communication

An Anthropology of Our Own

February 1, 2011
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I just went back and read the Playboy Interview with Marshall McLuhan from 1969.  It’s always fun to go back and re-read some of the ideas that played a role in shaping my thinking.  As a nice surprise, two ideas seemed to jump out at me as particularly relevant today.
The Phonetic Alphabet Was Our Ticket [...]

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As Asynchronous as I Wanna Be

March 22, 2007

Back in the day, real-time communications were rare. Only when you were face to face with someone could you conduct a synchronous conversation. Other than that, communications were pretty send-and-wait in nature: send the messenger and wait for his return (and hope he doesn’t get killed), send the letter and wait for [...]

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