Impressive Perform
Ann said I should write a post about this latest comment to my blog. It was posted on my iPad and Education entry but I think it's spam. What do…
Conspicuous Consumption
I've commented on this blog before about my love of the status update, both on FaceBook and Twitter. I love reading about what my friends are currently doing and regularly…
The iPad and Education
David Parry recently wrote a very interesting post on ProfHacker regarding the impact that the iPad is likely to have on education. Parry is an assistant professor of emerging media…
iPad Jokes
I guess I was not the only one who thought of other types of pads when the name iPad was announced. This is very funny: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2010/01/ipad_apples_way_of_reaching_ou.html?sc=fb&cc=fp
TechnoHype
For weeks, we've been hearing rumors of the new Apple tablet computer. There was much speculation about what Apple would call its sure-to-be-revolutionary device--I heard suggestions like iTab and iTablet but Apple…
Influenza Epidemics
My grandmother will turn 92 this April. If you do the math, you will see that she was born in 1918, a year in which hundreds of thousands of Americans…
Google in China Follow-up
A new perspective, one that I hadn't thought of yesterday when I wrote my post about cheering Google's decision to stop censoring search results in China, comes from a Business…
Google in China
Google has received lots of criticism from human rights activists since it started to do business in China in 2006. The criticism is focused on Google's willingness to comply with Chinese official…
Even More Security Theater
By now, you've probably heard about the thwarted terror attack on a flight bound for Detroit. If you haven't heard details, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to light his underwear on…
Whose Property Is It?
When I was in graduate school more than 12 years ago, a new company opened up in Tallahassee that caught the attention of many students (and probably faculty members) at…
Security Theater Revisited
I've written about the theater of airport security before. Now here is an excellent piece written by an ex-cop about why airport screening fails to keep us safe and is…
Kindle Again
I've been talking about the Kindle for over a year. I was first intrigued by the idea of the technology a year and half ago on a trip to Spain…
Twitter Followers
My favorite part of FaceBook is the status update. I love to see what my friends are saying about their activities. As a result, I really like Twitter. For me,…
H1N1
I had my annual physical last week and my nurse practioner mentioned that they had an abundance of the H1N1 flu vaccine. Because I have asthma, I almost always get…
Digital Rights Management Part 2
I've written about digital right management before. My latest encounter with these technologies came this weekend and I'm reminded that the "rights" mentioned are not the rights of the consumer.…
Differences in Media
I've been thinking lately about the differences between media types. This thinking was inspired by the new movie Disgrace based on J. M. Coetzee's novel of the same name. I…
Making Sense of All Things Digital
For the last few years, I have been volunteering my time at a local senior center, teaching computing skills. One of the struggles is to explain the subtle cues that…
Arrested for Poking
A Tennessee woman was arrested after poking another woman on FaceBook. What's interesting to me about this story is that ABC News decided it was newsworthy. It just doesn't seem…
Corpus Libris
Interesting "ongoing photo essay on books and the bodies that love them" at Corpus Libris. I like this photo a lot.
The Ambassador of Semiotics
I heard Madeleine Albright this morning on Morning Edition, the fifth or sixth interview I've heard with her since Sunday morning. Albright just released a new book and the ensuing…
