Scientists from the RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a "home computer" could look like in the year 2004. However the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also, the scientists readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve these problems. With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use. (from Popular Mechanics - 1954)

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News and Events of Interest

Digital Web Magazine New Issue Articles - August 6,2008

How Environments, Real And Virtual, Influence Us by Kyle Mueller. Also, Review: Web Form Design by Luke Wroblewski by Matthew Pennell. Archive articles include Photoshop vs Fireworks by Nathan Smith; Smart CSS Ain't Always Sexy CSS by Martin Ringlein; Portable Social Networks, The Building Blocks Of A Social Web by Ben Ward; Integrating Social Media into a Web Content Strategy by Britt Parrott; Review: Building Findable Websites by Matthew Pennell;10 Tips For Your First Email Campaign by Ben Chestnut; How To Build A Facebook Application by Gareth Rushgrove, and much more in the magazine's archives.

DesignGeek: Latest Issue Now Available

Tips and techniques for the digital designer In this Issue 71, 5/15/08: -- In this issue: Two Ways to Make Arrows in Photoshop; Who's Ripping Off Your Website Content?; Heads Up on My New Webinar Series and more. Written by Anne-Marie "HerGeekness" Concepcion .. for her clients, colleagues, random contacts and interested subscribers. DesignGeek is a free bimonthly publication written by Anne-Marie "HerGeekness" Concepcion, a cross-media designer and authorized Adobe and Quark training provider. She owns Seneca Design & Training, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois (http://www.senecadesign.com/). To subscribe to DesignGeek or read archived issues, go to its home on Seneca's site: http://www.senecadesign.com/designgeek/

Following MacArthur

In late 2006 the MacArthur Foundation announced a 5-year, $50 million initiative to investigate the role and impact of digital technology in the lives of young people. They seek to explore the implications for schools and other social institutions ­ our families, our economy, even our democracy. The AMC will be following their explorations here.

NACOL - North American Council For Online Learning

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Testimony Regarding Video Games And Violence

On June 14, 2006 Children's Technology Review's Editor, Warren Buckleitner provided testimony to a congressional subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection on the topic of "Violent and Explicit Video Games: Informing Parents and Protecting Children."

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