Yes We Can, Hell No You Can't, Yes We Can

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When I'm 58 and in the chart

Survey of lifestyles for 57 and above.

Why is technology important?

Dave Winer posted one answer to "Why is technology important?". It is an important question. Technology is a human artifact like media, innovations, language, processes, tools, clothing and any other "extensions of the physical human body - or the mind." So I will answer the question: "Why are artifacts important?" Artifacts are important because they impact our culture, our way of life. They have four effects: enhance, obsolesces, retrieves and reverses as described in McLuhan's Laws of Media. For example, automobiles enhance our privacy and travel, obsolesces horse and buggy, retrieves quests and reverses into traffic jams. You may have a different perception which is another reason why it is important to study technology and other artifacts. You can use this model to study any artifact and thus our culture.

New New Media

New book from author of Digital McLuhan. New new way to promote the textbook. Is a textbook new new media? javascript:void(0)

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Engineers Are The Best Deal - So Stock Up On Them

This post on TechCrunch by Auren Hoffman, an active angel investor, argues that software engineers have had a productivity increase of 14.9% per year. A key component of the gain is embracing open source software.

My Son Graduates and Prof. Knuth chats

What a wonderful day! My son graduated from Stanford as a computer science major. So emtional for me. After the ceremony Prof. Donald Knuth stopped by to chat with my son. A perfect crowning of a glorius acheivement.

Your Blog Is Your Most Important Social Media Tool

I could not agree more with this article about "Your Blog Is Your Most Important Social Media Tool". Just look at all of the links inserted into tweets.