Tag Archives: Technology

Abstract of a Non-Existent Paper

By alex | Published: 2/28/2010

A brief paper on the long history of mobile ICTs Especially over the last decade, the rapid diffusion of mobile telephones and related worn technologies left many struggling to understand how they might relate to social change. Although there can be little argument that we have seen rapid development in the technology of mobile communication [...]

Posted in Research | Also tagged Ambient intelligence, cellular telephone, communication devices, communication technologies, control technologies, earlier technologies, ephemeral network, iPhone, locative technologies, Mimi Ito, mobile device, mobile devices, mobile technologies, mobile telephony, Robert Darnton, Social computing, social networks, technology leads, technology of mobile communication, Understanding communication technologies, WearComp, worn technologies | 3 Comments

Buzz-is-the-new-FriendFeed

By alex | Published: 2/11/2010

A lot of buzz lately on Google Buzz. It’s been tagged mainly as either a Twitter clone, a FriendFeed copy, or Wave Light. Its greatest asset is that it pulls from (and into) the ever-expanding Googleverse. It works with your Google Mail, Phone, Search Results, Picassa, etc. They don’t make this as blatant as they [...]

Posted in Technology | Also tagged Reviews, Social computing | Leave a comment

Help? Dead Computer

By alex | Published: 4/10/2009

OK, my main computer is dead, at the worst possible time, although, isn’t it always the worst possible time? It died in a way that felt very much like 2001 and was unfamiliar for me. It started out by periodically blanking the screen and Vista (yes.) giving me an error regarding the Nvidia drivers. This [...]

Posted in Technology | Tagged Technology | 3 Comments

Learning from games

By alex | Published: 3/2/2009

Are Violent Video Games Adequately Preparing Children For The Apocalypse?

Posted in Teaching | Also tagged Video | 1 Comment

The 1-1-1 map

By alex | Published: 12/18/2008

I live in a part of New York that is sometimes called Manhattan Valley. You wouldn’t know why until seeing this snapshot from Google Earth. Though almost all of lower Manhattan now has skinned buildings, my area does not. It’s ironic, since the building across the street (at 100th and Broadway), which shows as a [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Future, Intelligence, Mashups, Open society, Travel & Places, UbiComp, WearComp | Leave a comment

Moog Guitar

By alex | Published: 6/10/2008

I’m interested in this new guitar from Moog for a few reasons. First, I’m curious as to how it will affect music: will we be hearing this instrument to a much greater extent? Given that similar music could be produced in post-production or digitally, why is it that this will happen? Is it a question [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged audio, Craft, Creativity, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Intellectual property, Video | 3 Comments

Big Dogs On Ice

By alex | Published: 3/28/2008

I realize this has already been posted everywhere, but it is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time, so I’ll put it here in case you haven’s seen it yet:

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Robots | 1 Comment