Valibrarian

I first heard of the book, You Are Not a Gadget, from a fellow librarian colleague in  my professional learning network (thanks Lane).  I don’t know where to begin to consolidate the ideas I encountered in this book into a quick blog post.  You can see the plethora of post-its sticking out the pages which [...]

I continue to come across the idea of cyborg anthropology and the fact the we are all now cyborgs, whether we realize it or not. Our technological tools have become an extension of ourselves. We each have two selves- a physical self and a digital self. Anthropologist Amber Case’s Ted Talk is a gentle (or [...]

When I finished Sherry Turkle’s disturbing new book, Alone Together, I had a strange sensation that was hard to pinpoint in terms of an emotion. We all know the Information Age has changed us. And we all agree that it doesn’t feel quite right to see people glued to their smart phones during meals, while [...]