Technology

Michael Erard|Essays

What I Didn’t Write About When I Wrote About Quitting Facebook

The author writes about the genre you could call the Social Media Exile essay.

Sarah Handelman|British Telecom

[MB][BT] Shorthand Science and Magic Lessons

The promotional portrayal of telephone technology.

John Thackara|Essays

Turn-Key Food Hives

There's almost no contact between the health apps crowd and the food system crowd.

Rick Poynor|Essays

This Post has Been Declared a Link-free Zone

Links can greatly enrich an online text, but are they also a counterproductive distraction from reading?

Owen Edwards|Essays

A Demanding Man: Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs was more like a great architect than a corporate CEO. Yet, there are those who ask, "Isn't the ultimate measure of a human being the way they treat other people?" In the case of Steve Jobs, this requires some reflection.

Julie Lasky|Projects

Media Design Matters

Art Center offers a new graduate track in social design that combines communications and technologies strategies with field work.

Rob Walker|Interviews

An Interview with Kevin Slavin

A conversation between Rob Walker and co-founder of the game development company Area/Code, Kevin Slavin.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Thinking in Tumblr

Don't write a book, make a Tumblr.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Stop That: Minimalist Posters

Make a minimalist poster, see your work travel the digital world.

Rick Poynor|Essays

Chris Foss and the Technological Sublime

Is cult science fiction artist Chris Foss’s work just highly effective illustration, or can it be seen as a visionary form of art?

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Announcing LetsGetCritical.org

My new blog collects the best arts & culture criticism, essays and reviews.

Tom Vanderbilt|Reviews

Interface Time

Review of "Talk to Me" at Museum of Modern Art