We are digital, Criminals
We are Criminals.
As you read this post you are committing a grievous sin to some newspaper. Though the information it contains won’t ever be published. It would not have known the process to go through to earn the right to appear on paper. It remains as you see it, flickering at 75hz. The lone exception [...]
Simple Tool Rule
Simple Tool Rule: Always use the least complicated correct object, or method to get the task at hand done.
The old way was the “Right tool for the job.” Well the jobs have changed and the right tool now has a host of friends on the shelf with him. When asked why some tools have longer [...]
The Right way to…
I was asked this week what the correct way to twitter is. I have been asked by people who don’t know what the correct way to make a podcast is as well. I can help you very quickly. There isn’t one.
Social media is what you make of it. I am happy to share my experiences [...]
Problem of Generation Computing
A quick introduction to be fleshed out later and a response to a previous article. The basic problem with attempting to understand how people interact with technology is that depending on your age people naturally place more value on the experiences they had, rather than what others went through or will go through.
Digital Natives, or [...]
Generational Computing
Different generations deal with technology in very different ways.
It has a lot to do with the way they were introduced to it during their lifetime. Think about this, Someone who today is 60 was born during a time when color TV was in its infancy, you couldn’t dial long distance phone numbers without talking to [...]
Interactive Culture
How do people interact with their networks?
Blogs, Podcasts and Vidcasts have been heralded as the New Media, and indeed they are for now. But the value of the media isn’t the content any longer but the conversations they engender. Fantastic Podcasts can have hordes of listeners but if their is no conversation then the new [...]
Fandom and its repercusions online
With the culmination of American Football Season in the Superbowl, I thought it might be interesting to look into how Sports affect our interaction in Social media differently than in real life.
Sports is a polarizing area to discuss, no matter which way your approach the subject. On whole people generally have three different reactions to [...]
Digital Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humanity, and it has historically been broken down into 4 different branches of study. Cultural, Linguistic, Physical, Biological. Pretty basic when it comes right down to it. I’ve spent time in all four disciplines in the classroom, all have fascinating lessons to impart to the very same humanity they seek [...]
Welcome
We live in a world with ever expanding borders. Sometimes its hard to even find everywhere that You are. This is my Web Presence Index. I started it to keep track of all of the different profiles, content and networks that I am involved in as a way for people from different networks to find [...]