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“Creativity isn…

“Creativity isn’t an occupation. It’s a preoccupation.” — Sir John Hegarty. http://creativemornings.com/talks/sir-john-hegarty/1

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Storytelling Ads May Be Journalism’s New Peril

Storytelling Ads May Be Journalism’s New Peril journo-geekery: David Carr: …Twenty years ago, most people got access to the Web through Internet service providers like Prodigy and CompuServe, which had a version of advertising but not the banners we have come to know and hate. In October 1994, HotWired, the digital version of Wired magazine, decided […]

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“GTA V has litt…

“GTA V has little room for women except to portray them as strippers, prostitutes, long-suffering wives, humorless girlfriends and goofy, new-age feminists we’re meant to laugh at. Characters constantly spout lines that glorify male sexuality while demeaning women, and the billboards and radio stations of the world reinforce this misogyny, with ads that equate manhood […]

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Interaction Cost: Definition

Interaction Cost: Definition The interaction cost is the sum of efforts — mental and physical — that the users must deploy in interacting with a site in order to reach their goals. Ideally, we’d like users to go to a site and find the answer they’re looking for right there, in front of their eyes. […]

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If all digital data were stored on punch cards, how big would Google’s data warehouse be?”

journo-geekery: Asked by James Zetlen of xckd’s “What If”, which resulted in: Google’s Datacenters on Punch Cards

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Research team develops tattoo-like skin thermometer patch

Research team develops tattoo-like skin thermometer patch (Phys.org) â A diverse team of researchers from the U.S., China, and Singapore has created a patch that when glued to the skin can be used as a thermometer—continuously measuring skin temperature. In their paper published in the journal Nature Materials, the team describes how the patch is […]

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LA/CreativeMornings

creativemorningslosangeles: LA/CreativeMornings September 2013: Two Bit Circus Join us on Friday, September 27, 2013 at The Brewery in downtown LA for LA/CreativeMornings with Two Bit Circus. Brent Bushnell and Eric Gradman will wow us with stories about how they connect with their audiences through various creative experiments. Including, the awesome Musical Robot Class you see […]

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Introducing Barry Jenkins

youmightfindyourself: One of the characters in “Medicine for Melancholy” muses that there sometimes seems to be a contradiction between being “indie” and being black. Barry Jenkins, who lives in Oakland, Calif., is one of several filmmakers on this list challenging that dichotomy. A. O. SCOTT What projects are you working on now? BARRY JENKINS I’ve […]

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Important Characters to Follow

wired: Want to know business? These are the only people you need to follow.

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Parachuting Into Coding

Parachuting Into Coding Boot camp coding schools promise big salaries after just a few months of training. But are they all they’re cracked up to be?

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