According to my prejudiced view, communications technology is supposed to help people communicate. Before I start bellyaching, I must state that I think that it works on the whole. But … Too Much Technology Spell Checkers Spell-checkers (or spill-chequers) have been with us over a decade. While they have their uses, people have become over-reliant [...]
Entries from 28 December 2008
Technology – an Aid to Communication?
28 December 2008 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
Tags: autocomplete·autotype·checker·communicate·communications·grammar·hinderance·SMS·spell·technology·texting
e-Dangers
18 December 2008 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Every technology attracts its share of evildoers. Ships brought us piracy 2000 years ago. The motor car brought us crooked car salesmen 100 years ago. The e-world has brought us e-vandals (commonly known as “virus writers”) and e-fraudsters (“phishers”). (Used with permission from Arun at http://www.flickr.com/photos/arunjrk/2393439923/ , attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic) What About Our [...]
Tags: fraud·identity theft·IE·phisher·sue waters·virus
A toe in the water
15 December 2008 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
My heartfelt thanks go to Sue Waters for her wonderful support in getting me into this social arena. She has written this wonderful page to help people like me try to get it write (okokok, that should be “right”, anybody who has heard me speak knows my propensity for lousy puns). I want to become [...]
Tags: newbie·rants·sue waters
