The other week, an article written in 1995 by Clifford Stoll who – in short – could see no future for the internet, resurfaced.
While events obviously took a different course, Stoll’s words started me wondering about a world without an internet, and what our lives in 2010 might be like in the absence of [...]

Is this art or this is data? Anna Dorfman tracks the movements, and rests, of her computer’s mouse during the course of a day.

Some not especially gallant attempts to make mobile phone towers look like trees or other natural features.
They are meant to blend in with their natural surroundings, yet, as Voit’s eyecatching photos prove, they rarely do. On the other hand, would you want the world’s landscapes pockmarked with mobile phone masts?

The cactus one isn’t too [...]

Thoughts on the future of photography from photographers, teachers, and a war correspondent… from almost 70 years ago:
It is possible to perfect the camera to the point where it will become an automatic instrument which will focus, expose and process the film by the mere push of a button. In this way we will [...]

Imagine you were transported back in time a couple of thousand years… with your (supposedly) superior 21st century level of knowledge what technological advances might you be able to bring about in your new environment?
There is a Twilight Zone episode where a businessman makes a pact with the Devil, which allows him to go [...]

The best thing about making predictions for the far future, say 100 plus years, is that you won’t be around to face the scorn should your projections be way off the mark.
The moving house was almost spot on though, just in this (relatively) environmentally conscious age it wouldn’t be hauled along by a coal-fired steam [...]

I’m sure we’ve all heard that Apple boss Steve Jobs is back at work after time off for medical leave. And while the company may have fared well during the stewardship of temporary CEO Tim Cook, it seems Apple can not run without both Jobs and Cook at the helm.
Cook is a great manager, a [...]

David Mindell argues that “the cult of the astronaut”, built around the first people sent into space by NASA, has prevented automated space exploration programs, and other beneficial technologies, from being utilised.
NASA’s engineering culture supported the centrality of the astronaut. Initially designated “capsules,” crew vehicles were renamed “spacecraft” to signify the human pilot’s mastery and [...]

The Male Programmer Privilege Checklist by Kake Pugh.
Attending a technical talk without people assuming that you’re only there because your boyfriend dragged you along with him.

97% of all e-mails sent over the net are unwanted according to recent figures, and the deluge is largely due to crime syndicates who have changed their modus operandi, and technologies that now allow billions of messages to be dispatched quickly and easily, says a Microsoft spokesman.
Ed Gibson, chief cyber security advisor at Microsoft, said [...]