Last year I made a list of all of the technologies that worked my nerves for Festivus. Well ladies and gentlemen, Festivus is among us once again and I am just cranky enough to take another crack at a 2009 list. So sit back and don your Oscar the Grouch demeanor because I’m about to complain. I [...]
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Blooper Reel Time
December 17, 2009 – 2:34 pm
Annual outtakes on CNET TV. At the risk of sounding too girly, I’ve had a bad hair year.
Giving Back Just By Shopping
November 25, 2009 – 6:56 am
Please watch this special episode of Loaded. It is about how to give back while you are shopping this holiday season and beyond. This piece breaks my heart a little but at least we know how to do something to help.
Thank you for watching, sharing, and doing anything you can to help other people. [...]
Technological Determinism Is False
October 24, 2009 – 5:00 pm
I read that today in Yochai Benkler’s book “The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom.” He defines “technological determinism” as the expectation that technology will produce a new social structure. I have thought this for a long time in my career as a technology journalist, although I had not articulated it [...]