by Joe Spake on May 16, 2012
Once in a while the term Luddite enters the conversation. We who presume ourselves to be on the cutting edge all things social and techie are occasionally floored by a remark or observation from a Luddite – or neo-luddite, or as I referred to them in a 2010 post, Luddite 2.0, a term coined my [...]
by Joe Spake on February 8, 2012
According to Wikipedia, the Luddites were a group of 19th-century English textile artisans who protested against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt were leaving them without work and changing their way of life. They could get wild at times, sabotaging and destroying the looms and machinery that displaced them. The movement [...]
by Joe Spake on April 8, 2010
Back when when I first started hearing about GPS, I began to fear the implications of global positioning. Being a closeted Luddite 2.0, I foresaw the implications of a machine that, with the help of a group of satellites, could pinpoint my position on this big planet down to one meter. Considering the evolution of [...]
