Get Your iPad Out Of My Face

In the past few months, Web-technology pitches and demos have begun to change.

Formerly, live technology demos would require a consensual gathering around a laptop, or a computer monitor mounted on a desk, or a trade-show booth. There was a formality and a definitive commitment of attention involved with these rituals.… Read the rest

Getting Rid Of The Sludge & Greasing The Skids

I use this blog not only to organize and share my thinking, but to experiment with various Web software services — typically plugins and small code embeds. An unintended consequence of a few recent updates resulted in very slow page download speeds — sometimes up to 13 seconds.… Read the rest

When Media Unbundle From Physical Devices And Become Infinite And On-Demand

You know you’re old when your three-year-old picks up an old cassette tape recorder you have lying around, and asks: “Daddy, what is this?”

But wait, it gets worse. I explained to my son Julian, “It works like an iPod.” So he asked, “But how does it work?”… Read the rest

Child Online Safety And Responsibility

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I had a good meeting yesterday with the child-safety product group from Symantec, the Internet security software company. They shared an aggregation of research that underscores the naivety of too many children when they use the Internet (i.e.,… Read the rest