger's philosophical perspective is a significant part of my thesis, and I have been reading a lot of Heidegger lately. The following passage, from Lovitt's introduction to The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays, really spoke to ... http://www.djsaab.info/blog/2008/05/15/a-destining-of-being/ Mycologist Paul Stamets studies the mycelium -- and lists 6 ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world. It's an interesting presentation that offers some cool insights and innovative solutions to the climate and energy crises. There's also some interesting ideas about how ecosystems, and life ... http://www.djsaab.info/blog/2008/05/08/fungus-among-us/