You may know Matt Cutts primarily from his work at Google, where he takes care about search optimization. This talk however, which he held during Google I/O 2011 Ignite talks introduces his 30 day concept: Do or skip something for the next 30 days – because “the 30 days will pass so or so”. While his presentation skills are not astonishing – his topic surely is! Did you take a 30 day project? Leave a comment what it is about and how it worked out!

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Neil Postman, until his death in 2003, a well accepted Communication- and Mediatheorist at New York University has published back in 1985 his book “Amusing Ourselves to Death”. The following talk of “Technology and Society” handels the discussion of  “How to remain saint in a furious speeded up technological society?”

What is the problem to which a particular technology is a solution?
Who’s problem is it? Who will benefit from a technology and who will pay for it?
Suppose we solve this decisively problem, what new problems may be created by solved the …