Just by it’s very nature, social media is fast-moving. Viral content spreads rapidly but is tempered by the fickle, ADHD readers that consume it: what is hot now might not be hot in a week/day/hour. We get busy. We get bored. We lose interest. Well, the same is true for the platforms themselves. Social media platforms are also memes. Continue reading
Part of what makes the combination of globalization and social networking so amazing is that it has the ability to connect previously unconnected groups of people. What was already socially organic in the real world, ie. a person meets someone and becomes involved with the groups and communities the person belongs to, and vice versa, … Continue reading
Thanks to Toshiba, LG, and the Consumer Electronics Show, we’ve gotten a glimpse into the future of TV. And three themes seem to be the focus: “Ultrathin”, “3D”, and “Connected”. The Anorexic LG HD TV The yet-to-be-named HD TV shown above was debuted by LG at CES this week. It comes in at under seven … Continue reading
The Skiff is the new kid in town Now, I’m not an e-reader kind of guy. Don’t get me wrong — I think the Kindle is cool and all, but I have always been waiting for the paper-thin, flexible, digital ink newspaper/book that I can fold up and put in my pocket. Well, it still … Continue reading
Telekinesis and telepathic controlling of devices isn’t far off. In fact, the technology is already being used today by the disabled, by the military, even by teenage gamers. Continue reading
