The document explores the concept of 'being there' in an interconnected digital future, emphasizing the importance of networks and social media in shaping experiences and interactions. It discusses the growth of platforms like Facebook and Twitter, and how they create a sense of community and social awareness among users. Additionally, it raises questions about the boundaries between personal and academic engagement in technology-driven environments.

1. Being There in the unevenly distributed future Alan Levine The New Media Consortium

2. Who is Chance? “Being There” (1979)

3. I Was There… er, here… 1992

4. Start With The #*@% Demo! cc licensed Flickr photo by silentvale photos

5. Facing the Future… cc licensed Flickr photo by Eisenvater

6. Or Facing the Future? Flickr photo by Jon Pawley

7. Expert-iness

8. Standup and Shout cropped cc licensed flickr photo by Guy James I Don’t Have to be a technology expert!

9. How does it feel? cc Licensed flickr photo by carf

10. We are the network cc Licensed flickr photo by carf Expertise is in our networks

11. gapingvoid cartoon by Hugh MacLeod

12. My Network

13. Connectivism

14. Connectivism

15. Let’s Start with a Dumb Statement cc licensed Flickr photo by me

16. the internet is really big cc licensed Flickr photo by Foxicat

17. the internet is really big Me at the Grand Canyon, May 2007

18. Google Stopped Counting modified from cc licensed Flickr photo by pacek

19. Technorati: Blog Growth Technorati State of the Live Web, April 2007 1.4 bps 1.5M ppd 17 pps Old Data!

20. Measure By Daffodils March 23, 2007: cc licensed flickr photo by cogdog (me!)

21. Seeing Networks cc Licensed flickr photo by dogfaceboy 44,000,000 facebook users! 70,000,000 90% of US college students have Facebook accounts, and half of them login every day. 6th most trafficked web site in world. 7 million active users in Canada, 21% of population.

22. “Being” in the network cc Licensed flickr photo by dogfaceboy

23. All of This for Everyone? cc Licensed flickr photo by kk+

24. Advice Has A Shelf Life

25. The Dumbest Thing I’ve Heard of…

26. CogDogBlog Apr 26, 2007

27. Twittery Demo Tweet via the web, IM, phone, app Twittervision RSS to Twitter Twitterverse

28. Library RSS Feed Remote Collaboration Barack has 28,000 Friends Productivity? Can Twitter Save Lives? Church Twittering Server Monitoring ZombieAttack, TwitterLit BookTwo BBC, NPR, CNN, more Then It Gets Interesting

29. Really Interesting

30. How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense Twitter and other constant-contact media create social proprioception. They give a group of people a sense of itself, making possible weird, fascinating feats of coordination. -- Clive Thomson, Wired June 2007 cc Licensed flickr photo by smallandround

31. Lessons Learned

32. Looking in From the Outside cc Licensed flickr photo by diluvium

33. Blaming Technology for Content cc Licensed flickr photo by Daniel Light

34. What you see… • Inane babbling What it affords • web+mobile ???? cc Licensed flickr photo by Cati Kaoe

35. Attributes 2.0 Implications Does ‘One’ Thing Multiple Inputs One Click Connect RSS Open API Customizable Focused (?) Plays Well with Others Friends / Contacts Republish / Connect New Free Tools Personalize

36. Silly Cats

37. Not So Silly Snippets

38. Did You Ever Think There is a Community For… cc Licensed flickr photo by me! Vegafitti Flickr Pool

39. “I Like To Watch”

40. Video Twitter?

41. Being Anywhere

42. Streetview Movies?

43. Spontaneous Network Connections

44. Unknown Flowers cc Licensed flickr photo by me!

45. Amazing Serendipity cc Licensed flickr photo by me!

46. Commenting Comment Blogging François Lachance (Comment Blogger) Flickr Comment on 3 Year Old Photo A Week in Feb 2006-2008 Flickr Contacts cocomment cc Licensed flickr photo by copperhorse

47. Too Much?

48. SNF

49. “ Being” Tips cc licensed flickr photo by Chris Seufert

50. Sense of Play cc licensed flickr photo by silentvale photos

51. Everyone’s Favorite Subject cc licensed flickr photo by Kevin Yezblick

52. May Not Know / See / Like Audience cc licensed flickr photo by Jeremy et al

53. Mistakes OK cc licensed flickr photo by mcmrbt “ If it drops, pick it up”

54. Leave Tracks… cc licensed flickr photo by icatus

55. Curly’s Law

56. Nuggets or Fishing? cc licensed flickr photo by jumbledpie cc licensed flickr photo by dbang

57. Just Bring People Together cc licensed flickr photo by Farhang

58. Alfredo & Questions Where do we draw boundary between personal and academic? What happens if we ignore what’s outside the walls? Who drives decision making? How do we engage / inspire without needing “control”?

59. Facing the Future… cc licensed Flickr photo by Eisenvater

60. Or Facing the Future? Flickr photo by Jon Pawley

61. Long Tail From photo of my friend Harry

62. I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else -- Winston Churchill cc licensed Flickr photo by otherthings

63. Launch Rotten Tomatoes cc Licensed flickr photo by exopetes [email_address] [email_address] http://cogdogblog.com/ http://del.icio.us/cogdog http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog http://sl.nmc.org/ http://www.nmc.org/ http://cogdogroo.wordpress.com/ http://dommy.com/ihaterunning http://cogdog.wikispaces.com/ http://www.bloglines.com/public/cogdog http://twitter.com/cogdog http://cogdogblog.pbwiki.com/ http://cogdog.suprglu.com/ http://www.cocomment.com/comments/cogdog http://feeds.feedburner.com/cogdogblog http://www.slideshare.net/cogdog

64. iGeneration: We are Part of It iGeneration Fan YouTube Video by mrobe05