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Protecting Children From The Dark Side Of The Internet

January 4, 2013 By Jeff Turner 34 Comments

Every technology has both a positive and negative impact. I’ve been writing a lot about Technopoly in the past few months. In the last few days, the social media behaviors of teens in the wake of the alleged rape of a 16-year old girl in Steubenville, Ohio, have been exposed in the harsh light of […]

Cry Of The Technophiles – Don’t Worry About Terms Of Service

December 19, 2012 By Jeff Turner 5 Comments

I’m a little crazy. I’ll admit that. But I’m not insane. So I was amused by MG Siegler’s assertion that “sane people don’t quit services when they make terms of service changes. They quit them when they start to suck. Focus your energy on calling out the suckage.” Unless, oh, just for the sake of […]

The Release Of Brand Delusions

November 2, 2012 By Jeff Turner 2 Comments

Bill Leider has had a significant impact on my life. I had no way of knowing that 20 years ago when I hired Bill to consult with my previous company. I had no way of knowing that our relationship would progress from vendor, to partner, to dear friend. But what I have always known, from […]

Things Are In The Saddle And Ride Mankind

October 15, 2012 By Jeff Turner 3 Comments

Fighting Off Technological Determinism The debate about whether we shape technology or whether technology shapes us has been waging for centuries. We are nowhere near the first generation to struggle with this dilemma. The title of this post is a direct quote of Ralph Waldo Emerson, expressing his view of the determinism of “stuff.” Marshall […]

One Billion People Feeding Their Almost Infinite Appetite For Distraction

October 4, 2012 By Jeff Turner 27 Comments

Earlier today, Mark Zuckerberg announced that “this morning, there are more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month.” He went on to utter what could be the understatement of the century, “Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in my life.” To […]