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“Gamification” treats people like children — children who need to be manipulated, who need to be tricked into doing what’s good for them. Brent Simmons My take. (via tommorrisdotorg)
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William Gibson’s Future Is Now
William Gibson’s Future Is Now dissemination: Distrust That Particular Flavor – By William Gibson – Book Review – NYTimes.com
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mattermedia: Social Media and Art Museums – Authoritarian and Self-Promoting Friends? The emergence of social media has been associated with the rise of ‘prosumers,’ that is, users who do not simply consume content but also produce it. Where it concerns art museums usage of social media, it appears that such institutions face considerable challenges, perhaps…
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new-aesthetic: “At the same time, police around the country have been affixing high-tech scanners to the exterior of their patrol cars, snapping a picture of every passing license plate and automatically comparing them to databases of outstanding warrants, stolen cars and wanted bank robbers. The units work by sounding an in-car alert if the scanner…
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bashford: Greg Borenstein pointed FaceTracker at Matt Jones’ Hello Little Fella Flickr group. An exploration of machine pareidolia. I’m glad someone has tried this. After reading and re-reading Gibson’s Zero History in which an “ugly shirt” trips up the indexing of facial recognition software, I began to wonder what kinds of patterns would “distract” that…
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barackobama: “While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.” – The White House, responding this morning to a petition on SOPA and online piracy
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The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. Albert Einstein on intuition vs. rationality (via curiositycounts)
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Two moms, bound together by cancer (one has lymphoma; the other’s daughter has leukemia) are asking—quite nicely—for Mattel to make a “Beautiful and Bald Barbie” to help young girls who suffer from hair loss due to cancer treatments, Alopecia or Trichotillomania. Will the doll giant bow to public demand? Eh, probably not, but let’s spread…
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dropouthangoutspaceout: Where at the Academy of the Impossible we talk about Minecraft, style, practice, play and why this is so cool. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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dropouthangoutspaceout: Where at the Academy of the Impossible we talk about Minecraft, style, practice, play and why this is so cool. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)