Tech Forward?

One of the greatest challenges faced by old media today is how to translate online/electronic/web offerings into something that is not a simple electronic translation of the often paper of analog intended product. No surprise the journalists, content creators, are not the people to look to. And designers might also be caught in the hype [...]

To Mobile Media or NOT Mobile Media

I am a huge advocate of creating and diseminating media to be consumed via a mobile device, a smartphone. But there are problems to be addressed. I am not a BlackBerry fan BUT maybe, just maybe, the PlayBook is the answer to the problems of reading off of a mobile phone screen? The pairing or [...]

Cheating re-boot

Technology is seen by many as the game changer in education, but there is a dark side. CHEATING! I read this piece from the Ottawa Citizen. In a recent poll of more than 2,000 students and parents in the U.S., Common Sense found that many teens aren’t clear about what constitutes cheating. Twenty-three percent, for [...]

Simplicity Part 2

I love my iPhone 4. I make no apology and I have not used a Nokia or any other smartphone to make any comparison. I love my phone because as a phone it works BUT as a multimedia tool it also works. The big seller for me was SIMPLICITY. This technological tool makes complex tasks [...]

Taking a little back

Have you caught wind of PirateBox? What is it? PirateBox is a self-contained mobile collaboration and file sharing device. Simply turn it on to transform any space into a free and open file sharing network. This is pretty cool stuff and turns any space into an interactive learning environment. The “at-you” education model simply does [...]

Are we too tied to our media.

I teach in a college of communication and work in the media and am now asking if we are too tied to the very media I am pushing people towards. It would seem I am not the only person asking this question. AdAge has recently published a report online titled ‘Study Brings New Meaning to [...]

Export the smart from smartphones.

Smartphones are changing the world we live in. Sure there are many people who are not riding the smartphone wave. But the sad truth is in the very near future the smart phone is going to not only be the primary resource for storing and communicating information but it will also be the primary tool [...]

Thoughts on Technology from 1982

Thanks to Guy Kawasaki, via twitter, for passing on this little piece of vintage video. Bill Murray at his best. And Bill Murray does have a point about technology! Who is thinking this stuff up? And for who? Give FastCompany a read to know what I am talking about. I would love to see this [...]

Tech/ideas/guts/time=anyone can wow

Ever wanted to make that kick butt film? And what stopped you? Technology, cost, ability are the usual call to arms. I have been telling my students, and anyone who will listen, that you can do anything in media you want if you are clever and use what you have to its maximum potential! Well [...]

Time/Technology-need a reboot

Last night I had an interesting discussion about technology with many people in Dubai. The big question was is technology working for us or against us? Do we rely too much on technology today? The discussion was interesting to say the least, give it a listen if you want. What I took from the conversation [...]

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