Don Kasprzak

Conversations regarding Globalization, Internet2 and Education

October 20, 2010
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My latest read – The Wealth of Networks

I have been looking at The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom as a learning tool for social networks impacting society and found this a very deep read….like a college econ/sociology textbook.  Caught myself thinking I … Continue reading

March 16, 2010
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My latest read – Remix

Regrettably the Vancouver Olympics interrupted my reading pattern and its been a slow recovery.  I blogged about this book as soon as I learned it was in production back in August.  Yikes! I have been following Larry Lessig‘s work on … Continue reading

February 19, 2010
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Transforming how we experience imaging

Blaise Aguera y Arcas is an architect at Microsoft Live Labs, architect of Seadragon and the co-creator of Photosynth, a monumental piece of software capable of assembling static photos into a synergy of zoomable, navigatable spaces.  Check out how this … Continue reading

January 21, 2010
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My latest read – Our Choice

Al Gore’s latest book Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis should be considered by anyone interested in learning how the world can conserve resources with next generation technologies to reduce the globe’s carbon footprint. Its easy to … Continue reading

August 5, 2009
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Authors at Google: Chris Anderson

Chris Anderson visits Google to present his book “Free” This event took place on July 9, 2009, as part of the Authors@Google series. My book review of Free. From the Google Author Series: He makes the compelling case that in … Continue reading

July 18, 2009
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My latest read – Free: The future of a radical price

I just finished Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson.  Enjoyed his book The Long Tail (review here) and learning about this radical idea in his 2008 Wired article, but I was skeptical.  This book invites you … Continue reading

July 7, 2009
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My latest read – The Future of the Internet

Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University wrote The Future of the Internet–And How to Stop It. This book is very interesting for all … Continue reading

August 15, 2008
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Whats new is now old

Microsoft’s Photosynth was a hit at TED last year and looked to be really promising regardless of running only on XP SP2 and Vista (shame on you Microsoft) but the same team along with the University of Washington has moved … Continue reading