Let’s be real, most of us have probably clicked “download” on a shady-looking mod or jumped at a promise of “free V-Bucks” at 2…
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It seems that Sir Tim Berners-Lee has just quantified the web. While the idea of developing a system to measure the value and impact…
Art in the age of digital reproduction: liberating or cheapening?
Walter Benjamin famously wrote in The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction that “even the most perfect reproduction of a work…
Has TED become a place for useless technobabble and ‘meme laundering’?
TED (the Technology Entertainment and Design conference) has expanded its brand across the globe over the past two years, with hundreds of local TEDx…
4 Online services that are desperately needed in real life
Sometimes we go about our daily business online, blissfully oblivious to the many services that make our lives easier. Services that make us realise…
