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Opinion | Stop Googling. Let’s Talk. (Published 2015)
What have we done to face-to-face conversation?
From Space, to Time
This post is the text version of a talk I’ve been giving at several conferences (and I plan to give it a couple more times). I have spent many years observing and building things on the web and this is one of the main trends I’ve been…
Best practices: conversation design
An introduction to IBM Research’s Natural Conversation Framework
What are these new conversational tools appearing on some stories?
CBC is testing new tools for online conversations as part of the Public Spaces Incubator, an international partnership among six public...
Metagov x Future of Science Seminar - Discourse Graphs with Matt Akamatsu
The Information Pathology
November 2018 When I write, my aim is to learn more about a subject, to start conversations, and to serve as a point of departure for further exploration (rather than a point of reference or conclu…
Discourse Graphs and the Future of Science | Protocol Labs Research
Interview between Tom Kalil, Chief Innovation Officer of Schmidt Futures, Dr. Evan Miyazono, Research Team Lead at Protocol Labs, and Dr. Matt Akamatsu, Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Washington.
Open Science Network
Reclaim scientific discourse with federated digital spaces where researchers shape their own conversations, data, and collaborations
Exploring Conversation Design: Applications and Benefits
Discover the what, why and how of Conversation Design, including its definition, applications, and benefits.
"Wandering towards dystopia": CSIRO scientists want open discussion of climate impacts before it's too late
Senior CSIRO scientists discussed how to have an "open conversation" about the rising threats from a warming world before "it's too late".
Scholarly Communication Is a Research Problem. This Means You.
Scholarly Communication Is a Research Problem.
“Just a Tool” and Other Fictions — Natalia Ilyin
Ever one to hope for the best, last semester I suggested that students use ChatGPT as a “research partner” in the big bibliographic project they do in the Fall term of Parallel Narratives , their Junior-level history-and-criticism class. In a 27-person class, only one student took me up on the idea
How we'll do discussions here
Discussions on wreckage/salvage will take place in a semi-sheltered space to encourage generative and generous conversations.
Good news, everyone! I have a short piece coming out in The Conversation on Monday that explains the main issues with this study. It's impossible for me to have the same media reach as the original press release. So I'd be extremely grateful if people could help me share it as widely as possible 🙏
G. Willow Wilson
Good news, everyone cnn.com/2026/05/14/health/arts-ageing…
