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It’s an electrolumniscent world after all
I’m a nut for anything illuminated (eg. my sculptures circa 1999) so this is definitely something I can relate to… “Illuminated Handbags. Ladies, suppose that your handbag featured a “cool, gentle light”…
January 25, 2004 -
Smarter Bookmarks
“Smarter Bookmarks. How do you find your favorite websites? Some people, reports Lisa Guernsey in The New York Times, “try to keep track of websites by sending themselves an e-mail message with…
January 22, 2004 -
RSS
Remember “push” technology? It was all the rage back in 1997 when Pointcast launched its software that turned a PC screensaver into a headline ticker for all sorts of real-time information. The…
January 6, 2004 -
Cyber-Feminism is the Issue
Cyberfeminism is the theme of the current issue of ArtWomen, an online journal of feminist art. Contributing writers are Carolyn Guertin, Maria Fernandez, Cindy Gabriela Flores and the cyberfeminist cell subRosa, giving…
December 31, 2003 -
Creative minds at work
I ran out of time to do a 30 second commercial for the moveon.org contest, but over 1000 other people managed to squeeze it in! I can’t wait to watch these over…
December 20, 2003 -
Kid robots jogging
Newscasters seemed to be mocking Sony’s child-shaped walking robot that can now jog. Personally, I think it’s amazing that the robot can now actually jump and lift itself off the ground. Sony…
December 19, 2003 -
Bots
“Sometimes you feel like you just want to pet them,” says one of the computer scientists who works at SRI International, speaking of the more than one hundred little red robots (called…
December 3, 2003 -
Interview with Zeldman
In this society, we are bombarded by other people’s creativity from the moment we wake up. Radio, billboards, the way this year’s cars are designed, the way the street grid works in…
October 17, 2003 -
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Streams and Wetlands at Risk
The Bush administration is considering eliminating Clean Water Act protection for small streams and wetlands that appear isolated from rivers or lakes. Already the administration has issued guidance that eliminates federal protection…
September 28, 2003 -
Lessons from Sundance
Robert Redford’s Sundance enterprise includes a cable channel, a DVD/video line, a retail catalog, a resort, and its focal point—a nonprofit institute that is part artists’ colony, part R&D lab and producer…
September 8, 2003 -
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Because someone has to support innovation…
The Switala Foundation supports creativity and innovation in the arts and media. Started in 2002 by my dear friend, Rebecca Bernstein, for her husband, Tim Switala, “a creative innovator, who dedicated his…
August 23, 2003 -
Phoning in photos for posterity
Last week’s blackout gave moblogging its first real chance to provide grassroots coverage of a major news event says this piece. The result: Lots of digital photos appearing on weblogs taken in…
August 20, 2003 -
Net not affected
Write Robert MacMillan of the Washington Post, “no refrigeration, no subways, no smooth traffic flow, no air conditioning—well, at least the Internet worked. So did the phones, at least in theory. That…
August 16, 2003 -
Audio-on-demand service for cellphones
RealNetworks and Sprint will announce today that they’ve teamed up on a digital audio service that will offer content from ABC News, Fox Sports, National Public Radio and others. The service, which…
August 12, 2003 -
Personalized searches
Kaltix, a Web search venture formed by three members of Stanford University’s PageRank team, is bent on out-Googling Google by developing a speedier version of the Stanford PageRank algorithm and using it…
August 11, 2003 -
The Accelerating Rate of Change
Futurist Ray Kurzweill says that “the whole 20th century, because we’ve been speeding up to this point, is equivalent to 20 years of progress at today’s rate of progress, and we’ll make…
August 9, 2003 -
Is erosion helping Himalayas to grow?
Are erosion and tectonics combining to cause the edge of Tibet to slide away, geologically speaking, from the main body of Tibet? Peter Zeitler and Anne Meltzer, professors of earth and environmental…
August 6, 2003 -
Opera browser gaining users
The Opera web browser has been downloaded 10 million times already this year and is “showing growing signs of use despite Microsoft’s continued dominance,” says this piece. The Norwegian company behind Opera…
August 5, 2003 -
Why iTunes has bands on the run
Explores a growing split in how musicians and their fans view online digital music services. Some bands say fans downloading only a song or two dilutes the artistry they put into creating…
July 30, 2003 -
Mood type
Mood Letters. Why cast typefaces in “immutable metal” when digital offers so much more possibility? Such was the attitude brought by Erik van Blokland and Just van Rossum of the Dutch design…
July 28, 2003 -
Everybody’s doing it
A recent survey conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of AT&T predicts that four out of five companies will use remote workers by 2005, compared with only 56% today. The…
July 24, 2003 -
Parasite Paradise
Experimental constructions forming a village in the city From 1 August up to and including 28 September 2003, Leidsche Rijn in Utrecht will be the scene for the outdoor manifestation Parasite Paradise.…
July 22, 2003 -
Geek Chorus
Students with laptops and wireless connections are opening up “back-channel” discussions during classroom lectures, according to a New York Times article by Lisa Guernsey. While the lecturer is up there lecturing, clusters…
July 4, 2003 -
OS 10.3
I can’t wait to use the feature “instantly see all windows.” Here’s a small demo of Expose for OS 10.3 (aka Panther).
July 3, 2003 -
Film persona(lity)
WARHOLIAN IDOL. “The great stars,” said Andy Warhol, “are the ones who are doing something you can watch every second, even if it’s just a movement inside their eyes,” as reported by…
July 2, 2003 -
In ‘Green’ Packaging, Corn Replaces Petroleum
Wild Oats Markets Inc. became the first grocery store in the United States to roll out a new type of “green” packaging which looks like plastic but turns into compost after disposal……
June 16, 2003 -
Listening Post
Exhibited at the Whitney Museum from Dec 17, 2002-March 9, 2003, this installation by Mark Hansen and Ben Rubin takes the virtual buzz of the internet and makes it real. “Listening Post…
June 7, 2003 -
The Photographer’s Right
A downloadable flyer that details Your Rights When Stopped or Confronted for Photography.
June 3, 2003