The staff over at O’Reilly Media‘s magazines, Make and Craft, asked around to see what features The Ultimate Notebook would include. The result is their newly published Maker’s Notebook. “Clearly, lots of DIYers dream of designing their own project notebooks. We incorporated as many ideas from this Notebook Braintrust as possible,” explains Gareth Branwyn, friend… Continue reading The Maker’s Notebook from O’Reilly
The scariest moment of Bowling for Columbine (2002) was watching the security camera footage of the shootings. Something about seeing that black and white representation of Eric Harris’ and Dylan Klebold’s grainy forms stalking the cafeteria that morning was just plain eerie. Roy ChristopherI marshal the middle between Mathers and McLuhan. Editor of Boogie Down… Continue reading Camera Obscura: Cloverfield and the Myth of Transparency
The much-discussed, much-explored interface between humans and machines is seemingly our final frontier. Comparing the interface to the Victorian novel and the 1950s television show (both of which shaped society’s understanding at the time), Steven Johnson wrote, “There are few creative acts in modern life more significant than this one, and few with such broad… Continue reading The Interface and the Algorithm: Four Recent Books
I ventured to Atlanta again this year for Georgia Tech’s Digital Media department‘s Winter Demo Day, and it definitely re-greased the mental wheels. When you’re stuck while thinking about technology and media, an event like this is sure to shake things loose. The Digital Media program at Georgia Tech spans the spectrum that runs from… Continue reading Digital Media Demo Day at Georgia Tech
There’s been a lot of chatter, books written, and hand-waving about the merging of humans and machines ever since the computer reared its digital head. From artificial intelligence and humanoid robots to microchip implants and uploading consciousness, the melding of biology and technology has been prophesized far and wide. Humans are indeed merging with machines,… Continue reading My Mother Was a Computer by N. Katherine Hayles and Shaping Things by Bruce Sterling
