Tag Archives: media

Thoughts on We Live in Public and the crisis of self 2

I came across a haunting trailer today for a documentary by (of?) Josh Harris and Ondi Timoner called We Live in Public.  According to Jason Calacanis, who wrote an excellent email-turned-blog-post about the documentary’s subject matter, “It’s a cautionary tale about the dehumanizing effects of technology, a somber topic that we all need to consider [...]

Some wisdom from Edward T. Hall 1

A few highlights from my current read, Edward T. Hall’s Beyond Culture (Chapter 4 – Hidden Culture)
“…language is not…a system for transferring thoughts or meaning from one brain to another, but a system for organizing information and for releasing thoughts and responses in other organisms.” (pg 57) (my emphasis)
“Two things get in the way of [...]

2010 Job Posting: Professional Reader 2

@JordanRaynor posted this on his blog and it reminded me of a conversation I had with some colleagues a while back when Bob Stein came and spoke at my university.  Bob was talking about the future of the book and naturally the conversation led to discussing how people would/should deal with being overloaded with information [...]