World Economic Forum: towards an electranet?
One of the morning’s sessions at the World Economic Forum’s meeting in Cape Town promised to address a topic I’ve been thinking about the past… Read More »World Economic Forum: towards an electranet?
Telepresence and eGardening…
One morning at the TED Global conference in Arusha, I watched a friend use Skype to call his family on the West Coast of the… Read More »Telepresence and eGardening…
The Victrola and the Microchip
As a rule, TED sponsors don’t appear on the mainstage. But Héctor RuÃz, CEO of AMD, has been dedicated a huge wealth of corporate resources… Read More »The Victrola and the Microchip
Africa’s Balancing Act
My friend Russell Southwood is introduced by Emeka as “a singular authority on coverage of African technology and communications.” He’s certainly the authority I rely… Read More »Africa’s Balancing Act
Six Apart casts “evanesco”. Fanfic authors cast “expelliarmus”.
This week, LiveJournal began suspending the journals of a few hundred users whose self-identified “interests” in their online profiles suggested that they might be soliciting… Read More »Six Apart casts “evanesco”. Fanfic authors cast “expelliarmus”.
An update on OLPC from Dr. Negroponte
At tonight’s Harvard Law School cocktail party, before Nicholas Negroponte arrived to give a talk about One Laptop Per Child, a friend asked me why… Read More »An update on OLPC from Dr. Negroponte