Reviews
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| feature: january 26, 2006 The Telephone Repair Handbook by Mark Pesce & Angus Fraser In a three-part feature, Mark Pesce and Angus Fraser propose a complete rethinking of a technology that everyone depends on: the telephone. interview: may 30, 2005 Brooke Burgess: The Mindjack Interview by Melanie McBride Mindjack’s Melanie McBride recently caught up with Broken Saints creator Brooke Burgess to talk about long form Flash and the way of this Broken Saints warrior. feature: may 13, 2005 Piracy is Good? How Battlestar Galactica Killed Broadcast TV by Mark Pesce In the first part of a two-part article, Mark Pesce looks at how a re-visioned 70s camp classic changed television forever. feature: may 21, 2005 Piracy is Good? Part Two: The New Laws of Television by Mark Pesce In the final part of a two-part article, Mark Pesce lays out some new rules for television, which he says are good for everyone — unless you’re a broadcaster. feature: february 01 , 2005 The Future of Money by Paul Hartzog Mindjack’s Paul Hartzog examines the changing nature of money and what might be in store for the currency of tomorrow. feature: november 05, 2004 Cities Without Borders: Digital Culture and Decentralization by Paul Hartzog Paul Hartzog rethinks sociologist Saskia Sassen’s idea of the Global City and how it may or may not apply to digital culture. feature: august 31, 2004 Banner Ads Invade Gamespace by Tony Walsh What do you get when you cross the world’s most measurable medium with the world’s most immersive medium? Video games peppered with Internet-style banner-ads. This new method of marketing allows measurable demographic data to be collected from the elusive online gaming community, targeting dynamically-downloaded advertisements at specific demographics. The promise of a new revenue stream is obviously attractive to advertisers and game publishers, but will the idea win over gamers? feature: july 20, 2004 Multiplayer Gaming’s Quiet Revolution by Tony Walsh Today’s avatars in massively multiplayer environments like Second Life are giving their users the gift of expression and infusing games with something more, soul. feature: june 25, 2004 Supernova 2004 by J.D. Lasica Reports Blogging, collaborative work tools and the drawbacks of social software took center stage at this year’s Supernova. The third annual tech-in-the-workspace conference — “Where the decentralized future comes together!” — drew more than 150 technology thought leaders, software startup CEOs and other heavy hitters (alas, fewer than 20 of them women) to the Westin Hotel in Santa Clara, Calif., on June 24-25. feature: may 24, 2004 Will Digital Radio Be Napsterized? by J.D. Lasica The Recording Industry Association of America has discovered that digital radio broadcasts can be copied and redistributed over the Internet. The horror. And so the RIAA, the music business’s trade and lobbying group, has asked the Federal Communications Commission to step in and impose an “audio broadcast flag” on certain forms of digital radio. may 17, 2004 Redefining Television by Mark Pesce In the earliest days of television, writers like George Orwell in 1984and Ray Bradbury in Fahrenheit 451 projected television as the instrumentality of a totalitarian future – a monolithic entity dispensing propaganda. And, if any of you occasionally watch Fox News, you can see they weren’t that far off the mark. But here’s the thing: the monolithic days of television are numbered. Actually, they’ve already passed – though, as yet, very few people realize this. april 26, 2004 Lawrence Lessig’s Free Culture reviewed by J.D. Lasica april 19, 2004 Linked Out: Blogging, Equality, and the Future by Melanie McBride With the mainstream media’s interest in blogging at a fever pitch, Mindjack’s Melanie McBride takes a critical look at the future of blogging and talks to some of the bloggers trying to shape it. april 12, 2004 “The killing fields” Copyright Law and its Challengers by J.D. Lasica march 11, 2004 Is Nothing Sacred? Digital Music for a Digital Age by Ian