Posts Tagged by technology
Book excerpt: The Age of the Remix
| May 7, 2012 | Posted by Sophy Bot under Internet culture |
It’s fun to find something cool on the internet. It’s even more fun to share it with somebody else. Such is the ethos behind the wildly popular Reddit community, a social news website where eight million active users[i] submit content and vote it up or down in popularity and site ranking. With over 111,000 topical “subreddits”[ii] and a voting-based comment system that encourages…
The impossibility of a screen-free life
| January 4, 2012 | Posted by Sophy Bot under Internet culture, The offline world |
When was the last time you went screen-free for a day? I’m not even talking about a whole week or a month here – just a single day. When was the last time you went screen-free for a whopping 24 hours? Spending any amount of time without a screen is getting harder and harder with each year that goes by. So how exactly…
Remembering downtime
| September 21, 2011 | Posted by Sophy Bot under The offline world, Work/Life Separation |
It’s no secret that technology is everywhere. Touchscreen this, automated that, internet-connected those; in the modern world, there’s just no running away from our electronic counterparts. This we do not seem to mind. The part that gives us trouble is the fact that technology is every-when. According to a recent report from iPass, 35% of mobile workers check their email first thing in…
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