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janehu: In broad strokes, we may note that key elements of the good academic life for (aspiring) politically-engaged/minority discourse practitioners includes the belief that knowledge work is related to and can transform the world at large. So clearly and so long has education participated in social stratification, and so formative to the contemporary have been…
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political-linguaphile: Farthest extent of Spanish colonization in America.Red: Farthest extent of Spanish colonies under the House of Bourbon in the 1790s.Pink: Disputed claims of Spanish colonial administration.Purple: Portuguese colonies under dual Spanish colonial administration- conquest, settlement and political rule over much of the Western Hemisphere Colonization is scary, to say the least.
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aquarianpunk: PROTOTYPING INTERFACES Interaction designers develop our digital everyday life. They concept, sketch and create new possibilities of interaction, which are evaluated with functional and technical prototypes. The book “Prototyping Interfaces – Interactive Sketches with VVVV” covers within 280 pages the applied handling of interactive sketches with the visual programming language VVVV. It is divided…
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futuristgerd: “To meet these needs, we believe U.S. companies will need 5,000 certified gamification designers over the next three years to infuse every aspect of their operations with the science of engagement.” — Beyond the hype: 5 ways that big companies are using gamification — Tech News and Analysis
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Tribal alignments were exposed: Defenders of journalism stood up for the Times. Defenders of log analysis, electric cars, and/or Musk took the entire concept of journalism to task. The kerfuffle demonstrated that technologists who discuss journalism are exactly as stupid as journalists who discuss technology. Much of this transpired on message boards and Twitter. (Doubtless…
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dropouthangoutspaceout: SONY WANTS A FUTURE OF INTERACTIVE ADVERTISING, PATENTS TRANSFORMATION OF ADS INTO GAMES
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Yeah, cyberpunk is difficult. There’s a reason we haven’t had a great cyberpunk movie yet. There’s a reason why a sci-fi movie as great as Neuromancer has never made it to the screen. I do think there’s a new wave coming, and not just because the technology and the effects are up to speed, but…
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emergentfutures: Like a Swarm of Lethal Bugs: The Most Terrifying Drone Video Yet Science writer John Horgan’s feature on the many ways drones will be used in coming years is interesting throughout, and terrifying in the passage where he describes an effort to build micro-drones that are, as the U.S. Air Force describes them, “Unobtrusive, pervasive, and…
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new-aesthetic: MeCam $49 flying camera concept follows you around, streams video to your phone
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Teaching Fellowship in the Histories of Art, Media and Design
Art Center College of Design Teaching Fellowship in the Histories of Art, Media and Design: call for applications Application deadline: March 15, 2013 www.artcenter.edu Call for applications: Art Center College of Design requests applications for its Teaching Fellowship in the Histories of Art, Media and Design. This fellowship, housed in the Department of Humanities &…