Internet
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Weekly Geekery
Science knows exactly how you feel right now. How the good enough get better. Intimacy and vulnerability on the Internet. Why women don’t comment online. Internet philistines are why we can’t have nice things.
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The New Silence
Michael J. Gaynor visits Green Bank, the West Virginian town without wi-fi: In Green Bank, you can’t make a call on your cell phone, and you can’t text on it, either. Wireless internet is outlawed, as is Bluetooth. It’s a…
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Weekly Geekery
Is this where digital media is headed? When your body is tracked. Gender, power, privilege, and technology. What did you talk about on social media in 2014? Publish or perish: Amazon edition.
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Weekly Geekery
What do machines take from us? Hacking the police. Saving Egyptians. Do headlines change the way we read? The Internet is real.
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The Rumpus Interview with Alix Lambert
Director Alix Lambert talks about her documentary, Mentor, small-town conformity, and bullying in the digital age.
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Weekly Geekery
Save this as a bookmark. You writer nerds are going to need it. Assange on Orwell and, of course, the Internet. The seven wonders of the modern technological age. Why the Internet is a portal to our own darkness. Working…
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Weekly Geekery
The intricacies of Spambot sexuality. Refining the language of the online review. Is threatening to cut someone in the comments section protected speech? Sure, I know. You can quit Twitter anytime you want to. The science of sainthood.
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The Rumpus Interview with Richard Ford
Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Richard Ford discusses his new book, Let Me Be Frank With You, how metaphor shapes our world, and why he doesn’t like the idea he has a battery to recharge.
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Weekly Geekery
Rewriting Barbie. Unlocking your Internet password. Unlocking your soul. Trolls then and now. Science of your spit. Who runs the web? This is your face on Facebook.
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Weekly Geekery
When we fight about Buzzfeed. Your laptop will soon be more emotionally intelligent than most people. Printing out people. This is your creativity. This is your creativity on the Internet. Telegraphic literature.
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Weekly Geekery
The Internet will not save creators. Are you tired of reading about how Amazon is the Devil, yet? Good. Space Ship Two and Sir Walter Raleigh. Your refrigerator is freaking me out. Cory Doctorow explains art and the Internet to…
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High-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…