Rich | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 07 2009 | news, technologyQuoted: “Making a computer typically requires the mining and refining of dozens of minerals and metals including gold, silver, and palladium as well as extensive use of plastics and hydrocarbon solvents. To function, digital devices require a constant flow of electrons that predominately come from the combustion of coal, and at the end of their all-too-short useful lives electronics have become the single largest stream of toxic waste created by man. Until recently, there was little, if any, voluntary disclosure of the lifecycle ‘backstory’ of digital media.”
- Rich | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 02 2009 | technology, it, news
Maybe it's just me, but I can't deal with the info overload that twitter presents to me. I already had to change the way Facebook's new interface presents updates to me to keep things simple. Some techies say I'm just not up with the times and that one day, I'll get it. I don't think so, I'm busy enough trying to de-clutter my brain and my life.
Quoted: Twitter offers a stripped down messaging service - Google CEO Eric Schmidt once called it a "poor man's e-mail" - that limits posts to 140 characters. Tweets, as the messages are called, are public by default, meaning that they are visible to anyone. The service has therefore taken on a more commercial tone where many users, and some companies, promote themselves and for posting links to articles. Facebook, on the other hand, limits messages to friends, by default, creating a more private sensibility. It also offer a far wider range of uses, including sharing photos and playing games, that is probably more appealing to Generation Y.
- Rich | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 19 2007 | the, seattle, technology, news, google
Yet another example of Google putting its hands in too many cookie jars.
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