Candid

AUGUST 10, 2023

Before we get completely swept up, let’s not forget the previous technology hype cycles that have come and gone. The unfulfilled promises of blockchain to advance social good, a proliferation of mobile apps in developing countries that failed to garner adoption , and cheap laptops that were going to change the world are just a few examples.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

Toyama on that issue: If a private company is failing to make a profit, no one expects that state-of-the-art data centers, better productivity software, and new laptops for all of the employees will turn things around. A great teacher is going to be better than a software program on a laptop or tablet.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2019

Is the hype surrounding remote work warranted? Get your employees set up with an encrypted laptop and make sure they sign into a secure VPN to help protect extremely sensitive IPs. You’ll learn how your nonprofit can secure its important documentation. How Your Nonprofit Can Benefit from Remote Work. The short answer—yes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Stephen Downes points to his post with the following commentary: This would be pretty funny if it weren't such a sad commentary on our media, not merely for using a photo of Brian Lamb and his laptop out of context, but in pandering to a resurgent anti-computer and anti-networking sentiment. despite the hype that ???everybody

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

The articles I've read with hype headlines like "My Space For Grown-Ups" or " LinkedIn or Left Out " describe LinkedIn is as necessary a business tool as a laptop or a cell phone. That's only scratching the surface it seems as this blog devoted to LinkedIn seems to indicate.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 26, 2007

In most cases, the hype that precedes a tool is so overwhelming that its functional value is lost in its charm appeal. When hype is the driver, the essential step of evaluating a given technology for its functional value is lost. The technology, like other gifts, is evaluated, not hyped or coerced. We don't think "gosh!

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Some over-hype it as "magical" and "transformative." The device's hardware includes components not currently found in a traditional desktop computer or laptop. Showing a lawmaker a photo slideshow, short video, animation, or visualization will feel more natural on a panel than on a laptop.

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