The iPad: 3 Reasons Why a Built-In Camera Will Make It a Must-Have Device

The iPad: 3 Reasons Why a Built-In Camera Will Make It a Must-Have Device

Steve Jobs holding up the iPad, to be released in April 2010. Rumors that Apple’s highly anticipated iPad will ship with a webcam gives me reason to believe that Steve Jobs’ tablet from on high is, indeed, the must-have item of the next decade. A webcam not only adds value to the iPad...

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Wiki-counter-terrorism & Social Surveillance

Wiki-counter-terrorism & Social Surveillance

An MQ-1 Predator drone returned from a mission to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan with a new paintjob, courtesy of StevenDuque.com. In his book Wikinomics, business strategist Don Tapscott writes: “Employees drive performance by collaborating with peers across organizational boundaries, creat...

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The Counterculture of Our Future: ‘Jacked In’ versus ‘Checked Out’

The Counterculture of Our Future: ‘Jacked In’ versus ‘Checked Out’

It’s appropriate, I think, that the first post of this blog covers a subject characterized by all four categories of the blog’s tagline –  “media, technology, culture and life.” The idea for the post — the emergent counterculture of those who reject a world in w...

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