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Is Google making us stupid?

Is Google making us stupid?

Posted June 23, 2010 by Jacques Rousseau

While it is certainly difficult to ignore the siren-song of the Internet, one of the possible reasons for this is something quite pedestrian: namely that we’re simply being lazy.

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Passing the buck

Posted November 3, 2009 by Jacques Rousseau

Part of my routine, accompanying the second cup of coffee, is my morning browse through the 100 or so items that have accumulated in Google Reader overnight. As any of you who use it would know, it’s a very useful way to stay on top of peripheral interest areas, so long as you keep a [...]

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