Posts Tagged ‘Berkman Center’

via the Berkman Center, [Today] The Why in DIY Book Scanning | Berkman Center:
Daniel Reetz, founder and steward of the DIY Book Scanner community
Tuesday, March 23, 12:30 pm
Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floor
This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.
The DIY Book Scanner community [...]

I’ve written elsewhere about what I desire in a virtual assistant. I want one that can find and read anything to me, breaking down every barrier to accessibility. It would know as much as I do, if not more, about hacking text and code. It would know when to take out those noxious flashing scripts before I ever arrive at a web page. It would remember the floes and eddies of my attention. And unlike that stupid Microsoft wizard, it wouldn’t make me waste time trying to undo its unwanted prescience. Is that too much to ask? It’s certainly part of what I mean by re-imagining accessibility.

Via David Kravets in Threat Level | Wired.com:
A federal judge on Tuesday suggested she would sanction Charles Nesson, the founder of Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, for his “blatant disregard” of court orders.
Nesson is defending a former Boston University student in what later this month is expected to become the nation’s second [...]

I followed this talk via Twitter last December, which was immediate but attenuated. It’s good to capture the whole enchilada. Here’s the back story about the 121208 panel from Creative Commons:
CC paired up with Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society to host a panel discussion entitled, “The Commons: Celebrating accomplishments, discerning futures.” Panelists [...]