Is it possible for humans to develop a sixth sense?

In a recent interview on the Today Show, Mark Zuckerberg — the young founder of Facebook . . .

Media today is more mediatory than ever, insinuating itself between us and everything else.

Is there a difference between reading and skimming?

TED meetings are always incredible, but after a day and a bit, I am amazed at the richness and strength, the depth and breadth of the presentations.

It would be very difficult to summarize the breadth and complexity of the TED experience.

The iPhone is a revolutionary device.

I will call him Anthony. He arrived in Vancouver with a trunk full of DVD's.

In the labyrinth of Cyberspace, an invisible design is at the heart of the system.

I posted an earlier piece on Second Life and talked about cyberspace and the metaphoric power of alternate "realities" within the context of communications networks.

As an activity, as a state of mind, science is fundamentally optimistic.

The continuum that links real events with their transformation into images and media forms knows few limits.

To understand why New Media may have been convenient for both scholars and artists one need only look at the evolution of media studies.

I am not suggesting by any means that things have not changed. I am not saying that digital media are simply extensions of existing forms of expression.

Every historical period sees itself as contemporary. The inventors of the telegraph made many of the same claims as the designers of the Internet.

This blog entry proposes to briefly explore the transformation from the local context of community media to the creation of national and international information networks.

This was one of the most prescient presentations at the conference.