I had to go all the way to Norway to learn about what was happening in my own back yard- and our own field of technology. It was a young, intelligent theater lighting designer named Kent who introduced me to Clay Shirky, a professor at NYU and author of Cognitive Surplus and Here Comes Everybody. [...]
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Cognitive Surplus- How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators
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Mischa Glenny’s Darkmarket: Cyberthieves, cybercops and you
This is a must read review by Richard Poplak of Darkmarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You From Daily Maverick- Dec 5, 2011 Mischa Glenny, author of McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld, has written a follow-up about cyber crime. It’s a book that will keep you awake at night. By RICHARD POPLAK. First, some [...]
Thanksgiving and the Panacea
Most of us could kvetch all day long. Everyday there are countless things that displease us and seem to go wrong- wrong with the world, wrong with our lives, wrong with our work, wrong with our families, wrong with other people- wrong with us. In America we maintain one day for trying to suppress our [...]