"A new form of data-centrism is evolving, one in which data from disparate sources are being aggregated and fused into a somewhat haphazard, but larger, story. These aggregates are evolving characteristics of their own and are going in surprising directions that may well dominate what we have come to understand by information technology and 'going digital'."
"Openness is a new space on the intellectual landscape that raises fundamental questions, not only for scholars, but for all citizens of the global, networked information society and economy. A cluster of ideas and practices informed by an ethos of sharing and collaboration, and enabled by increasingly global access to the Internet, is changing, in significant ways, how we live, work and play."
"I've always tried to refrain from taking a moral position as it relates to technology in and of itself. Technology is a means by which we open up channels. We have to be aware of the intrinsic properties of those channels in order to better understand our emotions as they are being transferred."
Deconstructing Digitality, by Brian Cantwell Smith
Digital Organic Labyrinths and Mazes by Karan Singh and Hans Pedersen
Morphing into the Hyper-Image Singing the Swan Song of the Industrial Age (pdf) by John Massey
Digital Cityscapes (pdf), by Meric Gertler
The End of the Book? by Jonathan Bengtson
Digitally Rooting the Acting of Treason (pdf), by Ian Lancashire
Show Me — Better Yet, Let Me See It For Myself, by John Danahy and Thomas Seebohm
gallery: Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak's "Love Squared" video installation
environment: Nadia Bozak on the growing glut of e-waste (pdf)
science & technology: Michael Brudno on building genomes
literature: Hal Niedzviecki's short story, "Undead"
mapping: Ron Deibert combats Internet censorship worldwide
defining ideas: Howard Yee and David Gilbank survey galaxy superclusters at the far reaches of the Universe (pdf)