Invisible Idiot

I've decided to rename this blog Invisible Idiot. Here's why:

There is a story, probably fictional, about the lack of accuracy in text translation programs. A deputation that included an American Senator was proudly led to a demonstration of a translation program. The Senator suggested a phrase to be translated, "Out of sight, out of mind". The machine printed and these were then entered into the machine to be translated back to English. The visitors were all astonished when the machine printed the phrase "invisible idiot" on the paper. The computer had literally translated the separate expressions "out of sight" and "out of mind". The anecdote and the phrase "invisible idiot" have entered popular culture.

-Carl Sagan, The Dragons of Eden

NYC Social Media Week 2012

Time to be social. Here are the panels and events I'm planning on attending (based on what was still open) :

Monday, Feb 13

3.15-4.15 pm: New Technologies, New Democracy: Using Social Media to Change the Way We Do Government

4.30 - 5.30 om: Social Sharing and The Art of Doodling


Tuesday, Feb 14

9.00 - 11.00 am: Interview: John Katzman and Jeremy Johnson on The Future of Higher Education: Will Colleges Survive? followed by Panel: The Classroom of The Future: How Social Media Can Better Our Education System

2.00 - 3.30 pm: The Internet and Power: Sopa, Twitter Censorship and Who We Can Trust To Protect Us

3:00 - 5:00 pm: Social Media for Social Good (Dan Savage!)

5.30 - 8.30 pm: Pratt Brainwaves: Exploring the School of Information and Library Science


Wednesday, Feb 15

9.00 - 11.00 am: Keynote: Alex Bogusky followed by Social Innovators Collective's Innovative Models for Social Good Collaboration

9.00 - 11.00 am: Keynote: Chris Kaskie, President of Pitchfork Media followed by SoundCtrl's Creating Music for the Social Web

12.30 - 1.45 pm: Innovative ways to build community around books

1.30 - 2.30 pm: Crowd Sourcing Human and Monetary Capital for Social Impact, Hosted by LinkedIn

8.00pm - ?: Social Media Mania! A networking party hosted by DaniWeb


Thursday, Feb 16

9.00 - 11.30 am: Keynote: Douglas Rushkoff on When Change is Always On followed by Panel: Just Like The 60’s: How Social Media Has (Or Hasn’t) Changed Civic Movements, hosted by Sapient Nitro

6.00 - 8.00 pm: The Brooklyn Bureau Launch!

7.00 pm - ?:  Mediaoke


Yeah, there's some conflicts, so we'll see... Who's going?
Full schedule here: http://socialmediaweek.org/schedule/