Whatever happened to simply leaving your child in front of the boob tube (television set)? It has been shown that if you place a baby in front of a television then he or she will be more subdued and mesmerized by it. Parents often rely on this as a short-term babysitter if they want to…
Read More How Technology Changed Raising ChildrenThe “Crazy for Black Friday Deals” infographic seems to contradict itself and yet, at the same time, seems to elucidate something that we wrote about earlier. In a related infographic about Cyber Monday, we wondered why the sales figures for Cyber Monday were paltry in comparison to Black Friday, even though there is a growing…
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Deflated footballs, anyone? Of course, this controversy regarding a post-season game between the American football teams of the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts (and which has its own Wikipedia article–see “Deflategate”) occurred slightly more than three years after the “Catastrophes and Blunders at Sporting Events” infographic was published. Moreover, there was no loss…
Read More Catastrophes and Blunders at Sporting EventsHas anybody heard of the NSA? All communications through electronic means, especially all phones, are a security risk. We are certain that if you sent naked photos of your significant other by carrier pigeon then these too will be obtained by the NSA. “The Not-So-Smart Phones of 2011” infographic highlights the importance of taking advantage…
Read More The Not-So-Smart Phones of 2011Infographics, by definition, are graphics that include information, most usually in a percentage or numerical format. Yet, “The Mobile Worker Movement” infographic seemed to consist of just two–or no more than four–such presentations. It used prose more than facts and figures to promote its theme. This does not make this a bad infographic; it just…
Read More The Mobile Worker Movement“If you build it, he will come”. That was a promise that turned out to be true, and favorable to Kevin Costner’s character in the film Field of Dreams. However, rich lawyers or barristers from Nigeria (or other African nations) sending you an email stating that they will send you millions of dollars from their…
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Is in the hands of your “friendly” neighborhood police and SWAT team. It is true. A few months before “The Future of Electronic Medical Records” infographic was published, several intelligent and independent reporters, including Alex Jones, showed that the “affordable” “care” act would be open to virtually any and every government agency that requested it.…
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Why? This question was made most famous and memorable by Number 6 (played by Patrick McGoohan) in the television series The Prisoner inputting this question into a computer, causing the computer to self-destruct from its inability to answer this imponderable question. We are reminded of this by “The Penny Auction Industry” infographic. It states that…
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Outlaw food because terrorists use food! This may be the “logic” of political rulers but it ought not to be that of thinking individuals. An example of this can be found in the “iPass Mobile Workforce Report” infographic. It claims that 25% of mobile employees sleep fewer than six hours a night. However, it is…
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Nowadays, many of us have been shifting to eBooks rather than the common printed books found in the market. Some of the more traditional ones still prefer to read the printed books, while those who are more upbeat about technology have happily shifted to reading eBooks. The reason is simple: eBooks are far cheaper than…
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