Mad Men is one of the most interesting shows on television right now. The characters continue to reveal layers of complexity into the show's third season. The early 1960's setting…
Here's the status update of one of my friends on Facebook today (August 29): "IMPORTANT!!! Facebook launched Facebook Places yesterday. Anyone can find out where you are when you are…
I could not believe what I was hearing on NPR this afternoon. I had heard about the "Hussein" controversy when Obama was running for President of the United States, where…
If you've read this blog before, you know that I'm interested in (and amazed by) the security theater that pervades our airport experiences. I'm in Washington, DC as I write…
Toyota has been much in the news lately because of questions about the performance of a variety of their cars. In the interest of full disclosure, I should say that…
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…
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…
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
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…