421 posts and columns on technology
No Cheap Shots With This $300 Bluetooth Basketball
The future of basketball looks pretty high-tech. (You still have to practice.)New Media
I think there is always a space for both. Whenever there’s a new form of media we always think it’s going to replace the old thing and it never does. We still have radio, however long after TV was introduced.
— Matt Mullenweg, on old media being displaced by new media, from an interview with Martin Nisenholtz
Please Welcome More Terrible Tech Terms to the Oxford Dictionary
Other cringe-worthy additions include cake pops, jorts and “food baby.” Yes, really.Digital Detox
Why won’t life slow down and be still? Why can’t I figure it all out? And also my phone is making noises while I’m trying to think.
— Alexis C. Madrigal, at a digital detox
I, Robot
It’s one of the dirty secrets of economics: technology progress does grow the economy and create wealth, but there is no economic law that says everyone will benefit.
— Erik Brynjolfsson, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, who theorizes that advances in computer technology, like advanced robotics, are behind the post-2000 employment slowdown, and that technology is destroying jobs faster than it can create them
News Byte
“Nerd Circus” Steam Carnival Reaches $100,000 Kickstarter Goal
Steam Carnival, the STEM-plus-art educational circus that performed earlier this week at D11, has met its $100,000 fundraising goal on Kickstarter. The carnival’s creators, Two Bit Circus, officially announced the news in a message thanking their Kickstarter backers. At the time of this writing, 1,033 backers had pledged $100,901 with 55 hours left for pledges.Steam Carnival Is One Big Traveling Nerd Circus. Here’s Why You Should Go (Video)
The minds behind Steam Carnival bring some of the fun onstage at D conference.Voices