My initial response to Google’s Project Glass – a mix of artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and mobile technology – was two-fold: Wow, the technology in “The Matrix” movies is beginning to look dated and; When exactly was the date of Judgement Day in “The Terminator” movies? Make no mistake – this project is [...]
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Google Decides to Kill Privacy
January 26, 2012
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Remember when Google adopted “Don’t Be Evil” as its unofficial motto? You’ll find that little ditty at a yard sale next to a Bay City Rollers album and a skinny leather tie decorated like a piano. Because this week Google announced it was drastically changing its privacy policy and the side of sharing – and [...]
Read moreThe Failure of Corporate Technology
September 1, 2011
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I can’t send one of my clients large files via YouSendIt, a free online file sharing service. Why? Her company blocks it. So when we share videos with this client we have to burn the videos onto a DVD and mail them to her. Even with fastest delivery times, it can take up to 24-hours [...]
Read moreLess Phone, More Quiet
August 23, 2011
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Yesterday, sitting on my front stoop, enjoying the fade of the day, a jogger ran by. I heard him coming before I actually saw him because he was jabbering on his mobile phone. Headset on, huffing and puffing, engaged in a long and detailed conversation. He gestured to me with a head nod without breaking [...]
Read moreWhy Google+ is a Boon for Facebook
July 15, 2011
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Pepsi vs. Coke. GM vs. Ford. McDonald’s vs. Burger King. Monopolies are never good for consumers (think of the calls you’ve made to your cable company that went unanswered – until competition was introduced). On the other hand, competition fosters innovation and keeps companies sharp. No company sleeps on its laurels when a competitor is [...]
Read moreWhen a Book is No Longer a Book
May 16, 2011
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The book of the future may look something like this: Digital format available on: mobile device, tablet or computer screen Non-linear presentation of content Videos embedded into the text – some documentary length Interactive graphics that allow users to manipulate the data Photographs that can be adjusted in size and cropped in real-time Hyperlinks to [...]
Read moreThe Reality of Online Privacy: You Have None
May 11, 2011
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The Congressional hearings this week on mobile privacy have the issue of online privacy buzzing again. But it probably won’t last long. Convenience has trumped privacy so far in the 21st century. We live in times were Big Brother isn’t the government, but marketing and advertising – and most of us have opted in. But [...]
Read moreOne of the Culprits Might be Technology
April 5, 2011
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A bigoted Christian pastor of a tiny fundamentalist church in Florida burns the Koran while noting that it burn “very good” and the flames could have cooked a burger or toasted a marshmallow. The pastor posts a video of the act on the Internet. The president of Pakistan calls it “serious set-back” in American relations [...]
Read more Why I Still Read Books
September 24, 2010
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I keep a journal of my reading and have done so for nearly nine years. I jot down the date, the title, author, the type of work (fiction, non-fiction, poetry), date it was published and a brief summary. For the first six years of this project, I averaged about 45 books a year. The last [...]
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