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Archive for Comment – Page 15

What’s So Social About Machine Media? (1 of 2)

In the beginning there was “grunt media”—communication centered on a series of modulated grunts, groans, yelps, yells, screeches, coos, etc. Next came oral media—communication centered on a group of people sitting around telling stories. The history of communication media continues thus—media centered on communicating via… …clay tablets and a system of glyphs (typically about food […]

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COMMENT: Baby Boomers Wish to Leave Workplace to Find “Going In” Media

In this comment, I’d like to build a connection between two articles that I read recently, and then tie this connection back to comments I made at the end of my summary of William Powers’ book Hamlet’s BlackBerry. Here are the two articles: 1) 50 may be the new 70 in the workplace – Business on […]

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COMMENT: Ohio rape case: Evidence on social media creates new world for justice system – Yahoo! News

Ohio rape case: Evidence on social media creates new world for justice system – Yahoo! News. By Mark Guarino | Christian Science Monitor Just a quick comment on the above article by Mark Guarino. By now most of us have heard about the alleged case of rape in Ohio. “[T]wo high school football players in Steubenville, Ohio, […]

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COMMENT: Technical Versus Adaptive Solutions In The News

By now we have probably seen the picture and heard the story: New York City police officer buys homeless man a pair of boots. It’s a heartwarming image and story. But last night our local (Albuquerque) news reported that the story continues in interesting ways. Apparently the homeless man is again walking around the city […]

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COMMENT: South Korea’s Digital Addiction—Is the US Next?

As many of you know, I’m in the middle of a multi-part summary of William Powers’ book Hamlet’s BlackBerry. My summary of Hamlet’s BlackBerry is designed to highlight the analog–digital divide. I thought I would slide this post in here because I think it speaks to the topic of the analog–digital divide. In this post […]

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