Posts tagged as Wired
'Wired' Mag's Chesty Cover Not Feeling Great for All Women
Now that the December Wired is hitting inboxes, some women are noticing that the cover image, which is breasts, seems to them like an extension of the magazines use of women as rare decorative objects. (Even while the issue does address advances in tissue reconstruction.) Since in particular women don't make the cover this decade on their Wiredey merits. Fortunately Wired editor Chris Anderson is listening!
@anildash I hope your 2nd reaction was to read the article, on the science of breast tissue engineering. Make sense now?
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Or not. But did you read it ladies?
The ladies did! Also.
@chr1sa @anildash Alt cover for female Wired readers: re-engineered extra-ocular tissue strained from eye-rolling.
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The Web Sure Has Grown Exponentially!
This sure is a neat graph in Wired, to accompany the new theory that "the web is dead" and that the future is apps. The graph explains that, since 1990, usage of the "web" has peaked (at about 50% of Internet use, in 2000) and has since declined, to about 23% of Internet use. There's another graph that might be of interest when looking at this! READ MORE
Just How Badly Does Money Want To Be Free?
Hey, remember how we saw that Wired piece on Money Wanting To Be Free coming down the pike and we were like, uh, oh boy? Hey, it is here now! And it asks: "What if people could transfer money over Twitter for next to nothing, simply by typing a username and a dollar amount?" Well, what if I could shit gold coins, and pay people simply by pulling down my pants? That is totally possible as well, if I swallowed a bunch of gold coins and then had the ability to excrete at will. Let's make this happen, people! Okay, but seriously, it's fair to agree with Wired that we are maybe, maybe, sorta on the brink of undermining the massive, unfriendly and filthy rich credit systems of the world-and that would/will be wonderful, when it starts to work. READ MORE
Joel Johnson on Chris Anderson
Oh, more must-read today! In which Joel Johnson discusses Wired editor Chris Anderson's thoughts on "atoms are the new bits." (I know, wot?) "To marvel that you can convince a Chinese company to make a small batch of electronics for you? In many cases, that's when conditions are worst. Try to get something that is more than a greenboard made and you're back to standard manufacturing issues like making dies for stamping parts. Why? Because real 3D printers don't exist yet."
'Wired': Money Wants To Be Free!
This seems to be the March cover of Wired. That coverline is: "MONEY wants to be FREE"! So listen. No, it doesn't. That's the last thing money wants. In fact, as money moves closer towards free, it loses value. Money hates to lose value. Money's life goals include: 1. Not losing value and 2. Gaining value. Anyway, maybe this is a joke mock-up cover they made for some free Wired party, where all the food was free, and no one had a salary, because their work was free. But if it does arrive in people's mailboxes (for free), they're gonna have some serious explaining to do, which they will do, to me, at no cost.
Chris Anderson Has A Divine New Idea In FREE Housing For Humans!
A helpful recession tip from the Twitter of Wired editor (and author of Free) Chris Anderson! Oh, let's click through! First sentence: "DANIEL SUELO LIVES IN A CAVE."
Impress Chris Anderson With Your "Awesome" Friends, Get Free Copies of "Free"
Wired editor Chris Anderson is giving away 200 free copies of his book, Free! (Pause for light laughter.) There are two ways to get a free copy of the book, he blogs. One is: "Impress us with your cool friends (you get FOUR books!)" Can't pull that off? "Impress us with your social media skillz (you get one book)." Wow. It gets... I guess the word is "grosser"? READ MORE
Why Isn't Chris Anderson Free?
In 2008, Wired editor Chris Anderson brought in circa $2 million in speech fees. His forthcoming book, "Free: The Future of a Radical Price," says the promotional materials, "makes the compelling case that in many instances businesses can profit more from giving things away than they can by charging for them."
