Las nuevas tecnologías surgen constantemente y parecen estar en todas partes, convertidas en ubicuas por adopción masiva, y transformadas en objetos de consumo generalizado. Pero nuestra realidad socio-tecnológica es muy diferente. Nuestro entorno está poblado por tecnologías muy antiguas que gozan aún de uso extendido…
Catalonia is immersed in a fight for independence from Spain. But the narrative created by politicians is that of a fake utopia.
No suelo escribir posts de seguimiento a textos anteriores, pero a raíz de mi último post sobre las noticias falsificadas (#fake news) he recibido una serie de preguntas que me han motivado a escribir este segundo texto explicando algunas cosas, que no diciendo la última…
A book by William Cronon William Cronon’s Nature’s Metropolis is a history of Chicago. A city that emerged in the northern Midwest against considerable odds; but nevertheless achieved in a very short period of time a position of dominance in trade, in particular for lumber…
The recent uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt have rekindled the discussion about the role of social networks, and triggered a speech by Secretary Clinton about Internet freedom. The speech emphasizes that it is the people who change regimes, but access to the Internet must be…
Some ideas about how to go approach writing a history of the Online Social Network, the Virtual World (and MMORPGs)… The first step is to consider how Tom Standage has made a good case that the first instance of a social network, albeit not online or…