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27
Feb
Feb
Who Own's The Future?
We’re used to treating information as ‘free’,* but the
price we pay for the illusion of ‘free’ is only workable
so long as most of the overall economy isn’t about
information. Today, we can still think of information as the
intangible enabler of communications,...
12
Feb
Feb
Deathbed tweet sent to memory cloud
Consider the following situation: a patient in a hospital
ward posts ‘Dead’ in her/his online microblog status
update. She/he is in the final stages of a terminal illness.
She/he, or a relative/friend, posted this message using a
smart phone device from her/his hospital bed....
07
Jan
Jan
Scanner's Guide to the Joy of Sound
Scanner (Robin Rimbaud) is an experimental musician and
artist of international renown whose collaborators include
Laurie Anderson and Steve McQueen. Here he gives an
illustrated listening and watching guide to enhancing the
pleasure we get from the sound that surrounds us.
The joy of sound...
26
Oct
Oct
Aleks Krotoski on How Power Works Online
People generally don’t think of the paper on which the
daily news is printed, or the printing press that puts it
there, as anything but neutral. They identify the publishers
as the ideologues and the medium as a conduit.
You'd think the same, broadly...
10
Aug
Aug
Sound Power
You’re watching a heist scene. Rather than the sound,
you’re focussing on the masked protagonists as they move
from vault to getaway car, gold bullion in hand. But it’s
the soundtrack – nothing but a ticking watch – that
brings you to the edge...
28
May
May
Nick Southgate reviews How to Thrive in the Digital Age by Tom Chatfield
Although one might dispute that societies have always
progressed, they have certainly always changed. The Digital
Age brings changes to our society on a daily basis. The
speed and extent of this change seem to divide commentators
into two camps. There are those that...
30
Mar
Mar
Ben Irvine on Internet Dead End
On a recent visit to the college I attended as an
undergraduate, I bumped into a senior porter who had worked
there most of his life. We were enjoying a friendly chat,
just as we used to, when he surprised me by remarking...
02
Mar
Mar
Zoe Langdell Reports On A Trip To The Future
Billed as a tour of the secret studios and experimental
spaces of East London, it seemed incongruous that A Trip to
The Future began at The Shepherdess, a greasy spoon just off
Old Street. I ordered very stewed tea from the puzzled
waiter, as...
31
Jan
Jan
Tom Chatfield on How We Find Time For What Matters In The Digital Age
When it comes to filling time with noise, words and images,
this is an unprecedented age. Among American eight- to
18-year-olds, media usage now fills more than seven and a
half hours daily and you can add another three if
multitasking is taken into account.
Today,...
03
Jan
Jan
Roman Krznaric asks 'Is Social Media Killing the Art of Conversation?'
There is a crisis in the art of conversation, and it's
making us hungry. On the one hand, we face a famine of
quality conversation in our relationships. The typical
British couple spends more time watching television together
on average, 55 minutes a day...
14
Dec
Dec
Elke Lahousse and Project In-Between On Visual Storytelling
* M13 In-between journalism, art, and a bit of science, lies
an emerging new field called data visualisation.*
Do you know what Marshall McLuhan in 1964 really meant when
he said 'the medium is the message'? His one-liner has
become an overused and often...
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