Predicting the Future of Computing
The New York Time has a fascinating interactive tool for looking at the history of computing, and for crowdsourcing when new technological breakthroughs might arrive. It’s interesting to see what […]
New York Times
China’s Censors Tackle And Trip Over The Internet
Since late March, when Google moved its search operations out of mainland China to Hong Kong, each response to a Chinese citizen’s search request has been met at the border […]
Is There An Ecological Unconscious?
About eight years ago, Glenn Albrecht began receiving frantic calls from residents of the Upper Hunter Valley, a 6,000-squaree-mile region in southeastern Australia. For generations, the Upper Hunter was known […]
The Coffee Party, With A Taste For Civic Participation, Is Added To The Political Menu
Fed up with government gridlock, but put off by the flavor of the Tea Party, people in cities across the country are offering an alternative: The Coffee Party. Growing through […]
Human Flesh Search Engines
Human Flesh Search Engines is a Chinese network based search facility which combines human and computer resources to accomplish a search task. It is human powered rather than computer driven. […]