Technology Is Anthropology -- Covering an Evolving Solar System
Again, the focus is on the people, not the gear. Because here at HuffPostTech, we -- yep, you and I -- are chroniclers of technology's evolving solar system.
We see Bing as the first step in this long process of transforming search from something which often points you somewhere else to try and find your answer.
Again, the focus is on the people, not the gear. Because here at HuffPostTech, we -- yep, you and I -- are chroniclers of technology's evolving solar system.
Net Neutrality is a complicated-sounding term for something very simple. Companies that carry your Internet traffic shouldn't be allowed to play favorites.
The reason is, Apple is not really a company -- it's a cult. Imagine what it might be like if the Church of Scientology went into the consumer electronics business, and you'd have a pretty good idea of how we operate.
We can anticipate the need for a kind of International Law of the Net in the future. Such concepts can also provide better support for international and domestic electronic commerce.
If you follow the news about Wikipedia, even casually, you're probably aware that something is changing. What you probably don't realize is that what you've been led to believe is almost certainly completely wrong.
What went hand in hand with the technology that helped elect Barack Obama was a resolute and unyielding focus on good-old-fashioned political organizing. What's missing now is the organizing leadership.
I know a lot of laid-off journalists these days who Google full time. They no longer have Nexis access, or expense accounts, or even company voicemail, but no one can take away their Google.
So what's next for technology and design? A lot less thinking about technology for technology's sake, and a lot more thinking about design.
Why not apply the same collaborative spirit that drives the open source software world to K-12 education material? From that brainstorm, Curriki burst onto the scene.
The real question is where is the diversity of thought leadership in technology? Technology is viewed as an incubator for innovation, but if the same people are always included in that incubator then they are recreating more of the same and reproducing themselves.
When I first I attended the Webby Awards in 2001, I noticed a anthropological paradox: The line to the ladies' room was nonexistent, the men's, long.
This is Gov 2.0. Not what you're expecting from federal civil servants, who have been seriously empowered to do their job, and told their jobs really matter -- something they haven't heard for years.