Expedient MEANS

Notes on Film, Art, Writing, Technology and other things by Steve A Furman

Category: Internet

  • Magic and Loss – Book Notes

    Virginia Heffernan has calmly gone about her business observing, creating and now taking us beyond the veil of media.  Magic and Loss is an autobiography of the internet. We may have found our internet incarnate. When you scan the contents you see a simple line-up. Design, Text, Images, Video, Music and something…

  • Money 2020 Part 3 of 3: Tech Crime Takes Off

    One of the most fascinating aspects of Money for me was sessions on fraud, security and of course hacking. I attended a keynote by Marc Goodman who started as a law enforcement officer in Los Angeles. He has been studying criminal behavior for years and has paired that knowledge with…

  • Social Media: It’s Déjà vu All Over Again

    From about 1995 to 2003 the departments inside firms who were responsible for establishing and maintaining the enterprise online presence had to do most everything themselves. Jack of all trades if you will. IT of course helped, and eventually agency partners were hired, but for the most part it was…