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  • Why creative writers are the best tech futurists

    Make it So: Interaction Design Lessons from Science Fiction – “Sex with Technology” Mark Frauenfelder, boingboing.net Here’s an exclu­sive excerpt from Make it So: Inter­ac­tion Design Lessons from Sci­ence Fic­tion, by Nathan She­droff and Christo­pher Noes­sel. Many designers enjoy the interfaces seen in science fiction films and television shows. Freed from … Make it So:…

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  • Rudy Rucker by Cory Doctorow

    #cc10 Featured Content: Cory Doctorow on Rudy Rucker Elliot Harmon, creativecommons.org Cory Doctorow / NK Guy / CC BY-SAIn celebration of Creative Commons’ tenth anniversary, we asked various friends of CC to write about their favorite CC-licensed content. Today, blogger and science fiction author Cory Doctorow writes about the… #cc10 Featured Content: Cory Doctorow on…

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  • The Year’s Best Infographics

    The Year’s Best Infographics By Emily Elert, popsci.com The results are in from Information is Beautiful’s first annual award ceremony The design firm Infor­ma­tion is Beau­ti­ful has announced win­ners of the inau­gur­al Infor­ma­tion Awards Inspired by Kan­tar com­pe­ti­tion. Prizes went to … http://flpbd.it/Zh0Nc Related articles The State of Application Security 2012 Infographic (veracode.com) Free Wi-Fi:…

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  • Storytelling and science: how fiction results in more behavior change than non-fiction

    Why fiction is good for you – Boston.com. New studies show that in fact a steady diet including some fiction is good for us and results in more effective behavior change and learning than non-fiction. This is because of cognitive “shields” we put up when reading non-fiction. Also fiction acts as a social glue to…

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