Culture
Maurice Sendek on Being a Kid, Children’s Literature & More [video]
Like | robinna | Jun 17, 2014 | Culture, Interviews, Leadership, Technology, Video
… a deep respect for children and how they solve complex problems. Love this fascinating interview series…
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Yahoo buys vizify, shuts it down
Like | robinna | Mar 13, 2014 | Culture, History of Technology, Technology
Vizify shuts dow: From Vizify: Keep your bio online a bit longer We’ve created a way to archive a snapshot of your bio so that it remains online at Vizify a while longer. You have until April 7, 2014 to archive your bio. Your archived bio will remain publicly visible through September 4, 2014. If you make changes to your bio after you’ve archived it, ...
The future of print books – crystal ball gazing
Like | robinna | Dec 31, 2013 | Culture, History of Technology, media, Technology
Over the past few months, if not years, I keep reading about print books becoming obsolete. I don’t think that will happen – at least, not entirely. I see parallels between print books and vinyl. In high school, I worked in a record store that was transitioning from vinyl to CDs (cassettes and albums kind of co-existed, but CDs were seen as an actual replacement). ...
What are with doing with the internet people? Let’s do something awesome [video with statistics]
Like | robinna | Oct 18, 2013 | Culture, Fun, Internet, Technology
This is AWESOME. and some stats, too.
Meebo retirement date July 11! Hurry!
Like | robinna | Jun 19, 2012 | Culture, History of Technology, productivity, Technology
Meebo users: Meebo rides off into the sunset on July 11.—————————–As a past Messenger user, we wanted you to know that until July 11 you can download your archived Messenger chat logs. Log into your account on Meebo Messenger for a download link. Please act soon — after July 11, chat archives will be deleted. You may remember meebo was purchased by google… Kind of like what ...
End of typewriters
Like | robinna | Apr 26, 2011 | Culture, History of Technology, Technology
Although there are still a lot of typewriters on the market, mashable (a technology news source) & others are reporting that Godrej and Boyce, the last remaining manufacturer of typewriters, has shut down production http://mashable.com/2011/04/26/rip-typewriter/ More here:http://tinyurl.com/3cefhtg A history of typewriters and key layouts (…and I keep reading that keyboards are on the way out, too)
archiving geocities – remember them?
Like | robinna | Jan 15, 2011 | Culture, History of Technology, Technology
Some of you may remember geocities (from yahoo), an early online & free website builder. Yahoo abandoned it some time ago, but it is now being archived. Interesting (and short) article about obsolete websites, archiving, and cultural history. http://tinyurl.com/2wmyw48
Vintage computer ads
Like | robinna | Nov 1, 2010 | Culture, History of Technology, nothing in particular, Technology
These are great. Enjoy my geeky/techy friends…. more here