It’s not as if Google didn’t know what they were taking on when they started offering a news service. After all, they were turning news coverage into an Internet commodity. So what’s wrong with this picture? Well, on the face of it, the average web surfer wins, but are the news media publications the losers? […]
Category: Society & Culture
The internet has become a new adoptive home to so many cliques, gangs, clubs, unions, collectives, bands and tribes, that it’s as if the internet has become an inorganic extension to society itself…
So you let your dog loose. Running across a mist-shrouded field on some autumn morning. He disappears into the distant trees emerging eerily from the blanket of fog to tend to his early morning ablutions. Moments later he re-emerges, and the two of you return home. An act repeated not just once that morning in […]
For those that know me well, they know that I like to follow trends. I love to explore patterns, especially those of a technological slant, and even more especially if there’s a social connection, which there inevitably is. So futurology is my thing. And exploring socio-technological trends is where I’m to be found most happy […]
As I’ve mentioned previously, technology is best used when enabling something or someone. So it appears that the government is intent on getting to grips with the issue of waste by strongly encouraging consumer recycling by employing RFID technology. To this end, the multi-bin system is in full swing and we as consumers are now […]
OK, I’ll be honest, I’m not the kind of guy who sits down with a novel and reads all day. I don’t like reading something unless there’s a purpose to it, other than simple entertainment. So my bookshelf is typically filled with edifying material; such as programming primers and books covering scientific, astronomical and historical […]