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On information overload
Over the last few months I have witnessed a steadily growing stream of writers declaring news feed, blogging and/or social media bankruptcy, citing such things as information overload, hobbies...
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Do I really want my attention managed?
With information overload comes a desire to manage time and increasingly managing attention as well. Untethered technology gives us the freedom to do nearly anything, anytime, anywhere. It can also...
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Why digital TV adoption rates are low in Australia
(Update at the bottom of the post) The analogue TV signal in Australia will be switched off by 2013. This means that everyone without a digital tuner will suddenly find themselves free of broadcast...
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Common platforms are a good thing. Right?
Adobe AIR for Linux beta released (labs.adobe.com) I can see the attraction of developing from a known baseline that is guaranteed to work, look and feel exactly the same across different platforms....
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Don’t blame technology for your lack of self-control
via Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies) News sites. RSS feeds. Email. Microblogging. Social networks. BitTorrent. iView (or Hulu or BBC iPlayer). Time sinks, each and every one of them, providing as much...
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Thoughts on the iPad
The new Apple iPad This is mainly just to get ideas out of my brain and onto a page somewhere for my future reference. It’s this or talk to my wife about it and at least on the internet I can pretend...
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Who gains the most from your lifestream?
"Facebook stream hub" by javier.reyesgomez (cc-by-2.0) “Lifestreaming” was all the rage several years ago. Services like Jaiku, Second|Brain and FriendFeed cropped up and allowed people to centralise...
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Connections
Social media allows us to make many connections but are they meaningful ones? "Internet splat map" by jurvetson on Flickr. Creative Commons 2.0 By Attribution From personal experience, more than ever...
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Is the iPad the gateway to the smart house of the future?
Some of the most memorable moments of future computing in sci-fi film emphasise ease of use rather than raw power, features and hackability. Think “enhance” in Bladerunner… (sorry about the quality) or...
View ArticleSlacktivism: you get the engagement you deserve
Slacktivism: n. 1. halfhearted activism. (Wikitionary see also Slacktivism on Wikipedia) At the recent Digital Citizens event “Social media for social good”, many worthwhile and interesting issues...
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