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The Internet Is My Religion: Jim Gilliam on the Divinity of the Web
The Internet Is My Religion: Jim Gilliam on the Divinity of the Web

Startups, spirituality and why connectedness is next to godliness.

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The Filter Bubble: Algorithm vs. Curator & the Value of Serendipity
The Filter Bubble: Algorithm vs. Curator & the Value of Serendipity

How the web gives us what we want to see, and that’s not necessarily a good thing.

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Quakebook: Twitter-Sourced Anthology for and by Japan
Quakebook: Twitter-Sourced Anthology for and by Japan

What Yoko Ono, William Gibson and Kings of Leon have in common.

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YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011
YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011

What 101 classical musicians have to do with honoring the past while appreciating the present.

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Douglas Coupland on Marshall McLuhan’s Prophecy
Douglas Coupland on Marshall McLuhan’s Prophecy

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Summer Reading List: 10 Essential Books for Cognitive Sunshine
Summer Reading List: 10 Essential Books for Cognitive Sunshine

The history and future of the Internet, algorithms vs. curators, reinventing education, and how to live with optimism.

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Tweets from Tahrir: Rare Record of a Revoltuion
Tweets from Tahrir: Rare Record of a Revoltuion

What Gladwell’s fallacies have to do with changing media models and political paradigms.

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SubMap: Visualizing Subjective Urban Patterns
SubMap: Visualizing Subjective Urban Patterns

What Twitter in Finland has to do with villages in Hungary and the solipsism of urbanity.

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Lost Roll of Film Finds Its Way Home, Virally
Lost Roll of Film Finds Its Way Home, Virally

On lost film, found friendships and the stories we all want to believe could be true.

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<em>Invisible Cities</em>: A Transmedia Mapping Project
Invisible Cities: A Transmedia Mapping Project

What social media activity has to do with the literal lay of the land.

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