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SUMMARY:Finding our way in the cloud: engineering the shared experience - 
 Dr David D. Clark\, Senior Research Scientist\, CSAIL (MIT)
DTSTART:20110405T170000Z
DTEND:20110405T181500Z
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CONTACT:Tom Simpson
DESCRIPTION:Cloud computing is the latest in a repeating cycle that moves 
 computing power back and forth between the center and the edge. This talk 
 will give a quick tour of cloud computing\, from the Columbia River to Fac
 ebook via the Hotel California\, and will position the "cloud phenomenon" 
 in the larger context of patterns of computing and their implications for 
 social isolation and social interaction. This talk will explore the underl
 ying implications of cloud computing for sharing\, for the externalization
  of the social context\, and for the balance of power and control. As an e
 ngineer\, I will observe that cloud computing gives us the platform to cre
 ate a set of human experiences\, but it does not define the form of these 
 experiences. Those who design them define them\, and while in principle an
 y programmer can be a designer\, it is important to understand which actor
 s are actually designing today's online experience\, and what their motiva
 tions are.
LOCATION:McCrum Lecture Theatre\,  Benet St.\, Corpus Christi College
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