Branch wins Ars Electronica Prize for Digital Humanity!
We’re so happy that Branch Magazine won the Ars Electronica Prize for Digital Humanity!
A movement to green the web
This week the wonderful Climate Action Tech kicks off its #LetsGreentheWeb campaign. It invites people to measure the carbon emissions of websites using Wholegrain Digital’s Website Carbon Calculator and share the results online from February 15 – 19, 2021. This is a jumping off point…
About the Future in Times of Crisis: Ding Magazine, Issue 3
Pirate care, sustainable internet, pluralistic democracy and beautiful futurisms. This is about the future in times of crisis. The incredible Julia Kloiber led the publication of the latest issue of Ding magazine today. Thank you to the amazing contributors—from Hong Kong to Venezuela, Belarus and…
Tech as a temporary force multiplier
Cross-posting from a recent Twitter thread: In 2016, I started talking about IoT as an amplifier and multiplier of harms. At the time, focusing on connected devices seemed wise. The capabilities and ubiquity of smart devices was growing. Amazon Echo, for example, was just rolling…
ThingsCon Stories: Greening the Web
ThingsCon is publishing its wonderful annual State of Responsible IoT (RIOT Report) shortly. As part of the publication, ThingsCon is sitting down with contributors from the report and talking about the issues they wrote about. Check out my episode about greening the web. More episodes…