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NewComm Forum '06

Conference Begins -- Charity Reception & Keynote

March 2, 2006

Posted by Phil.Gomes

I wasn't able to attend the workshops on Day One, but you can see the charity reception in our photojournal from the NewComm Forum conference.

(Speaking of the workshops, thanks to Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson for featuring earSHOT in their talk.)

Rebecca Blood delivered the keynote today. In addition to several insights, I was most struck by the concept of "citizen science" — "interested amateurs" working in aggregate to advance knowledge. Having a science PR background, I took notice.

Today, we almost take for granted that we can participate in the likes of SETI@home or Folding@home. But it's the history of this method that I found most interesting.

The example Blood brought up was the Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count, which just wrapped up their 106th season.

The results are pretty exciting, even to a non-birdwatcher like me. I'd have to admit that it's fun to play with their graph-generator covering most of the historical results.

My point is that it's easy for most folks to think that the idea of widely distributed collaboration is a new thing and that you need only have a TCP/IP stack and a browser to make it happen. The fact is, the desire for collaboration has provided the impetus for the progressively advanced infrastructures that makes real-time or near-real-time possible.

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