Monthly Archives: September 2012

Technology: Good…and bad.

Posted on September 15, 2012 by troos

When thinking of why humans produce new technologies, the reason is to make some aspect of human life easier.  This may be done through selfish ambition, in which case the technology is corrupt right from the start.  But most technologies … Continue reading →

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Cecilia Sun – Outdated textbooks

Posted on September 15, 2012 by ceciliaysun

The start of a new school year and the debate over the textbook situation continues. Do we buy e-books? Where will we find the money to replace old and outdated books? Textbooks are given much value in the classroom. It … Continue reading →

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The Power of Technology

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Kenton Hemsing

In his inaugural address in 1961, John F. Kennedy remarked: “The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.” To me … Continue reading →

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Technology and Truth

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Christie Robertson

“It is not always clear, at least in the early stages of a technology’s intrusion into a culture, who will gain most by it and who will lose most…new technologies change what we mean by “knowing” and “truth”; they alter … Continue reading →

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Text and Mashups

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Christie Robertson

“’Text’, from a root meaning ‘to weave’, is, in absolute terms, more compatible etymologically with oral utterance than is ‘literature’, which refers to letters entymologically/(literae) of the alphabet. Oral discourse has commonly been thought of even in oral milieus as … Continue reading →

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Is Technology Making Us Lazy?

Posted on September 15, 2012 by tavenia

Dictionary.com defines technology as: the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment … [as] the terminology of an art, science, etc. … a technological process, … Continue reading →

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The Text we Hold with Technology

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Nicola Einarson

While the means and methods for storage of data become smaller and smaller, the cumulative amount of saved and accumulated text will only increase. Used in its broadest sense, text comprises an almost inconceivably staggering collection of materials. In 2012, I … Continue reading →

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The Technology to Accumulate Text

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Nicola Einarson

Reflecting on the meanings behind “text” and “technology,” I wanted to explore the seemingly inverse relationship between the progressively large cumulative total of text that has been created and is being saved and stored, and the increasing ease and indiscretion with which … Continue reading →

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Our Incessant Appetite

Posted on September 15, 2012 by tavenia

Dictionary.com defines text as “the main body of matter in a manuscript, book, newspaper,etc., as … the original words of an author or speaker, [and] as … the actual wording of anything written or printed” (text, n.d.). In searching for … Continue reading →

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A Martian Sends a Postcard Home

Posted on September 15, 2012 by learle

by Craig Raine, 1979 Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings and some are treasured for their markings– they cause the eyes to melt or the body to shriek without pain. I have never seen one fly, but sometimes they … Continue reading →

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