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15th July 2011 |
Quotations, Speaking & Writing |
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Comments Off on Search engines ‘rewire our memory’
Internet search engines have changed the way that memory works, researchers have claimed. A study from Columbia University suggests that the ability to find almost any information
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18th May 2010 |
Speaking & Writing |
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Comments Off on Artist makes imaginary Google town a reality
I was reading an article about the FutureEverything gathering which started today in Manchester and happened to notice a nice story which explores the idea of map making in
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2nd June 2009 |
Speaking & Writing |
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Comments Off on Susan Greenfield’s latest claim: playing video games to blame for financial crisis
Baroness Greenfield’s been at it again: in this month’s Wired article entitled, ‘Did video games make bankers more reckless?’
Rather bizarrely, Greenfield’s
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28th May 2009 |
Speaking & Writing |
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Comments Off on Video games v the novel: which moves you more?
I'm a very casual gamer, with a preference for instantly gratifying 'beat 'em ups' like the Tekken and Soul Calibur series or first person shooters like Time Crisis, but I love
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14th May 2009 |
Speaking & Writing |
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Comments Off on Why are we so willing to confess all online?
We’ve all heard stories of employees who leave derisory Tweets about their client’s hometown or teenagers who slate their job on Facebook and get fired. We are more open,
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5th May 2009 |
Speaking & Writing |
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Comments Off on Is Facebook really ‘bad’ for you?
Seemingly every month a new study emerges claiming that social networking is bad for us or our children. Rather unsurprisingly, given the perpetual desire of some parts of the
