talkingDigital

by Adam Cochran

The Hooding of the Doctorates (Photo credit: Michael Buck)

I worked in radio during the transition from CDs, carts, and LPs to computer automated programming and music traffic. My job was to sleep on the floor of the studio and listen for the alarm to indicate dead air. At which point, I was to wake-up and type a couple of commands into the prompt to restart the software. – D.J.s protested but maintained that people wouldn’t listen to an automated radio station. Most radio stations are now completely automated. If they have live on-air people, it is generally only during drive times.

I worked for the Walmart empire as Amazon.com and eBay were just beginning to appear as viable retail options. Walmart was one of the few retailers that didn’t scoff at the concept of people buying the day-to-day necessities online. Read the rest of this entry →

Over the past five years (maybe more) talkingDigital has changed directions many times. Most recently the site was used as the master feed for a number of podcasts. We will continue to produce podcasts and post the latest episodes here, but the content of the site will be soon be expanding.

talkingDigital is the home base for a variety of ongoing projects and experiments conducted by Adam Cochran, a professor of Mass Communication at Colorado Mesa University. For the past year and a half, Cochran has been working on an M.A. in Journalism from the University of Memphis. With the degree work completed, he now has time to work on expanding the content on talkingDigital. We hope to add more podcasts, but also post on topics that are important to the talkingDigital team.

Our passions at talkingDigital are centered around the role of technology in art, education, and industrial progress. We love politics, disruptive technologies, religion and almost any other subject that tends to lead to world-change. We hope that you enjoy the new direction and we encourage you to comment and participate in the discussions presented.

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