Digital Age

At Your Service -- 24/7

Jane Carlin and Barb Macke | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Information Literacy, Librarians, Virtual Reference, Digital Age, 24/7, Librarians Online Available, College News
Jane Carlin and Barb Macke

Librarians have been some of the first in the Academy to recognize the power of collaboration and sharing. First with online catalogs, and now with sharing expertise across the miles. At your service 24/7.

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Why I Took a Facebook Hiatus

Natalie Thomas | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Easter, Sharing, Mother's Day, Status Update, Social Networking, Digital Age, Spring Break, Online, Oversharing, Facebook Status, Facebook Friends, Facebook, Costco, Comedy News
Natalie Thomas

Facebook is addictive. You feel inclined to read, stalk and share. Only in this forum would stalking be the more acceptable practice of the three. In this case, it's the sharing that's the problem.

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Reinventing Your Connection to the Web: Time Management in the Digital Age

Russell C. Smith | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Internet, Internet Addiction, Digital Age, Time-Management, Mobile Web, Digital Information, Digital Divide, Online Time Management, Technology News
Russell C. Smith

When you're going online to accomplish specific goals, it's good to make a list and check off everything as you go along. We've all been sidetracked by hyperlinks, and this is part of the addictive quality of the Internet.

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Pixel Logic: How the Next 10 Years Will Reinvent Your Life

Russell C. Smith | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Digitial Cities, Hyper-Meaning, Digital Media, Gamification, Time Travel, Multiverse, Digital Tracking, Digital Age, High-Tech, Digital Acceleration, Fringe, Gaming, Technology, Alternate Universes, Multi-Sensory Experiences, Point System, Adaptive Psychology, Quantum Physics, Technology News
Russell C. Smith

Current technology can already process our experiences faster than we can think about them. Whether we welcome it or not, it's unavoidable, and greater digital acceleration will happen.

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Liberal Arts in the Digital Age: Teaching Technology as a Language

Sara Rasmussen | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Education Technology, Technology College, Technology Education, College Education, Digital Age, College Technology Classes, Technology in Classrooms, Technology, College Technology Courses, Digital Divide, College News
Sara Rasmussen

From iPads to audio recorders, Smart Classrooms to online courses, new tools find their way into students' and educators' hands every day. But many teachers seem hesitant to embrace all this rapidly emerging technology.

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The Digital Divide and the Racial Wealth Gap: Why Supporting Minority Business Enterprise is an Answer for Both

David Honig | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Fcc, Digital Equality, Spectrum Shortage, Distress Sale Policy, Connect to Compete, Business Incubator, Wealth Gap, Racialwealth Gap, Spectrum, Spectrum Crisis, Media Incubator Proposal, Minority Business Enterprises, Mbe, Tax Certificate Policy, Incubator, Federal Communications Commission, Digital Age, Broadband Adoption, Mmtc, Telecom Development Fund, Digital Divide, Minority Media & Telecommunications Council, Spectrum Crunch, Technology News
David Honig

We are currently facing the greatest threat to first class citizenship, competitiveness, economic growth, and moral fiber as a nation since segregation. A deep digital divide exists at a critical point in our nation's history where we are transitioning from an industrial to a digital society.

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Digital Fire: A Manifesto

Russell C. Smith | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Reinvention, Digital Age, World History, Languages, Society, Manifesto, Technology, Culture, Books News
Russell C. Smith

If you are alive, engaged, alert, ready with a spark inside -- you're open to the idea of reinvention happening on a global scale. Welcome, we've been expecting you.

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PHOTOS: Animal Sculptures Made From CD Fragments

Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Deviant Art, Compact Discs, Unorthodox Sculpture, Digital Age, Sculpture, Cd Art, Animal Art, Sean Avery Cd Sculpture, Sean Avery, Cd Rom, Arts News

Welcome to the CD menagerie. Sean Avery rendered the animal kingdom out of shattered compact discs! These old-fangled, music-storing devices were a...

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Shifting Back to the 'Human Factor' in the 'Digital Age'

Massimo Redaelli | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Digital Age, Technology News
Massimo Redaelli

We have already empowered humans with the best technology that has ever been seen, so why not start using that tool to drive further changes: changes in the way we employ this technology and also in the way we interact among ourselves?

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The Surefire Way to End Online Piracy: End Copyright

Dean Baker | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Innovation, Piracy, Copyright, Sopa, Copyright Infringement, Creative Community, Digital Age, Middle Ages, Online Piracy, Business News
Dean Baker

The institution of copyright dates back to the late middle ages. It may have served a useful function back then, but we will need something better for the Internet Age.

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PHOTOS: The BYOB Video Game Exhibition... (Bring Your Own Beamer)

Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Postmasters, Rafael Rozendaal, Ernesto Klar, Eddo Stern, Jason Rohrer, New York Art Exhibition, CJ Yeh, Mauro Ceiolin, Digital Art, Travis Hallenbeck, Digital Age, Video Game Art, Chelsea Gallery, Joe McKay, Jeremiah Johnson, Mary Flanagan, Mike Beradino, New Media Art, Arts News

As far as stereotypes go, the hit-the-town gallerista crowd and the hit-the-basement video gamers seem to be polar opposites. Yet a new exhibition at ...

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Online and Offline Harmony

Josh Brooks | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Digital Media, VHS Tapes, Technology Transition, Digital Age, Smartphones, Twitter, Technology Benefits, Cds, Technology, Facebook, Google, Steve Jobs Death, Google Wallet, Technology News
Josh Brooks

For the most part, going digital has enriched our lives. But is there a price? Are we losing sight of our humanity in the frenetic rush to digital efficiency?

