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  • 5 tips to be a productive home worker

    Folks are working at home in greater numbers than ever, and a few simple tips can help make the best of it.

    Blog posts | December 20, 2011 6:56am PST

  • Great Debate: Reflections on a paperless society

    This week, I participated in our Great Debate series with fellow colleague Chris Dawson about society going paperless. We reached a consensus that paper reduction is not only possible, but should...

    Blog posts | November 22, 2011 11:06pm PST

  • Two-thirds of Brits support Facebook, Twitter shutdown in future riots

    Most Britons believe the web should be limited in times of civil unrest. But not everybody agrees; particularly the younger generation.

    Blog posts | November 8, 2011 10:58am PST

  • Why do Facebook users hate change?

    Facebook, as a social phenomenon, a greater oddity exists when the site changes its layout or features. Why do Facebook users hate change, or is it a wider societal problem?

    Blog posts | September 22, 2011 2:58am PDT

  • Put the smartphone down and talk to folks

    We are rapidly becoming a society with electronic gadgetry permanently attached to our hand. Instead of talking to one another, we are losing a great opportunity for visiting to the cloud.

    Blog posts | May 15, 2011 1:16pm PDT

  • Defining the 'iGeneration': Not just a geeky bunch of kids

    After two years of writing about the 'iGeneration', my colleague and I sat down to redefine the term, and to settle the ongoing war of words in relation to who the 'iGeneration' really are in this...

    Blog posts | June 20, 2010 4:48pm PDT

  • Student blocked access to finish degree: Addicted to Facebook?

    With final year dissertations and essays due to be handed in this week, how far will one student go to avoid the ever-growing Facebook distraction?

    Blog posts | April 7, 2010 1:48pm PDT

  • Is society addicted to technology? Not really

    The age-old question as to whether we as a society are addicted to technology is solved in 300 words. No, we're not, and this is why.

    Blog posts | December 10, 2009 5:30am PST

  • Photos: TechAmerica 2009 Innovator Awards

    The TechAmerica Innovator Awards celebrate the innovators of technology for their contribution to our industry and society.

    Image galleries | October 8, 2009 3:10pm PDT

  • Can we force anyone into care?

    The damage done to Daniel Hauser is being done just to him, and to his parents. Hodgkin's Lymphoma is not contagious. But other diseases are, and the attitude shown by the Hausers in this case is...

    Blog posts | May 20, 2009 6:25am PDT

  • Comment on carbon problems

    Here's a thoughtful response to my recent blog on the EPA's decision to rule that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health: "I would have hoped that your piece would have included a direct...

    Blog posts | March 24, 2009 2:22pm PDT

  • Wintel community tyranny

    What;'s the right thing to do when your wintel friends jump up and down proclaiming that majority makes right? Quote John Stuart Mills, of course...

    Blog posts | February 3, 2009 12:15am PST

  • Communication crucial to service providers

    Society is more communication crazy than ever, and our technology is responsible for this, of course. We live in a culture in which everyone seems to talking on a cellphone; checking and...

    Blog posts | November 14, 2005 7:38am PST

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