There’s this great Andy Warhol quote you’ve probably seen before: “I think everybody should like everybody.” You can buy posters and plates with pictures of Warhol, looking like the cover […]
This video from College Humor is straightforward making a strong point: we lose our interested and donțt offer attention to things as we used to, we are multitasking which is […]
David Cameron Tweeted the Dumbest Pictures Ever, and the Internet Ripped Him For It By Eileen Shim March 6, 2014 While David Cameron isn’t exactly the trendiest world leader, he got his […]
The Innovation of Loneliness from Shimi Cohen PLUS 7 months ago NOT YET RATED What is the connection between Social Networks and Being Lonely? Quoting the words of Sherry Turkle from her TED talk […]
RELATED 12 More Viral Photos That Are Totally Fake Can you spot the fakes? Hundreds of amazing images wash over our greedy eyeballs each and every day, clogging our Twitter […]
December 11, 2013 | By David Wallace Akita takes a look back at the technological advancements of the last decade, since the first electronic programmable computer was built in 1943, which is exactly […]
Samsung imagines that one day its screens will be on everything from coffee mugs to car windows. The following concept video shows how that could happen. The video touches on […]
THE BIG HAUL: Teenage YouTube Superstar Bethany Mota Has More Fans Than Vogue And A Fashion Line Of Her Own Any discussion of Bethany Mota, 18, social media goddess […]
Davide Casaleggio sent a tip to Read/WriteWeb about a video his company produced exploring the future of media. It is a very cool 6-minute video, which takes some educated (and […]
We are expecting more from technology and less from each other.
“Selfie” officially became the Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2013 this week. Usage in the English language has increased by a whopping 17,000% since last year, according to Oxford. Now, let’s […]
How the dynamics of papyrus scrolls explain Facebook. We’ve already seen that modern social media come from a long lineage of primitive predecessors — from the florilegia of the Middle Ages, […]
A thirty-eight year old man from Brisbane was left with no alternative but to watch an entire concert with his eyes, after he mistakenly left his phone at home. “I […]
How to Look Good on Video Chat A couple of weeks ago, Mashable published this photo recap of Social Media Week. Smack dab in the middle was this close-up shot of myself. I didn’t […]
The “selfie.” I kind of cringe every time I hear that word, imagining Myspace-style angles, duck faces, peace signs and dirty mirrors. I’m not alone either. Many are hesitant to […]
Good Copy Bad Copy, A documentary about the current state of copyright and culture, is a documentary about copyright and culture in the context of Internet, peer-to-peer file sharing […]
I want to be told what to read, watch and listen to Charlie Brooker The Guardian, Monday 5 October 2009 Books . . . literature or wall insulation? Photograph: Asger Carlsen/Getty […]
This Is What The Internet Did To A Photo Of Obama Shooting A Gun The White House asked that the picture not be photoshopped. The internet responded with… this. The White House […]
Selfie is Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year Ubiquitous noun for social media self-portraits faces down newly discovered cute mammal the olinguito in annual contest Link to video: #Thinkfluencer episode […]
Google Puts Over 57,000 Works of Art on the Web article taken from http://www.openculture.com/2013/12/google-puts-over-57000-works-of-art-on-the-web.html In its art preservationist wing, the Cultural Institute, Google houses anenormous digital collection of artwork spanning centuries and continents […]
Taken from The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/dec/13/death-of-photography-camera-phones?CMP=fb_gu The death of photography: are camera phones destroying an artform? From presidential selfies to never-ending Instagram feeds, the world is now drowning in images. Celebrated photographers […]