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Three Biggest Myths About Distracted Youth In The Digital Age

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Easily Distracted, Digital Youth, Digital Age, Myths About Distraction, Distraction, Texting While Driving, Wsj, Teenagers, Parents News

By Cathy N. Davidson on Speakeasy Whenever I lecture on the science of attention, I hear the same litany of fears from parents and grandparents wor...

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The Spirit of a Generation

Debra Ollivier | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Reinvention, 1960s, Baby Boomers, Rotary Phone, Parenting Teens, Teenage Love, Digital Age, Information Age, Feminism, Parenting post50, Star Trek, Fifty News
Debra Ollivier

We don't choose the decade we're born into. We can only hope that the collective entrepreneurial spirit of our generation can mobilize itself to create a better future not only for our kids, but for our parents and for ourselves.

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How To Write In The Digital Revolution

Heather Brooke | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Kindle Singles, Writing Digital Revolution, Kindle, Digital Age, Digital Revolution, Julian Assange, Ebooks, The Revolution Will Be Digitised, Books News
Heather Brooke

As the news agenda goes into warp speed, it becomes ever more difficult for authors writing about current events to keep their books timely and relevant.

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Gaming Education Reform: Put Down Your Pencils And Play

Michael Levine | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Digital Media, The Joan Ganz Cooney Center, Gamers, Children, Digital Age, Healthy Apps, HP Games, Let's Move, Education Reform, Video Games, Electronic Software Association, Learning, Education News
Michael Levine

The popularity and increasing innovation of video game play is providing a new and surprisingly fresh framework for policy discussions about education reform.

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Humans Mating Machines? Maybe I'm Robo-Phobic...

Claudia Ricci | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Therapeutic Robots, Sex Robots, Japanese Robots, Machines, Digital Age, Books News
Claudia Ricci

Sherry Turkle's fascinating new book, Alone Together, provides a startling exploration of the way digital technology and the fast-changing field of robotics are turning emotional connections among humans upside down.

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Looking For A Job? Librarians Can Help You Find The Perfect Fit

Roberta Stevens | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Ala, American Library Association, Library Technoloy, Digital Advances Libraries, Libraries, Digital Age, Library Funding, Unemployment, Library Employment, Library Jobs, Books News
Roberta Stevens

Five years ago, the American Library Association (ALA) conference was the first major convention to return to a post-Katrina New Orleans.

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Public Libraries Fight To Stay Relevant

csmonitor.com | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Ala, Libraries Closing, Garden City Public Library, Libraries in Crisis, Digital Age, Public Libraries, Libraries, American Library Association, Books News

These days, it isn't business as usual at the Garden City Public Library in Michigan. The building is intact and the collection of books is in good sh...

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Anthony Weiner Is a Modern Human Being

Alec Baldwin | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Social Media, Anthony Weiner, Twitter, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Digital Age, Anthony Weiner Scandal, Facebook, Politics News
Alec Baldwin

Anthony Weiner is a modern human being. So he ensnared himself in things that modern humans do. When I first heard about his problems, I snickered and made jokes, too. Now, I'm sad for him, his family, his district and his colleagues.

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Digitalman: Faster Than a Speeding Byte

Peter Block | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Information Age, Computer Age, Information Economy, Facebook, Digital Technology, Digital Age, Mark Zuckerberg, The Social Network, Social Network, Technology News
Peter Block

No technical obstacle stands in Zuckerberg's way. He never needs a help line, never is referred to a system administrator, never is asked for an "SSID" or a password that he has not memorized.

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The Customer Is Always On Hold

Daniel P. Malito | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Customer Satisfaction, Customer Service, Technology, Shopping, Digital Age, Healthy Living News
Daniel P. Malito

When exactly did businesses forget that the customer is doing them a favor? We should be "always right," not kept at arm's length at all costs.

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Has the Business Card Finally Had Its Day?

Andy Miah | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business Cards, Web 2.0, Digital Technology, Kindle, Ereader, Ethics, Public Domain, Linkedin, Digital Age, Flickr, Technology News
Andy Miah

How should we regard the business card in a digital age? For a few years now, I have been photographing business cards. but today, I decided that they should go into the public domain.

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Blackberries Off: Ten Essential Movies For Easily Distracted Twenty-Somethings

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Literature, George C. Scott, Digital Media, Francois Truffaut, Bicycle Thieves, Academy Awards, Harper Lee, Eva Marie Saint, All About Eve, Rashomon, Thanksgiving, The 400 Blows, Best Movies by Farr, Akira Kurosawa, Rod Steiger, Brian Dennehy, Robert Duvall, Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, Modern Times, George Sanders, Theatre, Duck Soup, Gregory Peck, On the Waterfront, Elia Kazan, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Mulligan, Preston Sturges, Matt Richtel, The New York Times, Veronica Lake, Best Movies on DVD, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Vittorio De Sica, Sidney Lumet, Joel Mcrea, 12 Angry Men, Digital Age, The Marx Brothers, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Marlon Brando, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Bette Davis, Entertainment News
John Farr

What if we only had a month in which to force our young adult offspring to see ten essential movies before they succumbed entirely to short-form digital content? My own personal picks.

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When Youth Own the Public Education Agenda

Mimi Ito | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Youmedia, Public Education, Public Schools, Digital Media, Chicago Public Library, Peer to Peer, Social Networking, Literacy, Digital Literacy, Learning, Digital Age, Public Education Reform, Video, Education News
Mimi Ito

Imagine what it would mean to think of public education as a mission shouldered not only by schools, but also by a wide range of public institutions committed to knowledge and learning?

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