Technology – Page 15 – Kester Brewin

iOS 7 | Robot Cockroaches | Prism

Jun 11, 2013

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in Apple, Current Affairs, News, Technology

Sometimes a group of news stories come out that make you think that perhaps there is some divinely comic dark force behind everything. God, or The Bilderberg Group. Or Prehistoric Lizards. In the last couple of days we’ve had a triad of such stories…and I refuse to believe that they are unrelated. Firstly, we’ve had…

Playing Pirate with the Web | Privacy, Privatisation and Militarisation

Jun 8, 2013

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in Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Books, Current Affairs, Technology

With the recent furore over The Guardian and Washington Post’s revelations about PRISM, and the apparent willingness of pretty much every large tech company to give the US government direct access to its servers, I’ve been mulling on a great book that Barry Taylor recommended to me: Geert Lovink’s Networks Without A Cause. It’s perhaps…

Paying Attention, Not Glazing Over: The Power of Genuine Human Presence

May 21, 2013

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in Education, Philosophy, Technology, Theology

In response to a piece extolling the possible virtues of new technology for precipitating an educational revolution, I wrote a piece on HuffPost Tech reflecting on my own practice as a teacher, and how I feel technology should function in the classroom. It’s the kind of conversation (one of so so many) I wish I…

Iron Man 3 | After Magic | Mechanics and Craftsmen

May 13, 2013

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in Arts, Culture, Philosophy, Technology

Having been urged by lots of After Magic readers to go and see Iron Man 3, I saw it last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. The series has always had more biting wit that similar franchises, and has done well combining that with some thoughtful content too. I don’t want to talk much about the…

Digital Privacy: Techno-Conservatism, or a Matter of Freedom?

May 7, 2013

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in Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Education, Technology

Brilliant weekend away over the Bank Holiday, with loads of surfing, go-karting and some great evening conversations with a bright and challenging bunch of friends. One of the most interesting areas we talked about was around privacy in future technologies, and, when I outlined my major concerns about Google Glass-type devices I was quite surprised…

Giving Up The Internet: It’s Never About The Tools

May 2, 2013

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in Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Technology

Tech writer Paul Miller’s contentious experiment to log-off from internet devices for a whole year is coming to an end in two weeks (HT Maggi Dawn for the story, which she flagged on facebook this morning), and in a very frank and illuminating article (sent in by post, no doubt – he has had no…

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