Dawe december 12, 2003 Reunderstanding Movies by Donald Melanson october 29, 2003 12 Variables for Understanding Online Communities by Andrea Baker and Bob Watson october 29, 2003 Deconstructing Knowledge by Nicholas Carroll september 18, 2003 The Myth of Fingerprints by Ian Dawe august 11 , 2003 The Trouble with e-Voting by Sarah Granger august 11 , 2003 Have iPod, Will Travel by Raffi Krikorian june 11 , 2003 Reloaded: The SimMatrix Bryan Alexander on The Matrix Reloaded may 26, 2003 Taste Tribes by Joshua Ellis may 05, 2003 Thinking Outside The MUD Ludicorp CEO Stewart Butterfield on the Game Neverending by Mike Sugarbaker march 21, 2003 The State of Digital Rights Management Bryan Alexander reports from the Berkely DRM Conference. march 21, 2003 Two Degrees of Separation by Sarah Granger february 17, 2003 Spinning the Web by Nicholas Carroll november 04, 2002 Inside The Internet Archive by Doug Roberts october 28, 2002 The Transmetropolitan Condition An Interview with Warren Ellis by Melanie McBride october 28, 2002 The Open Source Content Management Conference Mike Sugarbaker reports from Berkeley october 22, 2002 Cybersecurity Nosebleed by Sarah Granger october 07, 2002 Lawrence Lessig and the Future of Ideas by Bryan Alexander september 17, 2002 DECONference Ana Viseu Reports may 27, 2002 Derek Powazek interviewed by Donald Melanson may 08, 2002 Sid Meier interviewed by David Brake april 27, 2002 Reading McLuhan by Melanie McBride April 22, 2002 Building Emotional Machines by Ana Viseu April 08, 2002 Simon Singh interviewed by Bryan Alexander march 29, 2002 Digifest 2002 Jim Lai Reports From Toronto march 18, 2002 SXSW Interactive 2002 by Jon Lebkowsky march 11, 2002 Conforming to the Machine by Douglas Rushkoff february 11, 2002 Nanoengineers of the Altiplano by Chris McKinstry january 28, 2002 The Future of Infantry? by Jim Lai december 31, 2001 Twenty Twenty: Astronomical Vision by Chris McKinstry november 12 , 2001 Marketing the X by Jane Pinckard november 05 , 2001 Richard Linklater interviewed by Jon Lebkowsky october 29, 2001 The Digital Millenium Copyright Act: Licensing The Commons by Bryan Alexander september 18, 2001 Mobile Phones: Reporting From Death’s Doorstep by Justin Hall july 31, 2001 A Closer Look at Life in the Summer of ’76 by Chris McKinstry july 23, 2001 Webzine NYC 2001 by Jonathan Swerdloff july 16, 2001 Passage Through Science To get to the future we must first pass through science. This column is about that passage. by Chris McKinstry july 09, 2001 A Few Words On E-commerce…And Buying A Car by Paul Waterhouse july 02, 2001 Raffi Krikorian’s Gear for the Road february 15, 2001 Wire Fraud and other Childhood Pasttimes by Shawn FitzGerald february 15, 2001 Sake To Me Measuring the Impact of Technology by Cate Gable february 15, 2001 A Second Date with the Gnomes of San Jose by Cory Doctorow january 01, 2001 IT/ECO: A Short-term Vision for the New Century by Cate Gable | november 15, 2000 Election Notes 2000 by Jon Lebkowsky november 15, 2000 Virtual Rock Star An Interview with Father Time conducted online by Dan Richards october 15, 2000 My Date with the Gnomes of San Jose by Cory Doctorow october 15, 2000 Revolution at Our Door by Cate Gable september 15, 2000 Who Are You? Who Owns You? by Jon Lebkowsky september 15, 2000 Robots “R” Us by Cate Gable august 15, 2000 Mondays Are Hell by Nicholas Carroll october 15, 2000 Revolution at Our Door by Cate Gable IT, Ecology, & Soul Part One: Cultural Creatives august 01, 2000 Apple’s New New Direction by Michael Boyle july 01, 2000 Good Thing or Gattaca? by Elizabeth Weaver Engel june 15, 2000 The City of Gold by Are We Really? june 15, 2000 Finding the Right Martial Arts School by Dan Richards june 15, 2000 Information Technology Meets Global Ecology by Cate Gable Techno-Shamanism and Animal Powers june 01, 2000 The Migratory Patterns of the American Umbrella by Elizabeth Weaver Engel june 01, 2000 You Are Here by David Brake may 15, 2000 Nodal Politics by Jon Lebkowsky may 15, 2000 Planetwork Conference: Impressions by Cate Gable may 01, 2000 Caffeinated Culture by