I just found a student lab full of eMacs in the basement of our building. I have no idea how its existence has managed to escape my attention.
Such a lovely sight in a world of PCs running Windows everywhere.
I'm Jill Walker Rettberg, Co-Director of the Center for Digital Narrative at the University of Bergen, and Professor of Digital Culture. Blogging here since October 2000.
I just found a student lab full of eMacs in the basement of our building. I have no idea how its existence has managed to escape my attention.
Such a lovely sight in a world of PCs running Windows everywhere.
Whenever I give talks about ChatGPT and LLMs, whether to ninth graders, businesses or journalists, I meet people who are hungry for information, who really want to understand this new technology. I’ve interpreted this as interest and a need to understand – […]
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I’m co-organising a preconfernece workshop for AoIR2022 in Dublin today with Annette Markham and MaryElizabeth Luka today, and I’m going to show a few of the ways I’ve engaged with new digital platforms and genres over the years. This is a key […]
Alina
Its funny..
A year ago my dad bought a PC laptop (to be able to check how his website designs look on PC’s). We called that thingy Alien. And it really WAS an alien, lonely at our home, surrounded by 3 Macs..
ghani
I had a similar experience, Jill — my Uni has a huge “barn” with 500+ PCs, and suddenly this week, 5 eMacs crept into the center of it. It’s like a little oasis. The strange thing is, they’re not networked. Why wouldn’t you network a machine when it’s as simple as plugging it in?
mjones
It’s my considered opinion that all-PC environments are make-work projects for IT departments.