The Technology Divide

December 14, 2011 / Melody Smith / Comments Off on The Technology Divide

Speaking about knowledge organizations and referring to monopolies like cable companies, one writer lifts up the challenges of the Internet and the challenges some have of accessing the Internet.

This topic was inspired by an interesting post found on the blog, North, titled, “The Internet destroys everything; for those that have access.”  Telecommunications has a history of dividing the population. The divide used to be about telephone access and now it is becoming about digital access. The “haves and the have nots” exemplify the socio-economic divide. Mobile handsets are more popular than hardwired Internet access, but it too has limitations.

What can be done to be more inclusive about the technology we treasure so much?

Melody K. Smith       

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Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.