I can tell you this: It's a jungle out there. I don't mean the real world in which most of us inhabit; that world is pretty tame. I'm talking about the blogosphere. I've been blogging for about eight months now and, up until recently, it was a pretty unexciting experience. I would post a post [...]
Has computer and communication technology allowed us to connect more deeply with life? Or, as we become more connected with this technology, are we becoming more disconnected from life? As someone who has made his life's work the study of human behavior and who is fascinated by the nexus of humanity and computer and communication [...]
Disclaimer: I am an AT&T customer with a data plan. I?ll do my best not to let this ?conflict of interest? interfere with my opinions expressed below. You have to hand it to AT&T; they?ve got chutzpah! That, by the way, is not a formal psychiatric term. I could have said that AT&T is delusional, [...]
Have you ever thought about how far we've come in our ability to connect with others and how far we'll go? I've been thinking a lot about connectivity recently and have always found that looking back to where we came from can help us better understand where we are today and, more importantly, where we [...]
Unless you've been living under a rock lately, you've heard that Twitter was the victim of a cyberattack causing the popular social media to shut down for two hours last week. Well, if you live in the Land of Twitter you would have thought that it was 9/11 all over again. CNN.com quoted one Twitter [...]
Dear Bill, I know you've been retired from Microsoft's day-to-day operations for about a year now and Steve B. is running the show, but you are still Chairman of the Board and the public identity of Microsoft. That's why I'm writing you, Bill, because Microsoft is still your company and it needs you. Think modified [...]
Do you freak out when you lose your mobile phone signal? Do you get stressed when your Internet goes down? Are you mortified if you have to use dial-up to access your email? If so, you may be suffering from "Disconnectivity Anxiety." Though not an official psychiatric disorder, I see it as a growing problem [...]
A recent survey conducted on mobilitydigest.com revealed that there are more than 15 user interfaces (UIs) available on smartphones running on Windows Mobile alone. If you add the Google Android, Palm Pre, and other phones, the number of UIs passes 20 to choose from. The results of the survey have certainly been illuminating for no [...]
In just a few short years, the iPhone has become a true American icon. Since its release in June, 2007, Apple has sold more than 25 million units. In the last few days alone, it has sold over one million of the new 3G S iPhones. It has created the kind of 24/7 buzz usually [...]
The smartphone has become a ubiquitous status symbol of and tool for businesspeople doing business. In offices, on the streets, and in airports, what self-respecting businessperson doesn’t have their smartphone, whether a Blackberry, Windows Mobile device, Palm, or iPhone, at the ready to make the deal, provide support, change the plan, or just stay up [...]