An old habit I kept from my Boston years is to listen to OnPoint Radio, which I enjoy very much. There is nothing comparable in France with such high level debates on the key topics of the moment.
The broadcast …
How many times did you feel frustrated with a simple text message when you wished you had had lengthy news? The times of the long letter, handwritten with care, sent with that special feeling (pleasure or chore, as the case …
Another buzz word enters the arena. Two letters: AR, short for Augmented Reality (wikipedia definition). This concept has long been prophesied by the writers of the cyberpunk genre. However, with the advent of the always-on smart-phones outfitted with …
There are several paradoxes in the current overload of information showering on us everyday, from twitter to RSS to mail to alerts on discussions we are part of, to news, etc.
- The first paradox is that we feel overwhelmed …
Alors que l’on vit de plus en plus un monde virtuel où l’échange principal se fait par informatique, il ne faut pas s’étonner du fait que les plus jeunes aient besoin de partager des photos, une belle indication du besoin de sentir ce contact anihilé par la distance informatique. S’il ne faut pas nier le progrès de l’information partagée et la facilité du contact virtuel, on ne remplacera jamais le face-à-face.