mcchris + technology   16

Do Artifacts Have Politics?
Winner, Langdon. The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986. 19-39.
technology  to:read 
june 2008 by McChris
Create Digital Music: Record Sales Up — No, Really, Actual Records
Vinyl LPs appear to be the only segment of the physical music business that is growing. I suspect music fans prefer the tactility and size of the LP format.
vinyl  technology  music  business 
may 2008 by McChris
NYTimes: Researchers Play Tune Recorded Before Edison
American researchers found a mechanical audio recording in France that was created before Edison's claim to inventing the phonograph. I wonder what the reserve price on eBay will be.
oldmedia  records  technology 
march 2008 by McChris
Rutherford Photographic (1965-1975)
Images of the installation of a microfilm reader in 1975. My dad worked on these through most of his working life.
archive  history  technology  photography 
march 2008 by McChris
Obsolete Skills: Skills/Skills
This wiki allows users to list skills they believe have been make obsolete by changing technology.
technology  wiki  history 
february 2008 by McChris
Neatorama:The Evolution of Tech Companies Logos
Here's one of the most erudite discussions of logo design history. It's funny how some logos, like the one Paul Rand designed for IBM have endured, while old logos I prefer - like the multicolor Apple logo - have fallen by the wayside.
design  branding  technology  linkbait 
february 2008 by McChris
White Whine
This blog lists a new "white person complaint" each day of the week.
blog  humor  whiteness  technology 
january 2008 by McChris
Internet Archive: Computer Chronicles
There might be some chuckles in this collection of a TV show about computers that began airing in the 1980s.
archive  history  geek  TV  technology 
january 2008 by McChris
How Experts Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Schwinn
This wiki site is for a business book about the social facets of expertise and how expertise can lead to poor consequences.
business  wiki  technology  cycling 
december 2007 by McChris
Daily Herald: The CD is still second to vinyl in the hearts of music buffs
There's nothing really new here about how hipsters thing vinyl sounds better than CDs, but it provides a nice historical context for the idea that the CD is a dying format.
vinyl  music  end-of-life  history  technology 
august 2007 by McChris
OUPblog: The LP is Unvieled
I missed this anniversary, but it's worth linking to this commemorative story.
music  history  technology  vinyl 
june 2007 by McChris
Time Book Excerpt: The Assault on Reason
Al Gore uses a tacit "strong effects" argument in this piece blaming television for eroding public discourse.
politics  journalism  TV  publicsphere  technology 
may 2007 by McChris
Rough Type: Long player
Nick Carr discusses _Exile on Main Street_ at length and alludes to Gang of Four in his erudite rebuttal to David Weinberger's contention that the "track" is the natural unit of music.
history  technology  vinyl 
may 2007 by McChris
Foreign Policy: Inside the Digital Dump
This awesome photo-essay shows how the West dumps toxic computer parts on the developing world.
image  globalization  technology  environmentalism 
may 2007 by McChris
Chaka Fattah's Technology Plan
Chaka Fattah used to be my representative in West Philly and is now running for mayor of the city. I take issue with some of his suggestions like SmartBoards, but infobong.com endorses him for mayor.
education  technology  politics  Philadelphia 
march 2007 by McChris

Copy this bookmark:



description:


tags: