The Low-Tech Times previously published a piece considering if Senator John McCain was a low-tech candidate for president. As it turns out, he is not a low-tech candidate. In fact, this article by Jacob Weisburg describes McCain as the most tech-savvy of all the candidates during the 2000 presidential race: Six months ago, no one [...]
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Michael Pollitt wrote an interesting article for The Guardian about Babak Parviz’s efforts to create a contact lens that can access the Internet and display data. According to the article, James Wolffsohn is skeptical: Professor James Wolffsohn of Aston University in Birmingham isn’t enthusiastic. As the head of optometry, his research interests include contact lenses. [...]
Since John McCain may not be such a low-tech candidate after all, it now appears that Low-Tech Times founder S.P. Gass may be running for president with a groundswell of support. Tweet
Blasted by Bloggers Senator John McCain has recently been blasted by some bloggers for being computer illiterate: Do we want a commander-in-chief who can’t use a computer without assistance? Computer Usage Not a Concern I would be concerned with his lack of computer skills if John McCain were applying for a computer programmer or web [...]
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