technology
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The Future of StoryTelling
On October 5th, a collection of speakers presented their use of technology in modern day storytelling. Featuring innovations beyond flourishy eBooks, the fifteen short films featured on The Future of Storytelling’s site are inspirational and provide a starting point for conversations…
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The Rumpus Interview with Scott Hutchins
Longtime Rumpus contributor Scott Hutchins discusses his debut novel, A Working Theory of Love, the Turing test, instant messaging chatbots, and whether technology is actually in danger of isolating and alienating people.
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The DIY Sentry Gun Scene
Tech crunch hypothesizes that yes, contrary to what you may have believed previously, there is in fact money to be made in the DIY sentry gun scene. Rudolph Labs has released an open source tracking sentry gun system that uses…
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Cellular Relationships
You may have used your cell phone to have a heart-to-heart with someone else, but have you every opened up and talked it out with that very phone? A new collaborative video project from Eric Slatkin asks us to do…
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I Check After…
A new Twitter project called I CHECK AFTER calls on us to list one thing we do before checking our phones and computers in the morning. If we can’t think of a single thing, it’s our chance to pledge something…
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Everything Is Its Own Reward App
The Chimerist, a new website we’re loving, explores the app for Paul Madonna’s Everything Is Its Own Reward. “The places in these images are suspended in time, and the animations work to slow you down until you’re able to absorb…
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The Chimerist
The Chimerist, a website created by Maud Newton and Salon’s Laura Miller, launched this week, uniting “two iPad lovers at the intersection of art, stories, and technology.”
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R.I.P. Dennis Ritchie, Computing Founding Father
Dennis Ritchie created the C programming language (“the basis of nearly every programming and scripting tool”) and co-developed the Unix operating system. His death on October 8th fell in the shadow of that of Steve Jobs, but his work is…
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“Hacktivism and Social Change”
In this Nation Conversations audio interview, reporter Laurie Penny takes a closer look at how digital resistance groups such as Anonymous and LulzSec have enabled protests from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street. She breaks down the relationship between…
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Points of View
“We are watching 18 screens showing high-definition images captured by nine cameras. Each camera was set at a different angle, and many were set at different exposures. In some cases, the images were filmed a few seconds apart, so the…
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Jobs and Education
Technology and higher education have been enjoying a symbiotic relationship in recent years. Apple’s creative visions have been coming to life and flourishing on academic platforms, but now that Steve Jobs is stepping down, should we be worried about how…
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Soundtracks for Books
Booktrack, a New York start-up, is weaving noises and music into e-books. According to their website, the idea behind synchronizing soundtracks to existing e-books, is to “dramatically boost the reader’s imagination and engagement.” To hear a demo you can check…