connection

Cellphones: less than 30 years to world domination

The Washington Post of Sunday, February 24, 2008 has a really interesting article by Joel Garreau called Our Cells, Ourselves. It discusses the startling speed with which the number of cellphones has grown, and their impact on what we do and who we are. The human race is crossing a line. There is now one [...]

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Communicators add texture and richness to conferences

I’ve spent the last two days attending Webstock all-day workshops, and will be spending the next two days at the Conference proper. Not being used to sitting in a workshop all day I needed a day off today. And anyway, I had some urgent tasks to complete. The workshops were very enjoyable, interesting and informative. [...]

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Go broadband

How do you connect to the Internet? If you use your own computer, rather than a public connection, your choices are between dial-up and broadband. [First published July 2006.] A dial-up connection is one where you connect a modem to your phone line. While the modem’s using the phone line you can’t make voice calls [...]

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Trivia connects – just as in real life

TV shows are full of ‘big’ moments: high drama, life and death decisions, the last 2 seconds before the bomb explodes. My life on the other hand is full of decisions about what to have for dinner and wondering if I’m going to miss the bus. For most of us, real life is mostly trivia. [...]

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