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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Private GIT with Dropbox This is too cool. Labels: coding permalink ( Saturday, January 30, 2010 ) Ray 0 comments links to this postTuesday, December 15, 2009 When I'm 58 and in the chart Survey of lifestyles for 57 and above. permalink ( Tuesday, December 15, 2009 ) Ray 0 comments links to this post Thursday, December 03, 2009 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. Labels: Laws of Media, McLuhan permalink ( Thursday, December 03, 2009 ) Ray 0 comments links to this postThursday, September 17, 2009 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) Labels: McLuhan permalink ( Thursday, September 17, 2009 ) Ray 0 comments links to this postWednesday, September 09, 2009 Robert Reich Public Option Video permalink ( Wednesday, September 09, 2009 ) Ray 0 comments links to this post Thursday, August 20, 2009 Healthcare Napkins permalink ( Thursday, August 20, 2009 ) Ray 0 comments links to this post Wednesday, June 24, 2009 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. Labels: engineers, open source permalink ( Wednesday, June 24, 2009 ) Ray 0 comments links to this postSunday, June 14, 2009 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. permalink ( Sunday, June 14, 2009 ) Ray 1 comments links to this post Thursday, May 28, 2009 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. Labels: social media permalink ( Thursday, May 28, 2009 ) Ray 0 comments links to this postAn anthropological introduction to YouTube permalink ( Thursday, May 28, 2009 ) Ray 0 comments links to this post |
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