There has been quite a bit of recent discussion asking how “real” Internet community is. However, for me, it’s more helpful to ask, “What kind of community is the Internet distinctly good at creating?” One answer is that the Internet … Continue reading
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Better Off (2005, Harper Perennial) is probably the most clever title of any technology book I’ve read. The book is Eric Brende’s retelling of his 18 months living with a lo-tech Mennonite-like community as part of his graduate work in … Continue reading
If you like reading short stories, I’ve got a great one for you. In 1909, E. M. Forster published the short story The Machine Stops which told of a future in which humans live in temperature-controlled underground rooms with no … Continue reading
Two recent blog posts, one from Paul and Timothy Bible Conference the other from Justin Buzzard’s Buzzard Blog offer some helpful thoughts about social networking. The conclusions and recommendations are excellent, and I think there is room for developing a … Continue reading
Here is my awesome new son (Benjamin) on his second day in the hospital. This picture is significant, first because my son is awesome, and second because he will grow up in a world where things like iPhones are commonplace. … Continue reading
This blog is an attempt to catalog and analyze how technology affects us in three broad categories:
