Posted October 21, 2015in Tech Talk
In life, few things are as passively satisfying as “blocking” out the little annoyances. Telemarketers calling during dinner? We gripe for a second then simply say, “Please put me on the ‘do not call’ list.” Have an embarrassing family member on Facebook who you can’t unfriend? Well, bypass that social
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Posted October 14, 2015in Tech Talk
Connoisseurs of late 1990s television might remember a certain VH1 roundtable discussion show, “The List,” which basically laid the blueprint for modern Internet content. The concept of the show was simple enough: A host and four celebrity guests discuss and rank the quality of people, places and things based on
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Posted October 07, 2015in Featured Story, Tech Talk
There’s something exclusive about being part of a group. Feeling part of a movement or private society is why people join churches or gyms, go to specific schools, buy specific brands and join cults. There are additional benefits to each of those examples, but at their core they are exclusive,
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Posted September 30, 2015in Tech Talk
If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. Children across the country are told this every day when they say something hurtful. The problem is that this expression is also used when people say something negative. Criticism and negativity aren’t inherently evil. They are the
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Posted September 23, 2015in Featured Story, Tech Talk
Dear President Obama: With the Iowa Caucus nearing and political drama starting to consume the news cycle, I’m sure you’ve heard the rumblings for a federal holiday on Election Day. Considering only half of eligible voters cast a ballot in 2012, think how big the voting pool would grow if
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Posted September 16, 2015in Tech Talk
Virtually every medium of media has its zealots. The most well known group is audiophiles — music or sound lovers pursuing the cleanest audio sound possible. These fanatics will espouse the virtues of five-figure sound systems that deliver frequencies the human ear can’t hear but are nevertheless important because of
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Posted September 09, 2015in Tech Talk
The National Football League — America’s most popular sport — loves to tout its $10 billion revenue value. Between dominant television ratings and local teams stoking the flames of fandom, the NFL has nearly a perpetual motion of cash creation. Ten billion dollars is impressive, but interestingly enough, it’s puny
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Posted September 02, 2015in Tech Talk
To the uninspired and greed-fueled, the modern web must be secretly infuriating. Parroting a phrase I heard time and time again in the photography showcase at the Iowa State Fair, the Internet inspires a lot of “I could do that.” From food blogs to silly YouTube video producers, it seems
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Posted August 26, 2015in Tech Talk
The Internet can be the ugliest place in the world. Anonymous online posting is the No. 1 plague of the 21st century. The list of horrible things people can do on the Internet reads like a rap sheet for aliens to exterminate our species: hacking, child pornography, revenge-porn, hate speech,
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Posted August 19, 2015in Tech Talk
There are big companies like Ford or 3M, and then there are massive companies like General Electric or ExxonMobil. Now, Ford generates more revenue than General Electric, but G.E. is a more diverse company that makes it seem like it might own half the planet. In technology, an easy equivalent
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