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Category Archives: digitalis americana
Digitalis Americana: Digital Rights Management Misapplied
The broad acceptance of digital technology—the personal computer, in particular—creates a social breach between those who have access and those who do not. Access is not only a function of being able to buy a PC, but also a function of being able to operate the machine efficiently.
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Digitalis Americana – Wi-Fi Access on Vacation
Being away does not mean being gone.
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Tagged access, digitalis americana, fidelity, hilton head island, internet, networking, south carolina, vacation, wi-fi, wireless
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Digitalis Americana – Reliance on Digital Technology
Always on is not always good.
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Digitalis Americana – How Have Peoples’ Expectations Changed of Arithmetic?
Skills not practiced are lost.
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Digitalis Americana: Political Action & Blogging
Accessibility is the hallmark of the internet.
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Digitalis Americana – 9. Digital Distinctions
It is in noting the distinctions that I understand the differences.
The first distinction, for most personal computer users, is one of hardware and software: Microsoft Windows or Macintosh, IBM-style or Apple. Is the computer one that runs Microsoft Windows or Mac OS (operating system)? Fundamentally, is it one made of nonproprietary components, capable of running multiple operating systems (i.e. DOS, Windows, Linux, and Solaris)? Is the system designed specifically to operate the hardware vendor’s operating system, Mac OS, an operating system that, interestingly, is based on the open source Linux operating system?
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Digitalis Americana – 8. Accepting Responsibility
I may not have caused the problem, but I am willing to repair the problem.
How well do users accept responsibility for the perceived complexity of digital systems?
Although I judge that popular digital computers are less secure and more difficult to use than they could easily otherwise be, primarily because buyers are swayed in their decision making by marketing influences, I also judge that most end users don’t accept sufficient responsibility to learn the nuances, strengths, and weaknesses of the systems that purchase or use.
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Digitalis Americana – 7. Living with Digital Failure
Everything doesn’t go right, the first time.
It is difficult to accept digital failures and the all-too-often human failure to properly use digital technology as it was designed to be used.
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Digitalis Americana – 6. How Blogs Affect Our Ability to Write for Others
Communication is the heart of all relationships.
Weblogs—blogs—are a product of the need to make it easier to publish on the web. For the less technically adept user, blogs are a venue to online publishing that requires almost no special training. I have read many articles that describe blogs as a source for writers, web publishers. When I discuss blogs with adult university students, especially business management majors, a common reaction is that the blogging software is a facilitation tool that the could use to build web content without leaning heavily on the support of information systems staff or contract computer advisors or webmasters.
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Digitalis Americana – 5. Creating Efficiency
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Digitalis Americana – 4. Technological Effects: Behavior & Attitudes
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Digitalis Americana – 3. Evaluation of Technology and Interface Design
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Digitalis Americana – 2. How Will the PC Affect the Face of America?
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Digitalis Americana – 1. How It All Started
I am writing a new book, the working title of which is Digitalis Americana: How the Personal Computer Changes the Face of America.
As I transfer my book from my writer’s notebook to my digital notebook, I will post sections to this blog; I look forward to your constructive feedback in the comments section of each post.
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