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SI504 lecture, Hulk Hogan and a Ford Model-T. What kind of collection is that?

September 8th, 2006 10:48 pm —  216 views

Just wanted to respond the first lecture of fall 2006 SI 504 (section?) – Social Systems and Collections. First lecture for me after almost 10 years.

Professor Michael Cohen suggested that the goal of the class (at least as I heard it) was to encourage us as information professionals heading out into the world, to think about information, systems, collections and their dynamics. I’ve been trying to do that since then.

In this week’s lecture, Craig’s List was mentioned. I hadn’t heard of it but looked it up in Firefox and had an idea in about 30 seconds. The site offers something free which is to post supposed things of value to people in specific regions. The problem noted is one of Cruft. Professor Cohen added that while use of the site may be free, it’s value is in the content and because of this interesting things happen. Apparently Craig’s time (there is a Craig he quipped) is taken up marshalling the silly B.S. that it draws (my quip). Craig found an interesting way to make money.

I can appreciate just how easy it can be to offer something like that, technically. As an information professional I saw an opportunity to do what Professor Cohen suggested. Free blogs for everybody!

Speaking of our “Personal Kit”, this is a recent addition to my category of Funny and Interesting Things. It’s about my friend’s 8 year old child genius chatting it up with Hulk Hogan up north at Torch Lake. The story, and you’ll have to judge for yourself, is a funny one, worthy of sharing. I’ll call it, “A curious tale of an 8 year old genius and Hulk Hogan“.

As for the Model-T…another friend of mine is in the process of acquiring a 1926 Ford Model-T. Old cars are simple mechanical systems by today’s comparison but historically interesting collections. It’s up to you if you want to read more about it.

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4 Responses to “SI504 lecture, Hulk Hogan and a Ford Model-T. What kind of collection is that?”

  1. Susan Cain on September 9th, 2006 5:15 pm

    Ok I’m curious about this blog stuff.
    I’m in the W discussion and F lecture.

  2. Spike on September 9th, 2006 8:03 pm

    All set.

    I’m not sure if WordPress sent you an email when I setup your account or not, but in case it didn’t, I went ahead and setup a WordPress blog for you.

    You might notice in the user admin screen that I have an account. I’d appreciate it if you allowed me share administrator rights with you. You might also notice that I’ve put your blog and my blog in each other’s WordPress “blog rolls”.

    After you play around for a bit if you decide that it doesn’t hold any value for you please let me know so I can delete the directory and database.

    The URL to your blog is:
    http://www.interspike.com/blogs/wordpress/susancain/

    Oh, and thanks for playing. :)

    ~spike

  3. Spike on April 22nd, 2010 10:34 am

    Ha. Pushing blogs on people right at the beginning. Did anything really change?

    I was trying to convince someone yesterday to share a meaningful experience, to capture a meaningful experience, in the form of personal writing. Tell your story.

    Notice the blog is gone. After about a year I probably deleted the directly. Maybe Susan mentioned it. Not sure.

    But there was another interested classmate who has a wildly popular blog hosted here with me.

    You got it right away too Dawn.

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