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When will you buy your last TV?
The ever enlightening John Naughton is suggesting that TV execs perhaps have their heads in the sand about the changes in how much we watch TV. Sadly, this isn’t terribly surprising, and could no doubt be extended to include almost everyone in the “old school” entertainment industry (RIAA, MPAA). At the end, however, he has [...]
Is this what political will looks like?
To quote the photographer: This is the Perris, Ca, 215 northbound south of perris blvd during the morning commute. This would normally be a bright time of the day, but this morning, traffic was a little stop and go due to the smoke from the local fires here in southern california. A little understated, perhaps? [...]
Posted in Environment, Photography, Politics Also tagged climate change, Photography, Politics, Think Globally Act Locally, transport Comments closed
A wonderfully different way to thing about computing
One of my constant struggles as an educator in computer science has been helping students see a bigger picture, look past the mundanities of yesterday’s “help wanted” page, and see what the world could be rather than what it has been. One way this has often played out has been in debates over programming languages [...]
Posted in Computing, Education, Politics, Research, Science Also tagged computers, culture, Education, One Laptop Per Child, programming, programming languages, software, software development Comments closed
Cool toys for a good cause!
I doubt this will be news to many, but it’s a really cool idea and worth the plug. The One Laptop Per Child program is making that crucial leap from great concept to spiffy, shipping technology. These are designed to be used by groups of kids in the developing world, but the project’s viziers had [...]
Posted in Computing, Education, Politics, Science Also tagged computers, One Laptop Per Child, Politics, technology Comments closed
The power of good visualization
I just discovered The Gapminder, a very cool visualization tool created by Hans Rosling and others. It gives you the ability to visualize changes in a variety of socio-economic indicators across both space and time, with particularly effective use of simple animations across the time dimension. It’s really cool to play with, and there are [...]
Posted in Computing, Education, Environment, Politics, Science Also tagged AIDS, economics, graphics, Politics, public health, Video, visualization Comments closed
An excellent follow-up to the Lessig video
Or, more on how the world is changing wildly while we’re busy making other plans: This is a wonderfully simple and provocative video. You can quibble about some of the details, but don’t. Step back and soak in the big picture. And then think about how we educate our kids and ourselves. (I’m sure that [...]
Posted in Computing, Education, Video, Web development Also tagged Education, future, technology, Video Comments closed
A genie unlikely to ever return to its bottle
I was pottering in the kitchen (probably making tea or some such) while WeatherGirl was listening to a comedy program on the radio in the sitting room. I’m half hearing the words as they gently waft my direction, when a woman on the program says “shit” quite clearly and plainly. Matter of fact, no big [...]
Posted in Computing, Politics, Radio, Writing Also tagged censorship, culture, internet, swearing, technology Comments closed
Now I say something about walking uphill to school – both ways
A total hoot! Yeah, I remember those glacial dot matrix printers and the screech of 18.8 modems. They were the bomb in their day, though, and I’m sure that most of what we’re all trendy about today will look equally dated in 10 or 15 years. Heaven help us all if national security were to [...]
Twilight of the novel?