http://www.nearfield.org/2006/06/bruce-sterling-at-how-i-learned-to-love-rfid Interaction with RFID and NFC Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:51:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.nearfield.org/2006/06/bruce-sterling-at-how-i-learned-to-love-rfid/comment-page-1#comment-17428 Volume Media blog » Notes » RFID / Arduino @ Dana Centre Mon, 19 May 2008 17:47:26 +0000 http://www.nearfield.org/2006/06/bruce-sterling-at-how-i-learned-to-love-rfid#comment-17428 [...] All of which recalls to mind Greg Egan’s hard sci-fi book ‘Diaspora’ in which the AI characters both emit and read gestalt ‘tags’ by way of introduction. And speaking of sci-fi writers,  here’s an outline of a Bruce Sterling talk 2 years ago at ‘How I learned to love RFID’. [...] [...] All of which recalls to mind Greg Egan’s hard sci-fi book ‘Diaspora’ in which the AI characters both emit and read gestalt ‘tags’ by way of introduction. And speaking of sci-fi writers,  here’s an outline of a Bruce Sterling talk 2 years ago at ‘How I learned to love RFID’. [...]

]]> http://www.nearfield.org/2006/06/bruce-sterling-at-how-i-learned-to-love-rfid/comment-page-1#comment-92 Timo Sat, 19 Aug 2006 23:03:25 +0000 http://www.nearfield.org/2006/06/bruce-sterling-at-how-i-learned-to-love-rfid#comment-92 I agree with you Janne. I don't think Bruce is saying hackability is a bad thing here, in many ways he advocates for street and alternative uses. But he does point out that when we have digital things pervading our physical environment then crashing and vandalism becomes an even bigger problem... I agree with you Janne. I don’t think Bruce is saying hackability is a bad thing here, in many ways he advocates for street and alternative uses. But he does point out that when we have digital things pervading our physical environment then crashing and vandalism becomes an even bigger problem…

]]> http://www.nearfield.org/2006/06/bruce-sterling-at-how-i-learned-to-love-rfid/comment-page-1#comment-25 Janne Jalkanen Tue, 06 Jun 2006 04:28:03 +0000 http://www.nearfield.org/2006/06/bruce-sterling-at-how-i-learned-to-love-rfid#comment-25 Personally, I think the great promise of RFID is its hackability. It's cheap, it's ubiquitous, and it's open. I know a lot of people fear the idea of "hackers" changing their system, but that's just bad design. The web grew so fast because people could add content themselves without asking for permission from anyone - if the RFID ecosystem is similarly built, then I see no reason why such an explosion could occur there, too! Personally, I think the great promise of RFID is its hackability. It’s cheap, it’s ubiquitous, and it’s open. I know a lot of people fear the idea of “hackers” changing their system, but that’s just bad design. The web grew so fast because people could add content themselves without asking for permission from anyone – if the RFID ecosystem is similarly built, then I see no reason why such an explosion could occur there, too!

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