(Working Title) The traditional functions of money, as first published by William S. Jevons in 1875 are: 1) medium of exchange: that is, an intermediary
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On the Emergence of Public Curation and New Spaces for Accessing Art In “Flexible Context, Democratic Filtering and Computer-Aided Curating: Models for Online Curatorial Practice”,
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“…the National Security Agency is building the country’s biggest spy center. It’s the final piece of a secret surveillance network that will intercept and store
Read moreSolar Radiation and Geomagnetic Storms Continue
(NOAA) The Washington Post reported, “Biggest solar storm in years races toward Earth, could disrupt power grid, GPS and more”. CNN reported, “the sun had
Read moreYour Life, Uploaded
As I was looking for the PowerPoint presentation discussed by Kirschenbaum in “Mechanisms” (100) about the MyLifeBits , I stumbled upon the Total Recall blog: a living archive of
Read moreMetaphors of the Past
An interesting article by Clive Thompson [“Out with the Old”, Wired Feb 2012], on how designers keep simulating analog interfaces in digital products. In short:
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