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Comment on The world at St. John’s by New Beginnings « Margism

New Beginnings « Margism — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:06:31 +0000

[...] by Michael MacDonald at the University of Alberta Centre for Teaching and Learning. I met him at ICTM this summer, and I really wanted to learn more about his research. The intimate connection between [...]

Comment on Music Knowledge Conference I by BFE 2011 « Margism

BFE 2011 « Margism — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:52:26 +0000

[...] presented some of the findings from my research (slides and notes here) at the BFE conference exactly a year later. I receive some feedback, and swapped research notes with ethnomusicologists who are tackling the [...]

Comment on 2010 in Anticipation by New Year Clichés « Margism

New Year Clichés « Margism — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:30:14 +0000

[...] ventures with great hopes but no expectations of particular outcomes or returns. Many of the things I anticipated for 2010 came to pass, and many more that I did not expect. It was indeed a “good [...]

Comment on The Design of Knowledge Organization by December: Progress Update « Margism

December: Progress Update « Margism — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:31:52 +0000

[...] Perspectives on music information retrieval (MIR)”. It’s a great feeling to know the paper with Prof. Mai has got some legs. I am actually quite excited by this opportunity, and hope that the paper will be [...]

Comment on Musicianship as Citizenship: The Shakuhachi Phenomenon by Thank You! « naturalbreath music

Thank You! « naturalbreath music — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:06:14 +0000

[...] Margaret Lam´s Website [...]

Comment on Let’s make some music. by Margism

Margism — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:17:03 +0000

Daniel, you are always full of awfully good ideas when they are needed the most. :)

Comment on Let’s make some music. by Daniel Reetz

Daniel Reetz — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:31:55 +0000

Good luck, Margaret! You’d better have a camera rolling…

Comment on The Pluralistic Nature of Musical Knowledge by The Design of (Knowledge) Organization « Margism

The Design of (Knowledge) Organization « Margism — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:30:26 +0000

[...] As a case study, Metaweb (recently acquired by Google) is a form of knowledge organization systems, that aggregates existing online content providers around topics of interests. Freebase, their open-source database, organized in the form of an ontology, with a page dedicated to the discussion and development of their Music Schema. Music entities as they describe it could be reviews, concerts, album releases, and there are in-depth discussion on the kinds of ongoing issues that are still opened and unresolved. Music and the performing arts at large already has its own cataloguing and classification challenges and rules within the traditional library setting. In the context of emerging ICTs, the design of online knowledge organization models has a host of new challenges as well as opportunities to capitalize on. (My thoughts on this in the domain of music is summarized here.) [...]

Comment on Music Knowledge Conference I by Mixing Business, Research & Pleasure « Margism

Mixing Business, Research & Pleasure « Margism — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:45:47 +0000

[...] the Music Knowledge Conference this spring, and she was one of the most inspiring speakers at the planetary session. I am not surprised she is the one behind an interdisciplinary research project that will look at [...]

Comment on February: Progress Update by Full steam ahead! « Margism

Full steam ahead! « Margism — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:53:03 +0000

[...] I love the opportunities to connect with people that this type of work presents, either through my talk coming up next week, or the projects and ideas I’m working on right [...]