Interestingness Is Always There: Talking with Jenny Odell
Jenny Odell discusses HOW TO DO NOTHING: RESISTING THE ATTENTION ECONOMY.
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Posts Tagged: digital technologies
Libraries, Now in 3D
3D printers are the latest accessory arriving in modern public libraries. However, just like when libraries introduced technologies such as the Internet, 3D printers raise concerns over what the public should be allowed to do with the equipment. NPR takes a look at the challenges, guidelines, and goals of adding 3D printers to public libraries.
...moreThank You, Hypertext
The book was, we can now see, crying out for the invention of the web, which would enable the holding of multiple domains of knowledge in the mind at one time that a proper reading requires. At the Guardian, Billy Mills looks at the love match that is the Internet and Finnegans Wake and has […]
...moreHigh-Speed World
The world is moving faster than ever. Digital technologies have allowed, encouraged, and even required quicker processing of information. The net effect isn’t necessarily a good thing—all that speed has left people struggling to consume information in fragments, and is ultimately eroding art. Mark C. Taylor explains over at The Chronicle of Higher Education: All […]
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