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Don't forget about the price tag
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The purpose of technology is community
Celebrate small moments
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From the category archives:

Social Change

The wind beneath wasp wings

August 29, 2009

While having lunch outdoors yesterday my friend and I were visited by two wasps.  The wasps in our area rarely sting you if you let them be, but “letting them be” usually involves them hovering around or crawling on both your food and yourself. We kept hoping the wasps would go away but they persisted. It was too nice a day to eat inside and swatting the wasps with our forks was not going to be effective. While we coexisted with the wasps we noticed that they liked my friend’s Caesar salad more than my Greek salad, so my friend [...]

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Becoming Batman

August 26, 2009

Our continued interest in comic book heroes reflects our admiration for those who help others despite the challenges. When I was a boy I got my comic book fix in 12 cent monthly increments They were delivered via the local variety store called [in all its early innocence and lung-stomping dastardliness] the Smoke Shop. There, amidst my options of Donald Duck, Richie Rich and Archie comic books I would seek out the stories of how a rich guy, helped by the small but vital team of his butler and young protege, would use his wealth and techno-talents for good. Unlike [...]

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Beyond Keeping Up with the Joneses

August 21, 2009

When I was growing up “Keeping up with the Joneses” had an air of inevitability and a hint of disdain, as if someone was being excessive and pulling us along. Our culture seems to have gone beyond that level. Our shopping-oriented culture is now beyond compare, with warehouses filled with even more stuff. Nowadays, many people in North America have more than enough of everything, and the choices for buying are beyond easy comparison.  Style, personal choice and the sheer magnitude of what’s available has changed the landscape and expectations for what any one person might have right now, today, [...]

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