Just Enough Technology: Citizens as digital denizens

February 06, 2009

Citizens as digital denizens

You can tell that Daniel Toole is a consultant, not a journalist. The full title of his article in the Financial Times is "Citizens as digital denizens - the digerati's answer to the economy" . Don't they have sub-editors on the FT? Anyway if you are not put off by the title you will be put off by the content. Another attempt to breath life into the Carter report on "Digital Britain". This is an interim report with all the substance of an undergraduate essay plan. Let's hope the final report includes clear goals, a timescale and a budget.Gone are the days when organisations or individuals would uncritically fund technology "visions"

6 Feb 2009 04:30:16

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