Blogging over Las Vegas - Acknowledgements

"Blogging over Las Vegas" is a revised version of a talk given at the Ars Electronica 2005 Symposium "Hybrid" at the invitation of Derrick de Kerckhove. Many thanks to Derrick and the other participants in the symposium for their comments.

I am grateful to numerous people for discussions on these topics over the past years. I'd like to single out Joichi Ito, Matt Jones, Aditya dev Sood, Jyri Engeström and Clay Shirky for special thanks. The title is a nod of respect to Stefano Marzano's earlier essay of nearly the same name. I was reminded of the essay during a conversation with Xeni Jardin.

Despite the title, the essay was not written literally flying over Las Vegas. Many parts of it were however written in flight, with critical bits on an online leg between Frankfurt and Delhi. I have here built on several past writings and lectures. In particular I'm thankful to John Thackara of Doors of Perception and Chris Anderson of TED for the opportunity to discuss these ideas with audiences in Delhi and Oxford earlier this year.

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