Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2695: Hydraulic Information
Posted on · Episode: 2695 The 21st Century information floodtide, seen as applied hydraulics. Today, information flows like water.
Tag: internet
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2685: C.P. Snow at a Cocktail Party
Posted on · Episode: 2685 C. P. Snow’s two cultures after 52 years and the coming of the Internet. Today, C. P. Snow at a cocktail party.
Houston Matters
The Internet turns 30: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week
Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
Houston Matters
Technology has transformed our lives in Houston over the last decade — for better or worse
Posted on · As Houston Matters marks ten years on the air, we discuss how the technology landscape has changed in the past decade.
Town Square
Dr. Safiya Noble takes on the “many mountains of evidence” of racism and misogyny in our internet algorithms
Posted on · What we see on our screens may not reflect our reality, especially for women and people of color.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2682: Technical English and Verbing Nouns
Posted on · Episode: 2682 Technical English and the Verbing of Nouns. Today, we verb a little.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2409: Remembering What We Know
Posted on · Episode: 2409 Struggling to keep our grip on the past as we move from books to the Internet. Today, we struggle to remember what we once knew.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2388: Inventing the Hyperlink
Posted on · Episode: 2388 In which Paul Otlet invents the hyperlink, and almost invents the Internet. Today, we invent the hyperlink.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2315: Advertising and Pricing
Posted on · Episode: 2315 Paying for our entertainments by watching advertising — back in 1885. Today, we think about Internet advertising.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2253: The Commons Revisited
Posted on · Episode: 2253 Revisiting the Commons in a rapidly changing world. Today, we visit the commons.
Town Square
How author Dylan Marron has conversations with people who hate him
Posted on · Today, Marron shares what he’s learned about having difficult conversations and how having them can help close the ever-growing distance between us.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2196: The Future Among Us
Posted on · Episode: 2196 In which the future we seek to know is already among us. Today, the future is among us.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2186: Lost Beauties
Posted on · Episode: 2186 Lost beauty of old words: nostalgia thwarted a flood of new books. Today, language slips away from us.
Town Square
How To Find A Healthy Balance Of Internet Usage In Children And Teens
Posted on · Has the pandemic made the influence of social media and screen time worse? And what can parents do to protect their children from negative effects?
Houston Matters
COVID-19 Slows The Census Count, And A Truck Full Of Toilet Paper Goes Up In Flames: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The News
Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.