The Amish Project. One Young Man’s Experiment to unplug from Social Media. Sadly I think my generation, generation X was the last generation to grow up without Social Media. The internet was born in 1989, the same year I graduated from High School. A few years later the first truly mobile phones came out along with text messaging. AOL followed in 1995, which was the first social media platform, followed by Windows 95. Here you find a...

I know, I know… for those of you techies that follow me, Flipboard has been out for almost two years now. Why am I reviewing it now? Initially I never did a review on this App because it didn’t have the functionality to make me want to replace my trusty Ol’ Reeder program. It was nice, it was polished but not quite as good Reeder. But now, the app has come a long way… Here are some of my thoughts on...

Tomorrow the Internet Goes Dark… Last month the internet community went into overdrive. Congress attempted to sneak in and pass a bill called SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act. Many times this tactic works. Present a bill during the holidays and watch it get passed because too many informed citizens are well into celebrating their holiday festivities. SOPA seemed sure to pass. It had so much support. This time was different. This...

One of the most odd stories I came across this past week was Google’s position on Internet Access. Google, the company whose motto is “Don’t Be Evil” released this quote from their Vice President: Internet access, while an enabler of basic human rights, is not itself a human right, says Google Vice President Vinton Cerf. “There is a high bar for something to be considered a human right,” Cerf says in...

Another year has come and gone. It's the time when bloggers usually reflect on the previous year...