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Saturday, February 12th, 2011What does it mean for a company to “do no evil” (Google’s motto)? Here’s an interesting article on the challenges companies face when their employees get involved in political activism: Wael Ghonim: A “One-Off” for Silicon Valley?
You say you want a Revolution 2.0
Saturday, February 12th, 2011The streets of Cairo and Alexandria and news media around the world are abuzz with stories of what has been unfolding in Egypt over the past 18 days. History is being written. Something unprecedented has happened. A strong dictator who has been in power for 30 years has been ousted. Things are still very uncertain […]
Is Facebook making us sad?
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011Slate recently published an article by Libby Copeland entitled “Anti-Social Network: By helping other people look happy, Facebook is making us sad.” I am not so sure. In my experience, there is a lot of variability among people as to how honest they will be on Facebook about how their life is really going. Plenty […]
Be careful what you ‘like’ on Facebook
Thursday, January 27th, 2011CNN did a story today about a new development on Facebook. They are now beginning to use comments you make about companies in your Facebook chatter with friends as fodder for advertisements, referencing you (with your photo) as the one who recommended the company. It’s yet another way of monetizing friendship.
Trinity Forum Academy: Conference on Technology and the Human Person
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011Thanks to ImageUpdate for the heads up: Join the Fellows of Trinity Forum Academy at Osprey Point [90 min from Baltimore and Washington, DC] February 11-13, 2011, to explore how technology is changing our understanding of what it means to be human. President of the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies and UN bioethicist, Dr. […]
5-Minute Book Review: Flickering Pixels by Shane Hipps
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010Shane Hipps, Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith (Zondervan, 2009; 184pp.) Taking a cue from my friend Sørina (Iambic Admonit), who does five minute book reviews, since she doesn’t have time for anything longer and simply won’t do them if she doesn’t set herself a managable time limit, I’m going to give it a […]
Digital detox
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010Students at Earl Haig Secondary School in Ontario are choosing to take a week of digital detox. Good for them! Sounds like it was their own initiative. I am heartened to see that even the younger generation can sense the benefit of taking some time away from being constantly in front of a screen.
Friends or Fish? The Erosion of Privacy in an Online World
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010My latest article for Comment Magazine has been published and is available online: Friends or Fish? The Erosion of Privacy in an Online World
Triumph of technology
Friday, October 15th, 2010I watched with great excitement, along with the rest of the world, as the 33 Chilean miners were brought up to the surface after being trapped for 69 days 2000 feet underground. The rescue was extremely well planned and perfectly executed. The whole event could have ended in tragedy, but because Chile took its time […]
Taking a Digital Sabbath
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010This seems to be a growing theme that keeps popping up in my peripheral vision. Maybe I’m more in tune to it and my network of friends knows I’d be interested, so they tell me about all these things. But I do sense that it’s an idea which is catching on. The latest episode of […]
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