tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412227443920505627.post1939831112080322912..comments2023-04-17T11:55:41.873+01:00Comments on Early Modern Gillian: How Green is Web 2.0?Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736964617838267475noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412227443920505627.post-41165384415535194052009-03-16T19:23:00.000+00:002009-03-16T19:23:00.000+00:00Enjoy your life, but don't let it rule your bloggi...Enjoy your life, but don't let it rule your blogging.BiluĊhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15194606495946091033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412227443920505627.post-25739271360420680952009-03-16T17:22:00.000+00:002009-03-16T17:22:00.000+00:00Not to forget the consequences of 'cloud' computin...Not to forget the consequences of 'cloud' computing: all the blogs and mindmaps and delicious bookmarks are held on huge server farms which consume tons of electricity. Google alone uses about USD 2 million a month in electricity charges...<BR/><BR/>But some gadgets/innovations actually save the environment, eg not having to print photo to look at them. I have now started distributing seminar readings as PDF files, which the students can read on-line rather than having to print them, and I also started collecting research articles as PDFs rather than paper copies.<BR/><BR/>I can see the obsolescence aspect: I've got an old Psion, which of course I cannot sync to anything, and the cable for connecting it to a PC has a serial port (old-style, pre-USB). My old digital camera saves onto floppy disks (ideal at the time, but now obsolete), and I've still got a printer with a parallel port at home.Oliver Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15470911924018335990noreply@blogger.com