else 9.23: From “Pulp to Prototype” and Other Good Reads
The post else 9.23: From “Pulp to Prototype” and Other Good Reads appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.This week we’ve been thinking a lot about driverless cars and related data-driven...
View Articleelse 9.30: The “Monkeys with Typewriter” Algorithm
The post else 9.30: The “Monkeys with Typewriter” Algorithm appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.This week, the blind see with data, algorithms are uncovered, networks are analyzed, and data...
View Articleelse 10.7: A Dread Pirate Gives Up His Bitcoins
The post else 10.7: A Dread Pirate Gives Up His Bitcoins appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.Anonymity on the web becomes increasingly fractious as Tor and Bitcoin come into question with...
View Articleelse 10.14: “Drones don’t feel”– But the people who see them do.
The post else 10.14: “Drones don’t feel” – But the people who see them do. appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.Between OpenCo, the Quantified Self conference, and our visit to Google, it was...
View Articleelse 10.21: Are Drones Over Burning Man “Evil”?
The post else 10.21: Are Drones Over Burning Man “Evil”? appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.This week we pondered how Google defines norms, how we understand ourselves through technology,...
View Articleelse 10.28: “Merging with the technology”
The post else 10.28: “Merging with the technology” appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.This week in our news round up: artists play with the possibilities of the 3-D printing medium, the...
View Articleelse 11.4: “Where’s the rage, man?”
The post else 11.4: “Where’s the rage, man?” appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.This week, we dig deeper into the political implications of NSA revelations, we think about how we live with...
View Articleelse 11.11: “You can’t let the algorithms take over”
The post else 11.11: “You can’t let the algorithms take over” appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.Last week there was a lot to say about Twitter and bitcoin, and the Guardian offered some...
View Articleelse 11.18: “We can see it, we can feel it, because we’re already almost there.”
The post else 11.18: “We can see it, we can feel it, because we’re already almost there.” appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.This week, we talk about rights to data, nuance in the tech...
View Articleelse 11/25: The Collective Hallucination of Currency
The post else 11/25: The Collective Hallucination of Currency appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.This week, bitcoin seems to have gotten the thumbs up for innovation despite some shady...
View Articleelse 12.2: “Anchoring digital existence in the physical world”
The post else 12.2: “Anchoring digital existence in the physical world” appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.This week we get creative with 3D self-portraits, drones deliver in 30 minutes or...
View Article12.9 else: “The most mericful thing in the world”
The post 12.9 else: “The most mericful thing in the world” appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.This week, the tension between industry, governments, and regulation gets hashed out over the...
View Articleelse 12.16: “It’s not entirely rational”
The post else 12.16: “It’s not entirely rational” appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.This week, Google is on our minds and in the news, cookies are used for surveillance, the ephemeral web...
View Articleelse 1.6: “Ghosts in the machine”
The post else 1.6: “Ghosts in the machine” appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.Back from the holiday break, we look at data’s influence on culture; glass, both as a material for transmitting...
View Articleelse 1.13: “Keep the instrument in its place”
The post else 1.13: “Keep the instrument in its place” appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.This week, we look at more applications machine learning, new wearables from CES, and some visions...
View Articleelse 1.20: “The future is much simpler than you think.”
The post else 1.20: “The future is much simpler than you think.” appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.This week we thought about the data in our homes, connecting the Internet of Things, and...
View Articleelse 1.27: “Humans are pretty good at deceiving themselves”
The post else 1.27: “Humans are pretty good at deceiving themselves” appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.This week we read about reverse engineering algorithms for dates, anticipatory...
View Articleelse 2.4: “Seeing ourselves as bits and bytes”
The post else 2.4: “Seeing ourselves as bits and bytes” appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.This week, lots of talk of data ethics and infopolitics. As always, if you want to keep up with...
View Articleelse 2.10: “Information that was never designed for a human to see”
The post else 2.10: “Information that was never designed for a human to see” appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.This week, we were thinking about data post-language, reading the tea leaves...
View Articleelse 2.17: “Drag the future here and see if we want it”
The post else 2.17: “Drag the future here and see if we want it” appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.This week looked at convergence in wearables, how we live with technology today and in the...
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