Alta Google?
Is Google about to topple from its perch as king of search? There's a lot being written lately about how Google search results are being gamed to promote Google products…
RIM Shot
A forgotten concept from 2009 that might've saved RIM? Meh. The design is sort of interesting, as concepts often are, but so what? RIM chose not to pursue it, for…
Research@Concordia
Imagine a world where researchers in completely different fields interacted with each other freely. Consider how unexpected connections between the humanities and the sciences might inform research projects in new…
Of Ice and Toasters
The Toaster Project A Toaster made completely from scratch. Thomas Twaites' quest to build a toaster is a strange and wonderful tale of one man's obsession. Not content with buying…
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Happy 2012! All the best to you and yours in the year ahead. In an odd coincidence, this also marks my 100th post, which hardly seems possible to me. Thanks…
Holiday Re-run
I'm taking the week off from just about everything, but thought I'd offer up something from the archives that you might enjoy if you missed it the first time around…
Weekend Reading – Christmas Edition
If you celebrate Christmas, I can do no better for a weekend reading recommendation than to commend to you a great classic from Dylan Thomas: A Child's Christmas in Wales.…
The Touchable Museum
If there's one thing that's guaranteed to elicit a sharp intake of breath by a museum curator or conservator, it's the idea of having visitors handle artifacts. We're used to…