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Forgotten / Delayed Generations

So, I've had the following on my list of things to do for over three months and finally decided to act on it:"post about the failed generations. technology is implemented before we fully understand the...

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Transforming industry through information altruism

This posting is a refinement of a concept that I presented earlier on this blog: Using OSS to disrupt industries.Tag your it: philosophyaltruisminformationpowerCategory: TechnologySocietyOSS to...

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My {new} motivation

Author: Unknown Monk 1100 A.D.When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.  I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.  When I found I couldn't change the...

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nosce te ipsum

Maybe it's a trend brought about by the internet (it is) but I'm noticing an increasingly great push towards openness, participation and transparency in all things.  Granted, i'm in the open source...

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The impending US tech bubble

Yesterday you have become aware of the impending Tech Bubble.  I foresee a bubble similar to that of the DOT-COM bubble of a decade ago.  Here's why:Platforms are stabilizingConsumer needs have been...

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When is obsession a good/bad thing?

"The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them." - EinsteinI can't stop working.Tag your it: changeobsessionimaginecontrolthe...

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The new Road Rage - Net Rage

Everyone that's been in a car before has either experienced or been the target of road rage.  I think road rage happens in part because of the social norms established by the vehicle itself.  These...

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JoePa recruited me

No, JoePa did not recruit me for football.  I didn't come to Penn State because of the football (before coming here I didn't even like football).  I didn't know who he was or much about him or even...

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Sex and Data

Mostly driven by Google's data privacy policy change, ownership of your 1s and 0s on the internet has started to become a lot more predominant in people's minds.  What are they doing with all that...

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Cultural transformation through information technology

There are a few competing theories of information technology with regard to philosophy of technology.  Some say that people create technology with political agendas, even if unintended which then help...

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Reboot

This is the first day of the rest of your lifeI just got back from Alaska recently and I feel like I am finally at peace (once again).  The level of work I've been engaged in over the last year was...

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Where do we go from here?

I spent so long fighting stagnancy to get to this place; stability, recognition, disruption.Now we're there... then what do you do? This is the question every disrupting faction must ask itself when it...

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Moderation in politics

It's that time of year again.  The time where millions of voters who haven't been paying attention to their loss of freedoms and poor decisions made on their behalf pay attention to a few weeks of...

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My home is connected to the internet

This is a quick review of my new Nest learning thermostat that my wife surprised me with!UnboxingThis is a professional quality device and it feels it through unboxing.  It's pretty obvious the cues...

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A Credo of Disruption

"A statement of the beliefs or aims that guide someone's actions." - WikipediaI figured I'd put this down here incase the paper gets lost or destroyed.  July 26th, 2011 I wrote the following as my...

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It starts with a question

.@btopro Ever feel like we're breaking everything that made HTML so great? We're creating a house of mirrors/iframesgroups.drupal.org/node/283713Category: EducationTechnologySocietyDrupalTag your it:...

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Forgotten / Delayed Generations

So, I've had the following on my list of things to do for over three months and finally decided to act on it:Tag your it: STSchangelost generationCategory: TechnologySociety

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Freedom

We’re nearing the end of my research paper, the work I’ve been doing in secret for so many years. I can finally let the ideas go and shine sunlight on them. It’s been so long, so many years of...

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