Should we trust robots? Do you trust your cat?
Every night, Fred, my pet cat of going on four years now, curls up at the foot of my bed, purrs, and sleeps soundly. In the morning, he wakes me for his breakfast with irresistible insistence....
Tagged: Technology
Texting vs Talking
Was reading an article recently about dialog communications and how texting has replaced talking in a lot of modern communication. (http://alistapart.com/article/conversational-design) It had an interesting diagram that displayed a time line of human communication going back...
2 Way Speaker Project
Sometime in high school I developed a fetish for designing and building audio speaker systems. My very first effort was a 3’ high, 2’ wide, 1’ deep plywood box with one 10” driver...
Humanity from beginning to end in 3.2 million years
Two interesting texts describe humanity from both ends of the spectrum. Wanderlust , a History of Walking by Rebecca Solnet. 2001 In the early chapters, Rebecca explores anthropological research regarding the role of bipedalism in the...
Is it Sloppy or Efficient?
I recently read an an article on software development process that relates to common themes not only in programming but in problem solving in general. I didn’t agree with the author and commented on his article...
AI vs the Human Computer
“A more perfect analogy would be if you consider nuclear research, with its potential for a very dangerous weapon. Releasing the energy is easy; containing that energy safely is very difficult. And so I think the...
Personal Media Clarity…Finally…Kinda
My personal media strategy has been only mildly strategic over the course of my online life. Social Media tools come and go. “knowledge Management tools” are tried, adopted, and abandoned with abandon as their proprietary-ness became...