An article on using technology to make jokes...

[conuly]

Really bad jokes, but those are paradoxically the best kind.

Niftycool.

Comments

[wakasplat.livejournal.com]

Cool, except I found it annoying that the device was marketed as "improving language skills" or somesuch. Can't disabled people have assistive tech that's just fun, without having to justify it as "skill-building"?

[conuly]

And I didn't even notice, I was too busy seeing that it was only for nonverbal children, no mention of adults.

[wakasplat.livejournal.com]

Cool, except I found it annoying that the device was marketed as "improving language skills" or somesuch. Can't disabled people have assistive tech that's just fun, without having to justify it as "skill-building"?

[conuly]

And I didn't even notice, I was too busy seeing that it was only for nonverbal children, no mention of adults.