Baudrillard thought photography could be "unintelligible" in a good way if it could avoid being assimilated to a mere message.
The situation puts a whole new twist on the quadrennial question about how news organizations should cover the national political conventions, which were once conclaves for the real work of nominating presidents and vice presidents but went on to become mere media messaging pageants.
Far from being a mere ephemeral messaging app, Snapchat's Stories tool allows users to craft narratives and artworks for friends and followers alike, as A.M. Darke recently demonstrated.
However, there appears to be a very large call centre operation at work – larger than would be suggested by mere error messages.
If you're looking to send more than a mere text message, you'll now have the ability to create your own comic on a mobile phone.
However, there appears to be a very large, globally located call center operation at work – larger perhaps than would be suggested by mere error messages.
Here's a cool way for music artists to reward their biggest fans and get some Viral Marketing® in return: drummer Travis Barker and turntablist DJ-AM (aka Adam Goldstein) are offering their just-released second mixtape, "Fix Your Face Vol. 2 – Coachella '09", up for free download in exchange for a mere Twitter message.
Those that cannot will be reduced to mere utilities, with much thinner margins.The immediate worry, though, is the erosion of revenue from voice and (especially) messaging.
Saying she didn't remember getting such a message mere days after trying to erase it was a lie, as a jury determined.
Hacking is more damaging than mere interception of messages, Jaffey told the tribunal, because it involves unlocking a backdoor into someone else's computer system which was meant to be secure.
