Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Citizen Journalism
Thursday, November 27, 2008 21:45 2 CommentsThis post is part of a series I am writing for a class on New Media. Some technical explanations may seem unneeded or lengthy, but I am writing for the benefit of a very intelligent but less technical audience. I’ve been following the recent attacks in Mumbai. I first heard the news on CNN, but [...]
The Semantic Web
Saturday, November 15, 2008 0:58 No CommentsThis post is part of a series I am writing for a class on New Media. Some technical explanations may seem unneeded or lengthy, but I am writing for the benefit of a very intelligent but less technical audience. “The Semantic Web is a web that is able to describe things in a way that [...]
An Extremely Short History of Personal Computers & the Significance of Open-source Software
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 17:21 No CommentsThis post is part of a series I am writing for a class on New Media. Some technical explanations may seem unneeded or lengthy, but I am writing for the benefit of a very intelligent but less technical audience. Anyone else see any humor in my having an obnoxiously long title for this post? Personal [...]




