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Augmented reality navigation awesomeness
The speed at which development in AR apps is happening is quite amazing....and fun. Clearly the ideas were already there waiting for the available technologies to present themselves.
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Technobabble
In another beautifully succinct post, this time about technophilia and technology in educational settings, danah boyd leaves us with this powerful passage.
As we talk about the wonderfulness of technology, please keep in mind the complexities involved. Technology is a wonderful tool but it is not a panacea. It cannot solve all societal ills just by its mere existence. To have relevance and power, it must be leveraged by people to meet needs. This requires all of us to push past what we hope might happen and focus on introducing technology in a context that makes sense.
It's a great reminder. If I am anything it is a technophile, an early adopting full blown technoenthusiast. Not amongst the true geeks, but at least in the context of the wider general population. And it is in my interactions with that general population education occurs, mostly with friends and family who are not so technologically inclined, less connected or have a deep skepticism about it's potential usefulness in their own lives. So now, rather than proselytise about the technology, I now just use. It's a part of my life, fully incorporated and interacted with it in all settings. It is me.If they are curious and ask, that's when the educational opportunity begins. It may plant the seed and they will use what they think they need within the context of their lives.
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Pulling on a new skin
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