Episode #7: The Technology Curmudgeons

Laura and Jeff are joined by former BreakDrink -er Jeff Lail on episode no. 7-- they get all tech curmudeon-y with each other. Who would have guessed that they once hosed a technology and higher ed podcast before, eh?
Laura and Jeff are joined by former BreakDrink -er Jeff Lail.

Tech Bigwigs Know How Addictive Their Products Are. Why Don’t the Rest of Us? 
Brain Hacking via 60 minutes - what is technology doing to our brains? 
The Phone Stacking Game (needed for some) - leave your phone alone when you’re out and social with friends/family -- put it away! Try living in the moment and not on the phone. 
Manipulating the Media via 60 Minutes
How social media can make history via Clay Shirky’s TED Talk
    You will get the good and the bad with the technology use. E.g. Thinspo
Student Affairs & the SA TECH Competency - it’s NOT just about how to use social media, we need to think more critically about how we are working and learning with technology in higher education
Adulting School - how to talk to people, what to do when you are bored, & social interactions (or lack thereof), etc. 
Cory Doctorow http://craphound.com/ 

Throwback to Tech
Q: Would you leave your smartphone for a dumb one? 
A: Yes (said unanimously)! We are all considering the new Nokia 3310 update for 2017
What is a rotary phone, you ask? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chRfq0SpATw
What is a phonograph? Edison invented it (history)

Books Mentioned During our Podcast

@BreakDrink Podcast ShoutOuts
Twenty Thousand Hertz https://www.20k.org/ Loss of self as we go from analog to digital
Reply All, Episode #90: Matt Lieber Goes to Dinner (Data selling by the government)
You Look Nice Today http://youlooknicetoday.com/ 

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