Posts tagged future
Envisioning Technology For 2012 And Beyond
Every baby born today (Monday, 30th of October) is part of the 500,000 that will push the human population over the 7 billion mark, according to U.N. data. And within only 28 years it’s getting even more crowded: predictions speak of 9 billion human beings on the planet by 2040. But it’s not just our…
3 Things Children Would Like To See In The Future Of The Net And Technology
In 2010, Latitude asked children from all over the world aged 12 and below about their hopes, wishes and expectations about the Internet and technology in general. The results are surprising, not just because the kids were asked to draw their ideas in colors but for the ideas and paradigms they reveal. Here are just…
Hey Kids, We’re On A Road To Nowhere!
Do you remember the day you finished school? (Or maybe you’re still looking forward to it…) That feeling to finally venture out into the Big Wide World full of adventures and achievements. That sweet promise of freedom! The looming sense of responsibilities… India Trips And The Not-So-Hip Cubicle Nation My grandparents’ generation went straight from school…
How to Teach Online Without Selling Your Soul (Book Release Notes and Thanks)
Another phase of intensive work comes to end. That’s right, my new book “How to Teach Online Without Selling Your Soul” is finally done and ready to see the light of the world. The reason for writing this book is simple. When I started working as a language teacher online in January 2009, it was like a…
Nailing the Coffin on “Internet Addiction”
We all have heard it before that someone is “addicted to the Internet” and secretly fear that we might be in danger of turning into online junkies, ourselves. It’s what our parents had warned us from. Only now it’s not the television. It’s bigger, better, brighter, more addictive: The Internet! But according to a study…
Logging in to Log Off: Non-Mediated Nostalgia and the Point of No Return
As regular readers know, much of my writing circles around the awesomeness of being connected, like being able to work from anywhere and get access to all kinds of cool people and information – and the looming recognition- that being connected all the time warps our daily life into something which is characterized by being…