Technology ..... worthless without a cause

Maybe I am not geeky enough, but sometimes I do give a blank look when some of my friends take about cool new devices, gadgets..... and well simply tech stuff. Why? I guess the main reason was that besides for the cool factor, I did not really see the cause for that technology.

This particular article about Dr Krause who has spent the last 40 years collecting sounds and currently hoping to include it in Google Earth is something I totally emphasize with. While the technology and concepts in it is not new, his ideas gives a cause for using them.

During my undergraduate days in ANU, I worked with many a few wonderful people in the cultural and heritage faculty as part of my research paper for digital heritage. Their views and opinions opened my eyes to a new perspective on technology. While I was busy with sorting out the technical aspects of using semantic web technologies for preserving cultural information, they provide me with their views and visions of what preserving heritage is all about .... giving my research direction and well .... simply a 'cause' to follow.