Tag Archives: Technology

Privacy, Our Expectations Need to Change

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Lloyd

“But our expectations need to change, too – especially our view of what constitutes a compromising or embarrassing digital trail. Maybe this high degree of openness will lead, not to a lot of red-faced adults in 10-20 years, but a … Continue reading →

Posted in Consuming, Humanity, Quote | Also tagged Embarrassing, Embarrassment, Exposure, Humility, Openness, privacy, Public, Quote, Stigma, Youth | 1 Comment

Misplaced Faith in the Power of Inventions

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Lloyd

From “Why our ‘amazing’ science fiction future fizzled” by John Blake (emphasis mine):
Even then [19th-century], people had a misplaced faith in the power of inventions to make life easier, Corn [Joseph Corn, co-author of “Yesterday’s Tomorrows: Past Visions of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion | Also tagged Change, Easier, Energy, Faith, Invention, Productivity, Sociology, Time | 2 Comments

Happy Birthday GNU!

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Lloyd

The GNU Project is 25 years young! And Richard Stallman and crew are working as hard as ever. Thank you!
The GNU Project is most famous for it’s versions of UNIX utilities and the GPL family of licenses. But whatever you … Continue reading →

Posted in GPL, Open Source | Also tagged Free Software Foundation, freedom, GNU Project, GPL, Open Source, Richard Stallman, Software | Leave a comment