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From a technological standpoint, distributed and peer-to-peer technologies are far more efficient than Web 2.0 systems. Making better use of network resources by using the computers and network connections of users, peer-to-peer avoids the bottlenecks created by centralized systems…However, despite the many disadvantages in comparison to P2P, Web 2.0 is more attractive to investors and…
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Storytelling is a political act. It’s making sense of the world and ourselves, and like every other kind of sense-making, it’s as political as it is personal and vice-versa. There is no distinction to be made between the political and the personal. Writing of any kind is political. It’s claimsmaking regarding reality and how to…
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theyvcreation: Dimensions in Physics
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ancientart: Relief presenting human sacrifice from one of the ballcourts at El Tajín, Mexico. Pre-columbian, Classic Veracruz culture (600 to 1200 AD). Photo courtesy & taken by Simon Burchell.
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mikerugnetta: This is one of the more dense Idea Channel episodes we’ve made recently but I’m really happy with the way it turned out. Plus there’s so much to be said about Orphan Black! We didn’t get to touch at all on the idea of “clone” versus “copy”, the role of the genetic barcode in…
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jtotheizzoe: There’s a guy from PBS taking a selfie inside my selfie!
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grupaok: Radical Software 1, Summer 1970
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oupacademic: thefeministpress: Deconstructing gender dynamics and phallogocentric language in the bible for my “Women and the Bible” course. #SelfieSummer Read Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin for a thinky, feminist scifi novel about the power of language in taking down the patriarchy. Feminism and The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha (New Revised Standard Version),…
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smarterplanet: Tour the World’s Webcams With the Search Engine for the Internet of Things | Wired Enterprise When Dan Tentler wants to find something on the internet, he doesn’t use Google or Bing. Tentler, a freelance security consultant, is a road-less-traveled kind of guy. He likes to check out the internet’s alleyways and backroads. And…
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engadget: MakerBot’s iPad app lets you sculpt 3D-printed objects from your couch