I always look forward to posts by Tony Hung over on his blog Deep Jive Interests even though there are dry periods when his real life profession requires his total concentration. Maybe it is those dry periods that make seeing fresh posts by him a high point when I see them show up in my reader; but what I do know is that when Tony does post something it is going to be interesting to read and chances are I’m going to learn something.

You may not always agree with what he writes but you can never deny that his posts aren’t well thought out and he manages to bring his real world expertise to bear on the technology world that is obviously a passion of his. What I would call this is the cross knowledge effect in that Tony in real life is a doctor and he uses that knowledge in order to bring aspects of our technology into a new light.

I say cross knowledge because rather than having a blog where he talks about medical related things he instead uses his knowledge to bring a different light to his other passion technology. In the past week or so he has done this twice and in the process he gives us a totally different set of parameters by which we can relate to an increasing integral part of our lives.

The first post of his that got me thinking about this cross knowledge idea was his rebuttal piece over the Email Apnea story that is still making the rounds; which I also posted about. The interesting thing here is any of the other posts made about Ms. Stone’s article all take on the same ol’ same ol’ sound whereas Tony was able to bring a qualified new slant to the whole discussion. Shamefully his well thought out and knowledgeable post doesn’t seem to have been picked up by much of the b’sphere as a reference piece.

Now today he has done the same thing with his post about Techno Addiction that is starting to make the rounds. Tony’s post on the BBC story is not one of the typical tech b’sphere knee jerk reaction but rather one of a doctor who has seen or dealt with the real world effects of any addiction; of which excessive (or obsessive) use of modern technology could easily be considered.

For me this type of cross knowledge makes his blog much more relevant and important than the majority of blogs that are most likely going to pile on this story. The thing I find with the tech b’sphere is that it is self-feeding in that it is technologists espousing their viewpoints as if theirs is the most important. This is the case though in my opinion because not only does this help perpetuate the bubble attitude that is so prevalent it also neglects real life issues in relation to technology.

For me blogs like Deep Jive Interests deserve far more attention than they are probably getting because blog owners like Tony enable us to learn and look at things talked about within the technology bubble in a new light. They are in effect our one option to continually deflate the technology bubble effect that sometimes makes us look at the world and technology from within the confines of blinders.

Keep up the good work Tony and keep making us look at technology from a real world point of view.

Conversation Tags: cross knowledge, techno addiction