The Future of Content Is Not in Your Computer

Posted by Jon Thomas, 26 Oct 2011

There was once a day when a computer filled a room. Now it’s in your palm. That’s the story my dad tells me at least. Soon, when my future children are old enough to understand, I’ll tell them how I used to read books and magazines made out of paper and I couldn’t simply touch the screen of my computer to make things happen. Also, I used to walk to school uphill, both ways, in the snow.

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HP, Racism and Failing to Face the Music

Posted by Kirk Cheyfitz, 22 Dec 2009
HP's social media strategist, Tony "Frosty" Welch, aka @frostola on Twitter, has been getting mostly high marks for his handling of a YouTube video that dramatizes how HP’s facial recognition software tracks white faces a whole lot better than black faces. We’re not so sure, however, how well Frosty is really doing. The vid that sparked the controversy is all over the web by now. (It's also here, of course, below.) It was made by two people—an African-American man named Desi and a white woman named Wanda—who appear to be co-workers in a computer store. It’s hilarious and avoids any mean-spirited charges about HP’s intentions, but Desi concludes the show by asserting that “HP computers are racist.” He has a right to complain. He bought one for Christmas and then discovered it wouldn't recognize its owner's face.
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