Month: May 2013

  • Gabriella Coleman on Anonymous » Office Hours

    Gabriella Coleman on Anonymous » Office Hours constellations-soc: This week we talk with Gabriella Coleman about her current research on Anonymous and her recently published book, Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking, which you can download for free under a Creative Commons license. We discuss the rise of Anonymous, how to research a…

  • It doesn’t matter what something can do, it only matters what you can do with that something. Microsoft once again fails to understand that, when it comes to tablets, Windows isn’t a feature – It’s a liability Many technology products are like the old “Sea Monkey” advertisements in comic books. Remember Sea Monkeys? One day,…

  • A hacker is, quite simply, someone who messes around with stuff…It doesn’t have to be a computer. It doesn’t even have to be technology. A hacker is someone who figures out how to get around barriers, won’t take no for an answer, asks an insane amount of questions and believes in sharing the information he…

  • ansieh: So I just thought I’d share a thought or two on this latest news regarding the Chicago Sun Times’ decision to lay off its entire photo staff. (Read on here.) In my years on newspapers, I’ve had the highest respect for photojournalists. While they make me crazy when they demand no photo be cropped,…

  • In an interview with Hopscotch’s CEO, Jocelyn Leavitt, she said that a lot of people have the preconception that you need good math and science skills to be a good coder. However, you very rarely need to be good at math to be able to code, you just need good logical skills. The Hopscotch Team…

  • Nine Years Early

    Nine Years Early alexainslie: “Tesla Motors announced that it has paid off the entire loan awarded to the company by the Department of Energy in 2010. In addition to payments made in 2012 and Q1 2013, today’s wire of almost half a billion dollars ($451.8M) repays the full loan facility with interest. Following this payment, Tesla…

  • The Minecraft Creator Markus Persson Faces Life After Fame

    The Minecraft Creator Markus Persson Faces Life After Fame Markus Persson and his game continue to confound the wisdom of video-game critics, consultants, and publishing mavens. Minecraft looks nothing like the multi-million-dollar blockbusters that usually line GameStop’s shelves.

  • The Minecraft Creator Markus Persson Faces Life After Fame

    The Minecraft Creator Markus Persson Faces Life After Fame Markus Persson and his game continue to confound the wisdom of video-game critics, consultants, and publishing mavens. Minecraft looks nothing like the multi-million-dollar blockbusters that usually line GameStop’s shelves.

  • quincampoix: Max Bill giving a lesson in Zurich, 1945 thanks to my friend Abel for showing me this pic