distracted walking Archives - Boing Boing Staging

distracted walking Don't text and walk while crossing a street in Honolulu or you could get a ticket Mark Frauenfelder

picks A toddler is run over by an SUV while mom checks smartphone. Now, China grieves and rages online. Xeni Jardin
Games Two procedurally-generated dog-walking simulators Rob Beschizza
late stage capitalism The promise and peril of "sonification": giving feedback through sound Cory Doctorow
mistakes People keep walking into the glass walls at the new Apple campus Rob Beschizza
happy mutants Revealing the cover and first excerpt of Autonomous, Annalee Newitz's long-awaited debut novel Cory Doctorow
History The fascinating and ego-killing existence of human wormholes Ryan Holiday
happy mutants Fiction: Someone to Watch Over Me Angus McIntyre
There's No Getting Off (The Grid) Reanna Alder
science fiction Describing the indescribable with Jeff Vandermeer Peter Mendelsund
los angeles Me, Al Franken and the worst meeting in the history of show business: a true story Bill Barol
Science Gleick's masterpiece The Information comes out in paperback today Cory Doctorow
Culture James Gleick's tour-de-force: The Information, a natural history of information theory Cory Doctorow