Lawrence Lessig is giving away free copies of his book The Future of Ideas to anyone who donates $5 to the Creative Commons. Take a look, and act fast…they won’t last long, I’m betting.
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Author: griffey
Jason Griffey is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at NISO, where he works to identify new areas of the information ecosystem where standards expertise is useful and needed. Prior to joining NISO in 2019, Jason ran his own technology consulting company for libraries, has been both an Affiliate at metaLAB and a Fellow and Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and was an academic librarian in roles ranging from reference and instruction to Head of IT at the University of TN at Chattanooga.
Jason has written extensively on technology and libraries, including multiple books and a series of full-periodical issues on technology topics, most recently AI & Machine Learning in Libraries and Library Spaces and Smart Buildings: Technology, Metrics, and Iterative Design from 2018. His newest book, co-authored with Jeffery Pomerantz, will be published by MIT Press in 2024.
He has spoken internationally on topics such as artificial intelligence & machine learning, the future of technology and libraries, decentralization and the Blockchain, privacy, copyright, and intellectual property. A full list of his publications and presentations can be found on his CV.
He is one of eight winners of the Knight Foundation News Challenge for Libraries for the Measure the Future project (http://measurethefuture.net), an open hardware project designed to provide actionable use metrics for library spaces. He is also the creator and director of The LibraryBox Project (http://librarybox.us), an open source portable digital file distribution system.
Jason can be stalked obsessively online, and spends his free time with his daughter Eliza, reading, obsessing over gadgets, and preparing for the inevitable zombie uprising.
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This must be stopped
******sexual is the new black.
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And for my next trick…
Well, New York has certainly been interesting. I’m in the Hotel New Yorker, in Chelsea. Within pretty easy walking distance of a LOT of downtown, including Times Square, and right across from Madison Square Garden. Very cool to see a lot of the stuff that I’ve only thus far seen on TV. The flight in was honestly the best, landing in La Guardia, and seeing the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building and such. Very, very cool.
However, Times Square gives me Blader Runner flashbacks. I keep expecting a blimp overhead spouting “…can be yours in the outer colonies…”
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Thuggin’ and Buggin’
Here’s a quick look at what I’m doing today: going mano a mano with Ian Taylor in New York. For giggles, here’s a look at two versions of my superstar card for the game Raw Deal:
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What I’m up to this weekend
On an amusing note (to some) I’ll be in New York this weekend, attending the world championships for Raw Deal, the game that I playtest, run, and play. Ian Taylor and I have a bit of a score to settle, and I’ll be playing in all the random events throughout the day. Should be much fun, and is my “spring break.”
After this, back to the grind…must get paper done….
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MADRID, Spain (CNN) — A massive, coordinated terror strike on Madrid’s commuter train system killed at least 173 people and wounded over 600 at the height of the city’s rush hour, Spain’s interior minister says. Full story here from CNN.
The government is blaming ETA, but they haven’t officially taken credit yet. Here’s a link to El Pais ran through Google translator. edit: here’s a link to the special edition of El Pais in PDF for today, covering the tragedy. edit:El Pais is now reporting that blaming ETA may be premature, since they discovered tapes in Arabic along with detonators in the area of one of the explosions. edit:ETA is officially denying involvement in the bombing. edit:And now, a branch of Al Qaeda is claiming responsibility. Thanks a lot, War on Terrorism. For everyone we know with friends or family in Madrid, I hope that they are ok. |
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Oh, how I love the EFF…
The EFF just announced that they are suing the FCC over the broadcast flag legislation. Let me take this moment to say: everyone who reads this should join the EFF. It’s one of the few causes where I know that my money is actually doing good things. I had a chance to meet Fred von Lohmann at the ALA conference in San Diego, and it just reinforced that these guys have their stuff together.
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Spring break?
Just wondering where it is? I seem busier now than before…how is everyone else doing?
This wooden kinetic sculpture from David C. Roy is one of the few things I’ve ever seen that just makes me want it. There’s something intrinsically beautiful about the mathmatic regularity of it…it’s just pure in some way. Then again, it may just be the Victorian Steampunk in me that also makes me like these clocks. Cory has really good taste.
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