May 9
This weekend, the Internet descended on MIT for the Web culture conference, ROFLcon. In attendance were meme makers behind viral feline celebs like Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat, and real life inspirations behind memes like Success Kid and Scumbag Steve.
2011 came with a rich crop of stories, thanks to some fantastic people who let me quiz them about their lives and work. Of almost 100 pieces I wrote this year, some stand out to me as especially sparkly.
Ah December–a frenzied month for shopping, traveling, cooking and gift giving perhaps, but by and large a leisurely month for news. Here are some highlights from my work at Fast Company and FastCo.Exist.
I’ve been writing for Fast Company and its sister site, FastCo.Exist, for some weeks now. Here are a few of my latests posts.
I’m spending a wild summer writing at msnbc.com. I write about science and science culture for the Cosmic Log, and I also blog tech: about kitty YouTube videos, Facebook, neat art/science mashups, and of course, the big Apple. Here’s a sampling of my work.
Bioengineers at Georgia Tech are building a soft wheel-like scaffold to help nerves at amputation sites grow back. Read the full story on TechnologyReview.com here.
And other biohacks from the FutureLabCamp in Brooklyn in my post for New Scientist’s CultureLab blog, here.
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