<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="0.92">
<channel>
	<title>techandsoc.com</title>
	<link>http://techandsoc.com</link>
	<description>An international CONFERENCE, a scholarly JOURNAL, a BOOK series, and an online KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITY</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:52:12 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
	<language>en</language>
	<!-- generator="WordPress/3.2.1" -->

	<item>
		<title>Ninth International Conference on Technology, Knowledge, and Society</title>
		<description><![CDATA[13-14 January 2013 UBC Robson Square Vancouver, Canada Call for Papers 2013 Special Theme: Organize, Challenge, Re-Imagine: New Media and Social Movement Join fellow Technology Community members and discuss your shared interest in the complex and subtle relationships between technology, knowledge and society. The community interacts through an innovative, annual face-to-face conference, as well as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://techandsoc.com/2012/02/02/ninth-international-conference-on-technology-knowledge-and-society/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>How is The Internet Changing the Way You Think? Edited, By John Brockman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pat Kane, The Independent Asking 150 contemporary scientists, intellectuals and artists how the internet changes the way they think is a bit like giving the Large Hadron Collider an extra four notches on its speed-dial. You know they&#8217;re going to use it to the max, smashing up ideas and generating spin-offs, though perhaps picking up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://techandsoc.com/2012/01/31/how-is-the-internet-changing-the-way-you-think-edited-by-john-brockman/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Edge Master Class 2009: George Church and J. Craig Venter &#8211; A Short Course on Synthetic Genomics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Edge GEORGE CHURCH, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Director, Center for Computational Genetics, and Science Advisor to 23 and Me, and J. CRAIG VENTER, Founder of Synthetic Genomics, Inc. and President of the J. Craig Venter Institute and the J. Craig Venter Science Foundation, taught the Edge Master Class 2009: &#8220;A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://techandsoc.com/2012/01/26/edge-master-class-2009-george-church-and-j-craig-venter-a-short-course-on-synthetic-genomics/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Timeless Genius of Kodak&#8217;s George Eastman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Harry McCracken, Technologizer Over at the Atlantic, Alexis Madrigal has an exceptionally good post with an exceptionally good title: “The Triumph of Kodakery.” Inspired by the sad news that Eastman Kodak may be on the verge of bankruptcy, he points out that the dream the company was built on–making photography so effortless that it’s everywhere, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://techandsoc.com/2012/01/21/the-timeless-genius-of-kodaks-george-eastman/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>A Brief History of Kodak, American Tech Icon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amy-Mae Elliott, Mashable.com High school drop out and bank clerk George Eastman&#8217;s technological breakthrough in the late 1870s and 1880s was the development of dry film. Previous to Eastman&#8217;s invention, photography was an expensive, cumbersome and messy hobby. Cameras were enormous and the wet film required processing straight away. In September 1888, New York-based Eastman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://techandsoc.com/2012/01/19/a-brief-history-of-kodak-american-tech-icon/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Difference Engine: End of the Landline?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By N.V., from The Economist WHILE the panoramic view of ocean, mountains and city never ceases to enthrall, living half way up a hillside, over three miles (five kilometres) from the nearest telephone exchange, means putting up with a pretty awful DSL internet connection. Even in the still of the night, download speeds rarely top [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://techandsoc.com/2012/01/17/difference-engine-end-of-the-landline/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Revista Internacional de Tecnología, Conocimiento y Sociedad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[La Revista Internacional de Tecnología, Conocimiento y Sociedad, Volumen 1, Número 1 has now been published. Contents of this issue: Técnica, Normatividad y Sobrenaturaleza Ontología Para un Mundo de Artefactos Jesús Vega Encabo El Esfuerzo de Vivir Ocioso Carlos Mellizo La Innovación Orteguiana en la “Circunstancia” Tecnológica Contemporánea Un Análisis Crítico 75 Años Después Ramón Queraltó Técnica [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://techandsoc.com/2012/01/14/revista-internacional-de-tecnologia-conocimiento-y-sociedad/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Internet Gets Physical</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Steve Lohr, The New York Times THE Internet likes you, really likes you. It offers you so much, just a mouse click or finger tap away. Go Christmas shopping, find restaurants, locate partying friends, tell the world what you’re up to. Some of the finest minds in computer science, working at start-ups and big [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://techandsoc.com/2012/01/13/the-internet-gets-physical/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Technology Journal, Volume 7, Issue 4 now available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The fourth issue of Volume 7 of The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society has now been published. Volume 7, Issue 4 contains: Sustaining Information and Communication Technology use among Canadians with at Least One Activity Limitation by Wendy Young, Jared Clarke, George Klima, Veeresh Gadag, Lan Gien and Irene Hardill. Analyzing Factors Influencing Students’ Productive Use [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://techandsoc.com/2012/01/12/technology-journal-volume-7-issue-4-now-available/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Jedi v. Orc</title>
		<description><![CDATA[T.C., The Economist CALLING “World of Warcraft” (WoW) a mere video game is seriously underselling it. The virtual world, in which millions of players cooperate to conduct quests, delve into dungeons and slay dragons, is both a commercial and cultural phenomenon. Released in 2004, the game has now more than 10m active players, each of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://techandsoc.com/2012/01/08/jedi-v-orc/</link>
			</item>
</channel>
</rss>

