This past week I read an article in the latest issue of WIRED magazine. The article was entitled Chaos Theory by author Nicholas Carr. His main argument in the article is basically that the internet is changing the way we read , focus on and analyze writing. In fact he provides recent studies that show that the [...]
PBS Frontline: Digital Nation
Not too long ago I wrote a note called Digital Native Responsibility. I continued my thoughts on this after watching a very relevant documentary on PBS called Digital Nation. The documentary visited the common “digital native” in various cities all over the world which examined the positive and negative effects technology has on brain development. [...]
Trillian for OSX
This past weekend I downloaded the alpha version of Trillian for Mac OSX 10.5 or higher. I sometimes feel the need to test out and use new IM programs. Some how I find myself always going back to iChat mainly because it is simple and offers the basic functionality I’m looking for. However, the newest [...]
Digital Native Responsibility
Not too long ago I remember the term Digital Native come up in a conversation. The words kinda stuck with me for a while and I began thinking about it on several occasions. So, of course I googled it to get a better overall understanding. According to Wikipedia, the term digital native was coined by [...]
