Internet on the Road
Usually I don’t get into speculating about what Apple might be adding to its latest products or hardware, but there has been a feature that I’ve been thinking would be a great addition. I tend to work from a number of locations and, most of the time, there is wireless available at all the locations. However, I recently ran into a situation last week where the wireless access at my favorite coffee shop was down. This caused a bit of a problem since we had decided to record a podcast episode there and were planning on streaming the show. Luckily, I had remembered an aircard that I...
Read MoreDigital Detox Week
I’m continuing my series of posts on what I’m now finding out is called the “Digital Detox,” which is being put together by Adbusters. They even have a page up for Digital Detox Week, which happens next week. They are urging people to turn off their electronic devices and engage the physical world. This is on top of another post that I found at YPulse, on how college students are finding out that there’s a lot more stress and anxiety that comes with being always “plugged in.” This post makes mention of the fact that there’s little to no...
Read MoreAnother Reason to watch Jon Stewart
I found this article on the ArsTechnica website about how the Daily Show now has as much news content as watching a major news network. I’m not surprised, really, due to the fact that every news show now is all fluff. I’m not sure that the television news shows realize how much viewership they will lose over the next five years or so. I don’t turn to the TV to watch news anymore, it’s too slow, too linear. For example, yesterday, I was watching CNN Headline news while eating some food. They gave a teaser about an upcoming report that was going to more than likely take...
Read MoreFacebook on Dead 2.0
I thought that this post was poingiant on Dead 2.0 about Facebook, especially after talking with two high schoolers last night. We were talking last night about the news feed and all that hooplah. One comment that was made was that “Facebook is dying.” I think this captures the feeling toward the service. The novelty of listing all your friends online through social networking sites is starting to wear off. I can think of two reasons behind this: It takes a lot of time to continually keep your profile up to date There are better ways to communicate First, as anyone who runs a...
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