Donald Melanson april 15, 2000 Living in the Fray by Elizabeth Weaver Engel april 01, 2000 Cybergothic by Bryan Alexander february 15, 2000 Romance? No thanks, I’ll pass…. for Elizabeth Weaver Engel february 15, 2000 Information Technology Meets Global Ecology by Cate Gable february 01, 2000 Whither Y2K? by Jon Lebkowsky january 15, 2000 The New Future by Donald Melanson january 15, 2000 The AOL/Time Warner Merger by Elizabeth Weaver Engel december 15, 1999 Mi Familia by Elizabeth Weaver Engel December 01, 1999 The Microsoft Decision by Elizabeth Weaver Engel December 01, 1999 Converge This! by Dan Richards A look at the state of convergence technology and content. November 01, 1999 Hazy Cosmic Jive by Donald Melanson September 15, 1999 What I’ve Learned In Sixteen Years Online by Elizabeth Lewis september 15, 1999 The Mind of Howard Rheingold (part 2) september 01, 1999 The Mind of Howard Rheingold (part 1) July 27, 1999 I Want a New Drug by Dan Richards July 27, 1999 The Razor’s Edge: Rant and Purge E-mail by p.l. frank July 10, 1999 Sophie’s (Multimedia) World by Chris Lakeman Fraser June 24, 1999 Organic Theater by Dan Richards June 24, 1999 Lounge vs. Diner Culture by Elizabeth Weaver Engel June 09, 1999 The Razor’s Edge; Could We Just Drive… by p.l. frank May 24, 1999 Star Wars: Episode 1 reviewed by Elizabeth Weaver Engel May 07, 1999 The Razor’s Edge: Can We Talk? by P.L. Frank May 07, 1999 SAY WHAT?: Noise Levels… by Dan Richards April 20, 1999 Confessions of a Pop Culture Groupie by Shawn FitzGerald April 20, 1999 Emulation Revisited by Donald Melanson April 03, 1999 The Razor’s Edge: Real Dogs by P.L. Frank April 03, 1999 Straight No Chaser by Dan Richards March 22, 1999 Overclocking a PC by Jim Lai March 18, 1999 The Razor’s Edge: Pretzel Logic by P.L. Frank March 01, 1999 I Wanna be a Pundit by Shawn FitzGerald March 1, 1999 The Longest Run by Elizabeth Weaver Engel February 10, 1999 The Razor’s Edge: The New Face of Customer Service by p.l. frank February 10, 1999 Is This Really Necessary by Elizabeth Weaver Engel January 11, 1999 The Razor’s Edge: American Fads and Trends by p.l. frank December 23, 1998 Bah Humbug by Elizabeth Weaver Engel December 7, 1998 David 1, Goliath 0 by Elizabeth Weaver Engel November 19, 1998 The November Elections and Their Aftermath by Elizabeth Weaver Engel November 1, 1998 The Razor’s Edge: The Blotter Paper of the 90s by p.l. frank November 1, 1998 Java Q&A: Killer Apps by Borne Mace October 16, 1998 The Razor’s Edge: The Thrill of the Hunt by p.l. frank October 2, 1998 It Don’t Mean a Thing…Does It? by Elizabeth Weaver Engel October 2, 1998 Java: Questions and Answers by Borne Mace September 22, 1998 The Razor’s Edge: Warning… by p.l. frank September 22, 1998 City Musings by Elizabeth Weaver Engel September 5, 1998 The Stuggle Goes On. Class and the Information Age. by David Howell September 5, 1998 Clinton and Lewinsky and Starr, oh my! by Elizabeth Weaver Engel August 20, 1998 The 21st Century Breathing Down My Neck by Shawn FitzGerald August 20, 1998 A Sign Of The Times by p.l. frank August 20, 1998 The Frankenstein Complex by David Howell August 10, 1998 GenX, Five Years Later by Elizabeth Weaver Engel July 11, 1998 Ah, The Innocence Of Youth by Elizabeth Weaver Engel July 11, 1998 Viagra Wars by Elizabeth Weaver Engel June 12, 1998 A Lack Of Common Sense by p.l. frank June 12, 1998 The Razor’s Edge: Yo Quiero El Perro by p.l. frank June 12, 1998 Technorealism by Craig Saila june 12, 1998 JavaOne, Then And Now by Borne Mace May 11, 1998 The Self-Help Rage by p.l. frank May 11, 1998 Gaming in the Fringes by Donald Melanson May 11, 1998 My Life, Or Stories From The Bus by Elizabeth Weaver Engel July 11, 1998 The Razor’s Edge: They’re Wrong About Us by p.l. frank June 12, 1998 Tempest In A Teapot by Elizabeth Weaver Engel May 11, 1998 Gaming in the Fringes by Donald Melanson May 11, 1998 The Razor’s Edge: Why The Digital Culture Is Good For You by p.l. frank May 11, 1998 Killer Lilacs And The Reporters Who Love Them by Elizabeth Weaver Engel May 11, 1998 The Transparent Medium by Brian Igo |