The title of the fifth book in Douglas Adams’ series, “Mostly Harmless”, comes from a fictional description of the earth as a civilisation. It’s a great pairing of words – the innocuous framed with a hint of threat. Isn’t that what the world of programming is like though? It’s ninety-five percent unthreatening typing activities, with a [...]
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Delicious Bookmarks- Breakups, Love & Relationships Complicated in the Digital Age | Facebook & Social Media Pose Problems | LiveScience July 29, 2010The problems of relationships and the new modes of behaviour as experienced in the digital age. Fascinating article - for me - because I've been through several of the experiences related her, on either end, and I often wonder what it would be like for courtship before the internet. […]pete_hindle
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- McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Tweet. July 18, 2010"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by brevity, over-connectedness, emotionally starving for attention, dragging themselves through virtual communities..." […]pete_hindle
- Breakups, Love & Relationships Complicated in the Digital Age | Facebook & Social Media Pose Problems | LiveScience July 29, 2010
