- Danielle Sucher › Jailbreak the Patriarchy: my first Chrome extension
A Chrome plugin that does its best to gender-swap the internet. For some it'll be eye opening. For some, it'' raise blood pressure. For others, it might even lower it. In any event, it's an interesting experience – go play.
- Sycorax: Bring Fictional Characters to Life on Twitter
Yes, I can see uses for this that would massively enhance a present-day tech based game, or just because it looks like a fun little narrative engine.
Tag: gender
Bookmarks for May 9, 2011
- Anonymiss Communications
"Anonymiss is an Anonymous operations group. It’s focused on women’s issues in the emerging economies, amongst other things. Anonymiss is partnering with regional NGOs, bloggers, and human rights organizations to leverage resources and get results. Grab a stick, get in the game. Fellas welcome." Interesting business.
- Above 49: Those Other Indie Games
Have heard brilliant things about Fiasco, and most of the others here sound like top rate stuff as well. Must give them a look.
Bookmarks for May 6, 2011
- From Me To You
Some really clever effects here, almost a redefinition of what a photo can be for the 21st century. Go look.
- One generation, new species – all-female lizard bred in a lab
Men to be declared obsolete within the next 100 years. Probably for the best.
- Even Robots Can Be Heroes – ScienceNOW
Robots running an evolving algorithm have been shown to spontaneously develop altruism as a beneficial strategy. One in the eye for objectivists or selfish bastards – it turns out thta evolution can, in fact, produce altruism, and that it works better than selfishness.
Bookmarks for October 13, 2010
- the creative internet (106 things)
Possibly the single biggest and most interesting time-suck I've seen on the internet to date. I've run across a lot of these things before, individually, and the ones I know are very awesome, which makes me think the rest of them will be too. One to sit down with when you've got time to spare, and want to be blow away by the artistic cleverness of others.
- Gay Sex vs. Straight Sex « OkTrends
I adore OKTrends (OKCupid's stats analysis blog) out all measure. Especially when they prove bigots wrong with y'know, actual facts.
- Locals and Tourists – a set on Flickr
Photography heatmaps for various cities – things tourist take photos of compared to locals. Fascinating stuff.
Bookmarks for August 16, 2010
- The Pac-Man Dossier
This has been doing the rounds, so you may well already have seen it. But in the event that you haven't, here's a fascinatingly in-depth look at Pac-Man – you may think it's a very simply game, and it is, but its very simplicity masks an awful lot of very subtle design decisions that are key to understanding the tactics required to win.
- The Photojojo Store! – the Most Awesome Photo Gifts and Gear for Photographers
I haven't looked in the photojojo store in ages. There is a truly staggering amount of stuff in here that I really want. Just sayin'
- BBC News – Superheroes 'poor role models for boys'
Something that's been at the back of my mind recently: good fictional role models for boys.
- Voogle Wireless
Someone has dug up the add in support of net neutrality that Google produced 4 years ago. Now, I'm the first to admit that that what was true 4 years ago isn't automatically true today, and that people who can't change their minds about things in response to changing circumstance and new arguments are stupid people. But: I don't see that the circumstances and arguments in this particular case have shifted in that period.
Bookmarks for January 20, 2010
- Auto-appendectomy in the Antarctic: case report — Rogozov and Bermel 339: b4965 — BMJ
Ever wondered what it would be like to perform surgery on yourself? No? Why not? Well, anyway: here's a description of what it's like to have to give yourself an appendectomy. In the Antarctic. With next to no help.
- A Rant About Women « Clay Shirky
Clay Shirky opens up a serious can of worms, noting that women do not push themselves forward in the way men do. Part of me wants to say "well, *duh*". Shirky suggests that if women behaved in a more self-aggrandising manner, they'd get more equal treatment. I'm just not sure that I want to encourage any more people to behave like some of the self-promoting male pricks I've met.
- plasticbag.org: Should we encourage self-promotion and lies?
Tom Coates identifies some of the problems with what Shirky is suggesting – the problem isn't just that women don't push themselves forward, but often that the wrong people do, and what we should be focusing on is ensuring that everyone correctly advertises their own level of experience and ability – that those that *do* self-promote heavily while they can be useful, can just as often be a total pain.
- apophenia: whose voice do you hear? gender issues and success
Danah Boyd's repose to Shirky and Coates is excellent reading.
- Mass Photo Gathering – I'm a Photographer, not a Terrorist
Trafalgar Square at noon on Saturday. Anyone interested?
Bookmarks for January 12, 2010
- Conversations About The Internet #5: Anonymous Facebook Employee – The Rumpus.net
Yeah. And *this* is exactly why I stopped giving them any more data. Creepy as fuck.
- Derailing for Dummies
Ever done any of these things in an internet argument? Yeah, well, me too. Let's just put it behind us, and try and be better people from now on, eh?
- Sex objects: Pictures shift men's view of women | Science | guardian.co.uk
Apparently looking at lots of porn really *isn't* healthy for human relationships. Who knew?
Bookmarks for July 29, 2008
- Charlie’s Diary: Bechdel’s Law
Charlie Stross on a really good, simple baseline rule on deciding if a work fails a basic gender-equality test. There might be the odd work that gets exempted from it, but the number of works of popular entertainment that fail it is disturbing.