Archive for September 2009

Exhibitionism and Anonymity

Facebook. Myspace. Livejournal. Youtube. Last.fm. Deviatart. There are so many websites that people use to put themselves ‘out there’ for the world to see. My generation is a generation of communication and identity. And yet, my generation is also the generation of internet piracy, and also the generation that came up with anonymous web browsing […]

Seven steps to beat ‘Shopper’s Fog’

Psychologically, the commercial world is rather daunting. Stores are built not only to appeal to the public but to also overstimulate one or more senses. We see this in large department stores as well as grocery stores and even small shops. I repeatedly see customers in a trance-like state in the shoe store I manage. […]

Torrential Downpours

In my last post I went on a slight rant about the Pirate Bay. Hopefully by now, our readers know where we stand on internet piracy- i.e. it’s an illegal activity and illegal activity is bad. But the question still remains: is bit torrent therefore as a protocol bad?
First off, bit torrent, for those of […]

New Mobile Devices

With my BlackBerry on at last legs, or the battery at least (I hope), I figured I would use a blog post as an excuse to do some research on possible new phones.
Since I’m a technologist, I try to choose devices that will inform me somehow on the market. Since I don’t own an iPhone, […]