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Something Collided

A thousand different things ran through his head, but none of them was in any way concrete. In some way, every single train of thought lead to Ed wanting to kill every single bastard that had ever laid eyes on his in any way that did not look friendly. He felt as if his eyes had turned bright red with the blood that had flowed to his head, and Ed knew that Ian could see it. Hell, he knew Ian would probably want to back away and give him some space to take the crossbow that he still had in his hands and use it to smash just about every piece of wooden furnishing in that room to pieces, and if the crossbow were to break, he would probably start using his fists. What Ian had told him was not in any way what he wanted to hear. Then something happened that made Ed snap.             “I detect an unusual spike in the level of tension building up in the room. How can I assist?” CNet asked over the hidden intercom. This was not it. ...

On Early Adopting

A small study about the different categories of technology adoption There is a significant difference between being able to make use of and taking advantage of new technologies, and attempting to embrace technology a tad bit too early. However, spotting these differences can be quite a chore, and many people have even stopped trying to acknowledge a difference between the two. In a study performed by Everett Rogers which led to the formulation of a theory called Diffusion of Innovations (DoI), it is said that there are 5 different categories of adopters which are: Innovators, Early Adopters, Early Majority, Late Majority, and Laggards. According to the (DoI) theory formulated by Everett Rogers, early adopters make up 13.5 percent of the population . As long as I can remember, I have been an early adopter of new technologies, whether it be hardware based, or software based. I found it fun to be able to tinker and play around with experimental web browsers, or new app features th...