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Archive for Hamlet’s Balckberry

Announcing William Powers ASF Luncheon Talk & Follow-up RYOL Meet the Author

The FHL Foundation is excited to announce that we have partnered with the Association of Small Foundations (ASF) to bring author William Powers to Albuquerque to talk about his book Hamlet’s BlackBerry—A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age (2010, HarperCollins). Powers will be the keynote speaker for the first day of […]

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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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Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 4)

To refresh your memory, here’s my “sum the sum” from part 3 of my summary of Hamlet’s Blackberry: In general, society is not engaging in a debate concerning the ethics and philosophy surrounding the digital world. We tend to embrace technology before considering the ramifications of doing so. Being hyperconnected tends to create a state […]

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Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 2)

To refresh your memory, here’s my “sum the sum” from part 1 of my summary of Hamlet’s Blackberry: The analog–digital divide may well be the most pressing issue facing philanthropists and service providers today. Hamlet’s Blackberry is a book that may allow us to explore, understand, and bridge the analog–digital divide. The analog–digital divide brings […]

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Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 1)

At the end of my October 9th, 2012, post on the growing trend of “going it alone,” I mentioned William Powers’ 2010 book Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age, and suggested that Powers’ book contained good information on how to appropriately approach the growing analog–digital divide. Simply, face-to-face relationships would be on […]

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