Tag: Internet
Not to be outdone by the folks at the New York Post, the city government unveiled its own snazzy website redesign today–the first new look for NYC.gov in a decade. The old site had the fashion sense of your average City Councilmember: all business, with lots of grays and blacks and nothing to catch the […]
Have you heard of Rospotrebnadzor? We haven’t, until 30 minutes ago, when Anatoli Ulyanov of art site Looo.ch told ANIMAL that Rospotrebnadzor — Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare — has blocked their site and added it into the Registry of Forbidden Sites. This means that every ISP in Russia is blocking Looo.ch from their customers. […]
Here’s a single-serving Tumblr that re-imagines the Carters and their various friends as personages in famous paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt and etc — The Carter Family Portrait Gallery! Vivid snapshots of the life and times of The Carters – Jay Z, Beyoncé, and little Blue Ivy – as captured by their official portrait […]
While we in the United States are accustomed to choosing between Democratic, Republican, and maybe an unlikely handful of Libertarian or Green candidates for political office, Australian voters faced a list that was more like a fast-food menu for their recent September 7 election. Beyond the Labor, Liberal, and Green party politicians that make up […]
Oh, you haven’t heard of Word Magazine? The website hasn’t been very active since 1998. Yet, Word was an influential website/magazine, established in 1995 and published new content daily for over five years, treating each story as a unique interface design experiment. According to various sources ,it may have been one of the first ever blogs, so […]
A Net Art Show on the Internet Review is a new ongoing series of reviews of net art shows… on the internet. Art Baby is an online exhibition space that supports artists who “consider digitality to be a main focus of their practice” “in the beginning stages of their career.” Currently on view: Aimee Leigh. Expectingly, […]
Today, someone added the word “listicle” to the open-source Merriam Webster dictionary, citing Mark O’Connell’s listicle-stylized profile of the listicle in The New Yorker as a source. But what does it mean? listicle: [list + article] an article presented in the form of a list of related or similar elements The seconds flip by with such remorseless speed […]
To illustrate the disconnect many long-term prisoners feel with the modern, web-connected world, a reporter with Buzzfeed FWD spoke to several prisoners serving long sentences who have never used the internet to describe what they think it’s like. The responses are striking. With few exceptions, it’s illegal to go online the if you’re imprisoned in […]
There’s this thing called the internet. You may have heard of it. You’re on it right now. But two-thirds of the world doesn’t have access — and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has just launched Internet.org to bring the magic medium to those who lack it. Internet.org is a partnership between seven technology companies including Nokia, […]
A new study confirms what many already know to be true: spending time on Facebook really does make you sad. The research, conducted at the University of Michigan, found that looking at Facebook decreased users’ well-being and satisfaction with life, an effect that was exacerbated with longer durations spent on the site. Participants would receive […]
