Qualialogica

On the Construction of Memories

Phil Harrison — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:53:23 +0000

“If we have to use a metaphor in order to imagine the capacity for memory, then, the least appropriate one is the image of the library with books on its shelves, or a computer with data of whatever quantity stored in its memory. Memory is more like a generator, reproducing that past again; it is [...]

A conversation about social media and pedagogy – YouTube

Phil Harrison — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:11:45 +0000

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I am curious Jello

Phil Harrison — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:43:58 +0000

Intel and Kraft have teemed up to study the tastes of pudding lovers. Smart sensors in this Jello "samples" desert vending machine will profile the consumer to find out just who the market is for these products. See the complete article at BBC News

… but Apple still can’t produce a reliable spell checker for the iPhone!

Phil Harrison — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:44:32 +0000

Way back in 1994 I was helping a person with a disability use speech recognition software from Dragon Systems. The process was slow and very frustrating for the user but the potential was undeniable. Fast forward to the present and no one is surprised to find reliable integrated voice command systems in a variety of [...]

Social Saturation

Phil Harrison — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:05:41 +0000

According to George Colony of Forrester Research the US market is reaching a saturation point in terms of the number of hours that people have available for social media use. This is worth thinking about and deserves further study. Have a listen from 15:05 in the following presentation: “Three Social Thunderstorms George Colony Forrester Research [...]

Falling in love with ideas.

Phil Harrison — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:15:28 +0000

” … and the idea seemed so obvious to me and so elegant that I fell deeply in love with it. And, like falling in love with a woman, it is only possible if you do not know much about her, so you cannot see her faults. The faults will become apparent later, but after [...]

Luca Turin – The Science of Scent

Phil Harrison — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:53:06 +0000

While controversial to some, the vibration theory of olfaction appears to me the most logical explanation for how we engage our sense of smell. It is probably the case that I find this theory attractive because I accept a general wave theory of matter literally as Erwin Schrodinger did, at least in his early work. [...]

What’s up with WordPress.com and YouTube videos?

Phil Harrison — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:30:57 +0000

A week or so ago, all my YouTube video links in this blog stopped working. I checked some other blogs and found the same thing had happened to them. Since then I have deleted some of the more recent posts which is sad but they were critically broken without the videos. So, the bottom line [...]

Naomi Klein – Addicted to Risk

Phil Harrison — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:09:23 +0000

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Virtual Choir 2.0

Phil Harrison — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:03:45 +0000

“People seem to be experiencing an actual connection. It wasn’t a virtual choir. There are people now on line, they are friends – they’ve never met, but I know myself, I have experienced this ‘virtual esprit de corps’ if you will.” Eric Whitacre “Lux Aurumque” … 185 voices – needs no introduction. … but here’s [...]