Technology

Josh Wallaert|Essays

Google Maps, Give Us Our River Names

No map in history has made us feel more powerful or more present. But there's a little thing missing: the Mississippi River.

Julie Lasky|Reviews

Design Indaba 2011

Review of Design Indaba 2011 conference in Cape Town, South Africa

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Reading Out Loud

The disappearing physical on-ramps to reading.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

ISO The Digital Sidewalk Critic

Why is it so hard to say, "I hate my iPad"?

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Neat Freaks

Organizing things neatly = what IBM, Ray Eames, Herbert Matter and Tumblr have in common.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

I Was an Unhappy Hipster

In a renovation by an architect, for a critic, the bookshelves can be a battleground.

John Thackara|Essays

If It’s Not the Destination and It’s Not the Journey...

A team at Rutgers University, uses ultrasonic sensors, GPS receivers and cellular networks to find empty parking spaces. While technically impressive, this is an absurdly over-complicated answer to the wrong question.

Jonathan Schultz|Projects

Give a Minute

Report on Local Projects' Give a Minute initiative to improve urban life.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Gerd Arntz: Design Icon

Gerd Arntz: A design icon who designed icons.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Is No the Answer?

Bag bans, yes. But why is no plastic the answer?

Rob Walker|Essays

Ghosts in the Machine

Everyday we are busy producing fresh masses of life-affirming digital stuff. What happens to this “stuff” when we die?

Rob Walker|Essays

Global Entertainment

Entertainment via web-based geography.