Comments on: fast mobiles, slow people

By: mitchell porter

mitchell porter — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:21:19 +0000

There was an article in the Korea Herald today on the back-to-2G phenomenon.

The Herald has this stupid policy of making it impossible to link to individual stories, a policy I’m sure they will change eventually. The story is “Oldies but goodies: 2G cell phones still popular” by Jin Hyun-joo, it’s still on the front page at the moment, and maybe putting the title into a search engine will serve to retrieve it in the future.

Speaking of changes, there was also a good story on the meaning of the Korean election, “New conservatism rises to power” by Jin Dae-woong. “747 Vision” - cute.

By: jaz

jaz — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:00:47 +0000

no need to ask for pardon ;)
yes, eco-digital environment seems to be the one that’s slowly developing, and we are all responsible for at least paying attention to what’s going on. urbanism is one of the main aspects of my research and by the end of next year, half of the world population is expected to be living in urban environment. things to be thought about and take place … quickly!

By: mitchell porter

mitchell porter — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:07:22 +0000

Nice to hear about some new k-phones, after all this i-phone/g-phone hype - even if the k-consumers don’t want them.

Your candidature’s not the only thing approaching its end… I feel like I can see the whole global order of the 00s getting ready to pass on. The main indicator is the US economy, and I suppose the big question is whether the region-to-region ties that the rest of the world built up during the decade will allow it to “decouple” from the US and keep chugging along, or whether this is going to be a crisis for all those booming “BRIC” countries as well. But then there are those icier undercurrents like peak oil and climate change… I think they are going to define the daily political life of the world for years to come, even more so than they do right now. The current novelty is that they are being talked about nonstop (climate change at least), but the next decade is going to see action, whether or not it works. Green will be the new cyber and it will be just as manysided a development as the Internet has been… Anyway, please pardon the delphic outburst. If you ever want more, just sit me down one day and encourage me a bit, I won’t need much.