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Geek Heresy

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I just finished reading Kentaro Toyama’s new book, Geek Heresy, tackling the cult of technology as a cure-all for society’s ills. He’s a geek (former Microsoft Research guy) who is making the case that technology doesn’t make the kind of social impact it claims to deliver. There’s often more value to me in reading iconoclastic books than feel-good affirmations of popular icons!

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TechSoup's Top 10 Tech Topics of 2016

Tech Soup

You told us what you wanted to know, and we listened. TechSoup covered tech topics this year from Microsoft Excel to working in the cloud. But which topics were our most popular? These were the top 10 TechSoup tech topics of 2016 (say that 10 times fast). 10. Storymakers. Our Digital Storytelling Challenge. TechSoup organizes an annual event called Storymakers ; organizations from around the globe participate in a multimedia contest for a chance to win exciting prizes and learn how to effectivel

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