The Human Race Depends On You – LYP@H pt. 3
If I were to ask you to name a machine that people connect to in order to live, is your first response an iPhone or an iron lung? Leave Your Phone at Home Day will determine whether these machines represent essentially the same thing, as if we do in fact need a machine to live,...
They Really “Like” Me – LYP@H pt. 2
Siri: What is the meaning of life? I don’t know anymore is what she should say. Instead, she (it) just spouts back “Lord Vader, you’re holding me. The iPhone 4[ish] is the best lifestyle addition you could possibly have. Through my easy-to-use system you can access an ever-sprawling selection of applications and music to keep you...
Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year’s End
VIA THE NEW YORK TIMES People who constantly reach into a pocket to check a smartphone for bits of information will soon have another option: a pair of Google-made glasses that will be able to stream information to the wearer’s eyeballs in real time. [...Full Story]
Digital Disconnection: De-friended by a Dog
We love our pets. They’re our companions, housemates and friends. We give them names. We give them treats. We display their photos and speak about them proudly, and sometimes, we speak for them. As a society, we love our pets. We also really love our Facebook. We give it lots of daily attention, tell it...
Profits for Some, Speech for the Rest
On January 19, 2012, New Zealand’s counter-terrorism unit invaded an Auckland compound, rappelling down from helicopters, breaking down doors, wielding M4 carbines and dressed in civilian clothes under their flak jackets. Their target, Kim Dotcom, had been an international fugitive for two weeks, and in that time had not moved once. They took his children and employees...
No Good News – The Net
A great deal of the time, journalists appear to be asking: What is this thing that everybody’s doing? It appears to be completely normal, so why can’t I write about it correctly? In the past, writers have failed to capture the essence of trends in popular music, television shows, clothing, but most of all:...
We are the only pre and post internet generation: Be scared!
’84 babies, plus or minus a couple years, were the first to grow up with internet but the last to remember life without it. It’s scary to think that this perspective will be unavailable to future generations. Every generation believes they’re nothing like the previous one, but now it’s true. Technology is like an avalanche covering everything. As...
GRTTWaK – Real Sharing for the Socially Saturated
For a whole generation of digital natives, who have known and used the Internet since we were at least teenagers, the concept of sharing our thoughts, ideas, and experiences and getting immediate feedback holds little wonder. But does someone ‘liking’ our Facebook status or ‘@ replying’ to Twitter updates actually give us the feeling we...
iReal: Does Real Life Still Matter?
With each passing year we are spending more and more of our lives online. Living online does not mean living in a ‘virtual reality’ or ‘virtual world.’ It means that while we’re still living in the real world, we experience it organized for us by electronic networks like Facebook, which are displayed on digital screens....
I Might Settle for You
According to a recent surge of advertising, online dating is reaching new heights of success. One Match.com ad claims that 1 in 5 new relationships are started through such virtual means. While this stat is exaggerated, there is definitely a burgeoning interest in the world of internet mate-matching. Though, hesitance is still prevalent, and there...
iMaPC
Overpriced, overly simplified, less than impressive technology – there are a lot of reasons not to buy a Mac. Yet people still do. Ten years ago, it may have been because you were an audio/video engineer or graphic designer and the software available on the platform was better, and that made perfect sense. Today, it’s...
The Augmentation of the World