I can barely remember a time when I completely sat in silence. My thoughts and movements have almost become linked to the beat of my Ipod Touch and the rhythm of my speech in tune with the quick clicks of my 13″ Macbook Pro’s keyboard. Now when I attempt serenity and turn off my phone, [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Technology’
28 November 2008
Wireless Technologies
By Devon Hiphner
Various technologies in contemporary society are expanding and developing everyday, recently the most notable of these technologies is the wireless phenomenon. Going through any given day you may see hundreds of people everywhere on their cell phones texting, accessing the internet, emailing via their smart phones or computers through a wireless internet [...]
23 November 2008
Skin-Deep Dating
By Salome Fornier-Hanlon
In the technological world that we live in today, the relationships we share have taken on a more artificial nature. Instead of the normal, physical interaction that once took place amongst individuals to form some type of bond, today’s society is relying more and more on the technological devices that are available to [...]
21 November 2008
A Pencil’s Intention
By Amy Duval
No piece of technology, no matter how seemingly insignificant, is never completely neutral in its intentions or purpose. “Technologies are never neutral and some are hurtful,” says Kirkpatrick Sale in his article from The Nation entitled “Setting Limits On Technology”. He accurately describes how some technology can be destructive, despite seemingly positive motives [...]
3 October 2008
Sherry Turkle and Tethering
By Erin Carolan
Sherry Turkle’s piece “Always On” instantly drew me in to a world of cell phones, cyborgs, laptops and PDA’s, bringing the issue of our crumbling social communication standards into focus. Turkle explores the idea that we are “tethered” to our everyday technologies, and sneaks that concept into each different topic she discusses, urging [...]
