Art and Tech

I joined microblogs (twiter, kronologger, plurk, and the like) a while ago and got bored with them quickly. The question is; do we really need microblogging?

I can do the things that I do on microblogs on my blogs. Perhaps my style of blogging is different, that is generally I don’t comment on comments (though I […]

At the end of the year, usually there are predictions about the future. I don’t have my crystal ball with me, so I cannot predict. (Ha ha ha.) But, here are questions that I’d like you to answer:

What new technologies are coming in 2009? (and what will dissapear?) […]

I read this yesterday, “How Tech Titans Became Energy Entrepreneurs.” Quite an interesting article. The timing is so acurate. It is interesting to see that the there is a trend to start energy company in Silicon Valley.

Here, in Indonesia, there is a heating debate about whether we should have a Nuclear Power Plant or not. […]

I am reading two books. They are all on software cost estimation. Apparently, it is difficult to estimate the cost of a software or application if you have to build one. It is still considered an art. Whoa! There’s the word “art” again in the context of technology.

These books poke on issues realted to software […]

I had an on-line discussion about digital technology and how it relates to music, photography, and the like - basically arts. Based on the discussion, I’ve got an impression that digital technology still does not get the respect it deserves.

Many people still think that photos taken by digital cameras are not “as good” as conventional, […]

Look around. You will see a new change in how people listen to music. Gone are the days when they carry CDs. Cassettes? You are kidding, aren’t you? My kids don’t have cassettes. People are listening to MP3. In offices, each person has his or her own computer with a pair of speakers or headphones. […]