Entries Tagged as 'identity'

Monday, June 17th, 2013

UX In Advertising

This is where we are now:           In contrast, here’s what it looks like when technology ads rely on pushing the lingua franca of features instead of the native tongue of  *experience*:     The technology pervading our lives has brought with it a new colonizing language. Even the term “UX” [...]

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Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

The Last Exit To The Millennium

“Those of us who watched Kids as adolescents,” writes Caroline Rothstein, in her Narrative.ly piece Legends Never Die, “Growing up in an era before iPhones, Facebook, and Tiger Moms, had our minds blown from wherever we were watching–whether it was the Angelika Film Center on the Lower East Side or our parents’ Midwestern basements. We were captivated [...]

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Filed under acceleration, adult, adulthood, article, change, consumer insight, context, countercuture, culture, from the 21st century with love, future, hiphop, history, Millennials, movies, New York, prophecy, skaters, subculture, teenagers, trend, Uncategorized, urban anthropology

Friday, May 10th, 2013

The Search For Stark

First of all, do yourself a favor and watch this 2 minutes and 44 seconds of utter awesomeness above. Then recall the ending of Iron Man 3. In fact, recall the entire 130 minutes of its insulting, technology guilt-laden self-hatred. Or better yet, don’t do that. If you’ve been here since 2010, you know that [...]

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Monday, April 8th, 2013

Lose My Number

 One of the 20-somethings I’ve been working with over the past few weeks sent me a summary put together by another Millennial colleague of Sherry Turkle’s book, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. An MIT technology and society specialist, Turkle argues that our relentless modern connectivity leads to a new disconnect. [...]

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Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

Discussing “Tribalism in the modern age” on WBEZ Chicago

This morning I was on WBEZ Chicago, talking on Eight Forty-Eight about the ways our ancient, social instincts play out in contemporary culture. Thanks to host, Tony Sarabia, and fellow guest, Rabbi Adam Chalom, for a great discussion! (My part starts at 12:20)   Like this? Share it! Tweet

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