[x] Kurzweil is Google Director of Engineering

[Jesse Scott]

Really interesting to note Brian!
On 2013-02-03 9:29 PM, "Brian Ganter" <bganter at capilanou.ca> wrote:

> Regarding guests of [x], and since Jim mentioned space limitations: If
> there is ever a need for a larger hard space (or we want to try it out from
> time to time), hosting them at Cap. U. can often be an option. Aurelea
> Mahood and myself are working to make Cap. a hub for explorations of e-lit
> in this region, esp. given that it seems to have little artistic visibility
> or scholarly presence at the other universities or colleges in the area.
>  This means we are interested in hosting all kinds of related talks in
> computer art, sound installations, digital writing and projections, etc.
>
> Just a thought. B.
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> ________________________________________
> From: x [x-bounces at vispo.com] on behalf of Jeremy Turner [
> ideatron at gmail.com]
> Sent: 30 January 2013 14:20
> To: Computer Art Vancouver
> Cc: Computer Art Vancouver
> Subject: Re: [x] Kurzweil is Google Director of Engineering
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> I am on G+... See you there :-)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 2013-01-30, at 2:12 PM, "Jim Andrews" <jim at vispo.com> wrote:
>
> > I had a look at http://www.proboards.com , Peter. It looks good. But
> I've decided to go with G+. Here's why.
> >
> > Google Groups is a widely used platform for list-based discussion. It's
> been around for a while and seems reliable. But, additionally, G+ offers
> several other features. The multi-person (more than 2 people) video chat
> looks like it could be useful for x hookups with people in remote
> locations. Perhaps good to get into that. It offers a calendar also. And
> then there's Google Drive. Is that part of G+? Probably soon to be if not
> now. G+ is interesting. It's on the edge of such stuff: online
> communication systems. Kind of interesting to see what's going on with that.
> >
> > Anyway, I'll set it up over the next few days and then I'll send a
> message to this list with subscription details. Thanks for the input, all.
> >
> > ja
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Courtemanche" <
> noiseart at gmail.com>
> > To: "Computer Art Vancouver" <x at vispo.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:20 PM
> > Subject: Re: [x] Kurzweil is Google Director of Engineering
> >
> >
> >> You could also try using a forum, such as http://www.proboards.com/
> >> (they are free to use but have banner ads) or some other free forum
> >> service. That way you can properly moderate and archive threads.
> >>
> >> Google likes to change their system every few months which is a total
> >> pain. They are continuously migrating one service to another and
> >> deleting old files, etc. I wouldn't recommend using their services at
> >> all. It is very amateurish and in a constant "alpha" state IMHO.
> >>
> >> bests
> >> peter
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:53 AM, B. Bogart <bbogart at sfu.ca> wrote:
> >>> While I am weary of google's unprecedented access to so much personal
> >>> information, G+ is the only social network I participate in I just
> >>> provide very little machine readable personal information, leaving
> >>> google to attempt to make sense of my posts. I would not touch FB.
> >>>
> >>> There is a portland electronic art group with 7 people in it (me
> >>> included), so a vancouver electronic art group would likely not get out
> >>> of hand. I'm also in an AI group with ~9000 members.
> >>>
> >>> So I'd be happy to see a presence on G+, but all social networks are
> >>> embedded in issues around privacy and marketing / tracking.
> >>>
> >>> I think old-school mailing-list discussions are also useful and perhaps
> >>> not all that different when it comes to asynchronous discussion.
> >>>
> >>> Ben
> >>>
> >>> On 13-01-29 11:35 PM, Jim Andrews wrote:
> >>>> Are you familiar with Google+? It seems to offer some nice features.
> >>>> There's yer regular sort of list serve. Plus video chat. Plus a
> calendar.
> >>>
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