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Category Archives: Technology
The Cult of the Nibblers
I’ve personally gotten so much out of blogging and interacting with the brilliant people of the internet. It has edified my life. I felt it was time for me to give back. I invented a new job for the down … Continue reading
Sacrilege Will Save Us Today / Addiction Will Save Us Forever
Part One of a Two-Part Series You have likely heard about the coming singularity. As futurist Ray Kurzweil envisions, it is the moment when our machinery finally begins to outsmart us. For some, this is the promise of technology. A … Continue reading
“History Is Expanding” For One Thousand, Alex: Part I
The Turing Test was first concocted in the early 1950s by computer theorist and visionary Alan Turing. The test was designed to answer the question “Can computers think?” In one version, an inquisitor sits before a panel and asks questions … Continue reading
Sponsor Integration is Better Than Product Placement
or Effective Marketing Techniques I Learned from Watching “Bones” In his book, “Socialnomics,” Eric Qualman says the best way to incorporate advertising into media today is to incorporate it into the message itself. In other words, viewers prefer information that … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media and the Interwebs, Technology
Tagged Bones, Brennan, Cheesecake Factory, Hulu, marketing, sponsor integration, TiVo, Toyota, Toyota Prius, Toyota Sienna, YouTube
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Lex Luthor is Ready for the Future – Superman is Not
We are all experiencing a major paradigm shift, from a post-industrial to a pre-information age. When will comic books follow? First of all, I love superheroes. I adore them. I think they are necessary reading for any kid who wants … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture: Movies, Art, and Comics, Technology
Tagged Comic book, Comics, computers, digital theft, Lex Luthor, superheroes, Superman, technology, Villain
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The Beatitudes of the Inverse-Net
Rare books are made common. Hard to find music is laid at your fingertips. Old photographs. Out of print magazine articles. The internet is slowly gobbling up all these things and making them available to the world. At the touch … Continue reading
Posted in In the News, Technology
Tagged Bob Dylan, books, Christ, cyberspace, internet, minority in majority, paradigm shift, revolution, Twitter
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The Reports of Steve Jobs’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
A Tribute to Steve Jobs Steve Jobs is dead. Some say it was pancreatic cancer. But others of us know better. Steve isn’t dead at all. A man like Steve can’t really be killed by anything. For this tribute to … Continue reading
Art Is Forever, Until Tomorrow
Many fans are once again upset with Director George Lucas. This is nothing new. It has been occurring for decades. The current round of rage focuses on Lucas’s changes to his sci-fi classic “Star Wars” for Blu-ray distribution. The movie … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture: Movies, Art, and Comics, Technology
Tagged art, Blu-Ray, changing times, Film, George Lucas, media, Mona Lisa, permanence of art, Star Wars
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One Thing You Have Forgotten Since You Were A Student
The human brain has been clocked processing less than 60 bits of information per second. This means humans deal with information about as fast as early teletype machines of decades ago. Humans can only listen to one song at a … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Technology
Tagged analog self, Brain, brain capacity, brain power, Human, Human brain, information processing, modern distractions, taking notes, technology
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The Next Billion-Dollar Idea: A Giant Internet Love Fest
An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg I’ve been on Facebook for a few years now. Many of my friends are jumping the Zuckerberg Ship and heading over to Google+. They are the early adopters, and the newest thing always seems … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media and the Interwebs, Technology
Tagged communication, Facebook, Google, Mark Zuckerberg, MySpace, Social media, Social network, technology
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