The March 2008 edition of Harper’s arrived today, and in it is a wonderful example of how internet technologies are not value neutral. Ginger Strand’s annotation "Keyword: Evil" (which Harper’s has made available for free online) spans two pages as … Continue reading
Via Geoff Carter on the techrhet list, Jeff Bezos on Charlie Rose talking about the Kindle: The device is getting the full media blitz, most notably the cover story in Newsweek, claiming that it is The Future of Reading and … Continue reading
In response to my post about WetPaint videos, Jim Brown suggested that the casting of a black woman as the savvy tech person is consistent with Martin Kevorkian’s observations in Color Monitors: The Black Face of Technology in America. I … Continue reading
Chris Anson of North Carolina State University forwarded a link on the WPA list to a pointed and hilarious letter from Pat Conroy to the editor of the Charleston (WV) Gazette in which he lambastes the Kanawha County school board’s … Continue reading