Anatomy of (this) Blog

Greetings.

In a few days, Techno-Mumbo-Jumbo! will begin a series of discussions on current ICT issues. Before all of this begins, I'd like to offer a quick introduction to ICT as a field.

ICT (Information and Communications Technology) is a catch-all phrase for a slew of technologies used to gather, store, transmit, process, and analyze information. ICT's influence spans legal, economic, and socio-cultural spheres. In fact, ICT has found its way to national policies, stock markets, educational institutions, and even romantic agendas. Business in modern countries now have to “storefront” online to stay competitive, governments provide service via the internet, and would-be lovers can “window-shop” online for their perfect mates.

It's becoming clear that in the next few years, ICT's prominence and necessity will only increase. As it does, so will the need for people to keep abreast of ICT issues. The aim of this blog is to bring practical information to you on relevant ICT issues, and facilitate discussion amongst its readers. Our first featured topic will be, “THE REAL THING: WHEN IS AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT ORIGINAL?” The post will be up in a day or two, so I do hope you take the time to check it out. If you wish to be notified by email when each new topic is available, just post your address in a comment.

Cheers!

Lawrence Aritao