Jaron Lanier

Thirty Years Of Sublime Rock 'n' Roll: A Conversation With Marshall Crenshaw, Plus Chatting With Petra Haden, Cory Mon and Wes Kirkpatrick

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.11.2011

Mike Ragogna

Back in 1981, Marshall Crenshaw's single "Something's Gonna Happen" was released on Shake Records, initiating his string of critically acclaimed classic albums and 45s. Now Marshall, celebrating 30 years of music-making, sits down to talk.

Cybertherapy Is Cyber, But Is It Therapy?

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Sigman

To me, adding avatars to the mix may threaten the most deeply healing aspect of therapy: the implicit trust forged by the mysterious bond between therapist and patient; the world in which profound discoveries, and life changes, are facilitated.

It's Okay to Be Ambidextrous, but Don't Let Either Hand Do All the Work: on Jaron Lanier and Book Buying

John Mesjak | Posted 05.25.2011

John Mesjak

Indie bricks and mortar bookstores may not always be able to satisfy that desire for "search-find-click-done" instantaneity, but online search & shop can only take us so far.

Best Worst Dressed Brands of SXSW Interactive (and a Film I Love)

Alona Elkayam | Posted 05.25.2011

Alona Elkayam

At SXSW 2010 you would have seen swarms of twenty, thirty and forty somethings, with their neck craned and their heads bowed, staring down at mobile devices and computers.

Why "Talk" Culture will Destroy the World

Hugh McGuire | Posted 05.25.2011

Hugh McGuire

In the New York Times, Michiko Kakutani takes on the Internet, remix culture, post-modernism and the technology-induced Decline of Western Civilizatio...

iPad, I Am

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Thane Rosenbaum

For many people who live in Manhattan and make a living by putting words on paper, the iPad might one day be remembered as its own Manhattan Project

Participatory Media and Why I Love it (and Must Defend It)

Caterina Fake | Posted 05.25.2011

Caterina Fake

Jaron Lanier does not understand that people do things for reasons other than bolstering their egos and making money. Those who engage in participatory media are not "robbed of dignity."