Beethoven and the Beef Jerky Maker
If technology rarely delivers on its claims, then need we waste so much as a backward glance as we dash ahead to the next digital milestone?
The Hedgehog’s Array: February 20, 2015
Posted on February 20, 2015
Noteworthy reads from the last week.
In Little League, All Racial Politics Are Local
There is a great irony, even hypocrisy, in Little League International's coming down on Jackie Robinson West now—and only now—that they have won a national championship.
Where Moth and Rust Doth Corrupt
The Internet never forgets? Maybe. It's more likely that, in a few years, you won't be able to read this blog post at all.
Reflecting on “Data” and “Big Data” for Cities
Cities can benefit from Big Data through city-to-city learning, the exchange of best practices, and improving the lives of their citizens.
Harlequin as Hammer
Cubism’s stylistic hegemony—the dislocated binaries, the tactile surfaces in a two-dimensional work, and the distortions—interferes with what we want to understand about what few clues we can decipher.