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Digital Nostalgia
Title screen from Great Gatsby NES (image from greatgatsbygame.com)Sometime around February 14, an internet phenomenon erupted as Charles Hoey and Pete Smith announced they had found a lost game...
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Apple's Amazingly Artistic iOS6 Maps
You don’t really want your maps to be “artistic” renderings of reality, we all prefer them to be accurate, but the recent release of Apple’s iOS6 maps is demonstrating a more artistic flair to...
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The Aesthetics of Data Storage
Microsoft’s Chicago data center (Image courtesy cnet.com)The New York Times recently published a two-part survey arguing that the data centers owned by the technology companies we all depend on every...
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There’s an Emoji for That
Emoji keyboard (Screencapture by author)CHICAGO — Instead of saying to yourself, “There’s an app for that,” repeat after me: “There’s an emoji for that.” In our technology-inundated world of constantly...
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Memoto Makes Lifecasting Way Easier Than Instagram
Memoto lifelogging camera (Image courtesy kickstarter.com)Want to join the millions of people already broadcasting their breakfasts, pets, and street-art finds on Instagram but don’t want to mess with...
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The First Code Acquired by Smithsonian’s Design Museum Is Released to the World
Planetary App (via Planetary)The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum is getting onboard with digital acquisitions, this week announcing their first code addition to their...
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Digital vs. IRL: A Tale of Two Superscripts
(GIF by the author for Hyperallergic) Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of reflection posts by the three participants in the Superscript Blog Mentorship program, for which Hyperallergic...
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How Artists Used the Discord App to Build Community During COVID-19
For many, Discord — the popular group-chatting platform originally designed for gamers — made their pandemic survivable. “This Discord has been my rock through the pandemic,” says Callie, an admin for...
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