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.
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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.
Houston Matters
A Third Of The Internet Runs On WordPress, Which Was Started By A Houston College Kid
Posted on · Matt Mullenweg created the popular web design platform while a student at the University of Houston.
News
Free Wi-Fi Is Coming To Houston’s Buses And Trains
Posted on · Wi-Fi will be available on select buses and trains as part of a pilot program. The transit agency says it hopes to gather rider feedback on the service as it looks for ways to expand it system-wide.
Houston Matters
Are Online Comment Sections A Bad Idea?
Posted on · We discuss how media organizations should handle online interactions with their audiences.
Houston Matters
Houston Company Wants To Bring Internet Service To Mars
Posted on · Future outposts on the moon or Mars will want to use the web. Houston’s Hypergiant Galactic Systems hopes to create an interplanetary internet to serve them.
Houston Matters
Houston-Based Social Media Site Hopes To Put Users Back In Control Of Their Data
Posted on · The site Social Chains aims to give users control of how their personal data is used.
Houston Matters
How Vulnerable Is Houston’s Oil And Gas Industry To Cyber Attacks?
Posted on · Local cyber security expert Eddie Habibi of PAS Global discusses cyber threats to Houston’s oil and gas industry.