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Author Archives: ptdrake
What Happens When the Twitterverse and the Universe Collide?
The rise and proliferation of computer technology, the Internet, and subsequently social networking has allowed for a very interconnected world. The Syrian rebels update the world on their side of the war via the blogosphere and the Twitterverse, every company …
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Old Methods, New Tools: The Generational Technology Gap and What It Means
The rise in social media and related Internet technologies has created a gap between the pre-Internet generations and the tech-savvy youth that have utilized the Internet or computer technology since their early years. While pre-Internet generations have certainly adapted to …
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The War in the Shadows: Cyberwarfare and Hacker Armies
When the Internet was first created I doubt many of us considered just how powerful of a medium for social change it could be and the impact it would have on global communications and globalization. I know I didn’t, because …
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“Harlem Shake:” The Rise and Fall of a Meme
Remember a few weeks ago when those “Harlem Shake” videos on YouTube were going around? To refresh your memory, sometime around early February amateur web comedian George Miller came out with a compilation video on YouTube that featured a a …
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Ideas Online: Kickstarter and Crowd-Funding
How many times have you heard one of your friend’s say something like, “Oh man, I’ve got a great idea for a videogame/app/website.” I can’t name a close friend who hasn’t said that statement and then followed it up with …
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The Future is Now: 3D Printing and its Global Role
What do you think of when you hear the term “science fiction?” Perhaps you’ve seen a science fiction or fantasy film before and you can recall some of their technology that seemed too far-fetched, like some sort of all-purpose fabricator …
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When Social Media, Advertising, and Consumers Collide: SXSW
Have you ever heard of SXSW or South by Southwest? It’s a massive arts festival in Austin, Texas that runs every year for what seems to be a random number of days and typically garners big names in emerging genres …
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Farming For Connection: The Advent of Rural Internet
It’s amazing the rate at which we’ve adopted and utilized the Internet as a general tool to benefit our lives. The Internet has ushered in an age of online management, where anyone has the ability to micromanage their lives through …
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The Heralded Age: The Transition to Government Transparency
Prior to WWII, the United States was locked in a period of isolationism in an effort to remove themselves from events in Europe, as well as the world. The government shrouded their dealings and projects in secrecy, discreetly shipping and …
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The Internet, the Web and the Threats Against Net Universality
It’s hard to imagine what the Internet didn’t make easier. It revolutionized communication and the transfer of information, it gave every user a voice and a medium through which to communicate ideas and knowledge and it serves as one of …
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