the Internet
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Internet: Not Randomized?
Wikileaks released this TED Talks video yesterday, titled “Facebook and Google / Secret Revealed.” The video explains how our internet searches may be sorted by an algorithm based on our assumed preferences.
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Social Media Art
The “Social Media” exhibit is at New York City’s Pace Gallery until October 15th. Walking us through the installations, this piece ponders the way social media art works when taken out of its natural habitat—the Internet. “It seemed to me…
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Digital Abuse Surveyed
“Young people immersed in the online world are encountering racist and sexist slurs and other name-calling that probably would appall their parents and teachers. And most consider it no big deal, a new poll says.” The survey suggests that people…
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The Google Effect
This might seem obvious to many, but apparently there is now research behind the idea that smart phones, computers and the Internet are weakening our memories. According to this article, the phenomena is called the “Google effect” (which you can…
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Wanna Write Right On Top Of The Internet?
Ever get so frustrated with the Internet that you wanna just take a pen and write right on top of the screen? Well, that happened to me so many times that I decided to start a website where people do…
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Morning Coffee
I’ve just got this hunch that things might be ok. Watching Shrek in Tehran. Hey, so, what happened to that tsunami? Related: The Chilean earthquake did however probably (possibly?) make the day shorter. Why the internet will never catch on. Gang…
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Morning Coffee
What does the internet cost around the world? Typewriter people. Walt Whitman’s levi’s commercial. Architects Journal looks at the top 5 comic book cities. Also: Paris as star map.