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In this age of digital, a critical design point is the architecture of systems (socio-economic, technological, political). If everything can become digital (can be represented as a number) then the relation of that thing to other things becomes very abstract. We begin to think in terms of classes and instances, and how they could interact with other classes. And we risk losing track of the fact that we're thinking abstractly about things that affect real people in this real world. This blog is about the architecture of systems. And how architecture affects the real world.
        

Monday, December 16, 2002



A NATION ONLINE: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use of the Internet,
February 2002
NTIA and the Economics and Statistics Administration have published A Nation Online: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use Of The Internet. This report is based on the September 2001 U.S. Census Bureau[base ']s Current Population Survey - a survey of approximately 57,000 households and more than 137,000 individuals across the United States. As such, the data in this study are among the most broad-based and reliable datasets that have been gathered on Internet, broadband, and computer connectivity.

Tool Kit for Bridging the Digital Divide in Your Community, U.S. Dept. Education

What digital divide?
By Sonia Arrison, Cnet.com, March 13, 2002, 4:00 AM PT
A new report from the Department of Commerce brings good news to most Americans and serves as a wake-up call for those who believe the digital divide is the civil liberties issue of the 21st century

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How the world fell out of love with the moon: "One of the stranger consequences of this space inertia is that an entire generation has grown up viewing the moon landings as little more than a quaint piece of modern history, like flower power or the cult of Elvis." Guardian Unlimited] [[ t e c h n o c u l t u r e ]]
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