Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Colbert Report and Sherry Turkle

Also interesting seems to be this book by Sherry Turkle. Conservatism aside, she has a good point. As technology expands our available space for interaction in the world, it also removes us from the here and now...

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From the marketing perspective (a bit corny :)):

Hand writing vs. typing

Interesting article at lifehacker:

http://lifehacker.com/#!5738093/why-you-learn-more-effectively-by-writing-than-typing

Nice to see some science behind the benefits of more complex forms of bodily interaction, as opposed to just going the full digital/static mode.