Posts Tagged ‘technology’

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Are you :) ?

Are you :) ?

Or

Are you happy?

It might seem like a semantic or perhaps a design pictogram question.

But maybe not.

  • another thought -- was at DLD -- are some social networks just for hipsters? flash in the pan cool? Guess which ones...
  • There's a lot of food for thought here: whether we value our deeper relationships as much and whether technology improves that connection; the importance of our interpretation and inventiveness with the means provided by technology to communicate; the role of virtual society in self-definition and personal growth. And not least, the invasion of SMS shortcuts in our written self-expression! Social ...
  • I find that technology has enabled much more connection than in the past. It has deepened my close relationships and prevented many casual relationships from evaporating. Let's face it, many of our relationships are fairly shallow to begin with. So, any supplemental or incremental interaction helps to deepen them. And yes, I'm happy.
Monday, January 10th, 2011

How thin is thin?

How thin is thin?
How small is small?
How big is big?
How red is red or blue is blue?
How D is 3?

Guess where I am?

Monday, December 13th, 2010

Rights

Right.

Right and Wrong.

Might Makes Right.

It’s My Right!

What’s right is right…or is it?????

  • David, another very insightful and complex topic. You're keeping us on our toes! Ironically, I just had a conversation about "right" with a friend at dinner the other night. People definitely have strong opinions on the matter which legally and luckily in this country, we all have a "right" to have. Can you imagine living in North Korea? Anyway, I ...
  • “Knowledge is power” Francis Bacon “Power corrupts tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely” Lord Grey Is that what part of this is about? That control of knowledge is control of power? The right to know what a government is doing is the right to challenge the government’s control of knowledge so as to mitigate that “tendency to corruption” that is brought ...