NotesWhen the kids in Skylerās school want to tell a friend something in class, they donāt scrawl a note down on a tiny piece of paper and toss it across the room. They use Google Docs.FeedUnfurl
NotesPirateBox is a self-contained mobile communication and file sharing device. Simply turn it on to transform any space into a free and open communications and file sharing network.Unfurl
NotesThe anthropologist Margaret Mead once said that in traditional societies, the young learn from the old. But in modern societies, the old can also learn from the young. Hereās hoping that politeness never goes out of fashion, but that time-wasting forms of communication do.EmbedUnfurl
Notes"On the SUSE Studio team, we had a ālevel playing fieldā rule for our weekly meetings. Even though a lot of us were clustered in NĆ¼rnberg, Germany, everyone dialed in to the meeting, putting every single person on an even footing. Thereās no ālocalā and āremote.ā Everyone has to speak clearly into the telephone.<br />
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When we instituted this rule, we noticed the āremoteā participants joining in the conversation a lot more often, and the calls went a lot smoother.<br />
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This worked well for us. It might help you too. Let me know how it goes."Unfurl
Notes"Consider for a moment, if you will, how much computer you're seeing in this shot. Each of those machines is a fully set up PC compatible, with the attendant costs of memory, hard drive, and internal cards. They are all connected to modems (some of which you can see stacked on top) and all of this collection of hardware are plugged into the masses of power strips along the back. The room was obviously never designed for these computers - it has a regular carpet and those power strips are ad hoc. Consider how much effort was expended to make this system even work, to keep it all running, to make it function, to administer the software. This was a hell of a way to make a buck."Unfurl
Notes"Growing up in the Bowling Green neighborhood of Sacramento, I was taught how to read and mark houses with the Halloween Candy Code. For kids with an early curfew these codes were invaluable. Once we tagged a house, our peers could use our marks to reap the best full-size chocolate bars while avoiding Chex mix and dried apricots."Unfurl
NotesNerdy, but I could actually see this being kinda fun, wearing a headset on the couch MST3K'ing with some friends locally and cross-country. "Instead of only communicating, Microsoft is going one step further. They have partnered with Netflix to incorporate their streaming movie service into Xbox Live. This will allow one person in the party to select and start streaming a movie, which all people in the party room can watch, while communicating with each other in real time. Basically, it's a virtual, multi-person movie theatre."Unfurl
Notes"How can a candidate who admits he is stuck in the 20th century lead a country in the 21st, when he lacks even the most basic understanding of how this brave new century operates? He doesn't know how people interact and communicate. He doesn't know have tUnfurl
Notes"many people still prefer to feel that they're "doing" something when they're talking to other people, and perhaps most importantly, a friendly game of whatever provides an automatic topic of conversation"Unfurl
Notes"With T9, things are now happening that are completely new to language - we are now beginning to associate some words with other words that have no logical ideological connection between them, and, one step further, we are now substituting words withUnfurl
The Hottest Chat App for Teens Is Google Docs - The Atlantic
15 rules for communicating at GitHub Ā» Ben Balter
PirateBox by David Darts
Etiquette Redefined in the Digital Age - NYTimes.com
ongoing Ā· Less Like Oration
Schneier on Security: The Future of Ephemeral Conversation
Kids Halloween Candy Code
xkcd - Words that End in GRY