Photo: Jim Cooke (GMG) It wasn’t supposed to be like this, I swear. When these here Intertubes came to prominence, the idea was that information would finally be free; that people would know MORE about this stupid world than they did before, because everyone would have a voice and because anyone,…

Once upon a time, I tweeted on an urgent matter. “Can somebody tell me how to get better with color?” I wrote ." My color decisions are awful." I got a lot of replies with links to tools. They were awesome, so I collected them in a blog post. I called it: and hit publish. That was more than two…

https://www.wired.com/story/how-trump-conquered-facebookwithout-russian-ads

While the alt-right movement may be new, its current drama is as old as the internet itself. Things have gotten bumpy for the alt-right online movement since the election. It’s facing an identity crisis (what does it mean to be the “alt” if you’re getting what you want?) and grappling with certain…

Taylor Callery / The Atlantic About this story: Readers of the April 2005 Atlantic were treated to a cover story unlike anything the magazine had published before—David Foster Wallace’s profile of John Ziegler, who was then a talk radio host in Los Angeles. In print, Wallace’s signature multilayered…

William Gibson lives in an overwhelmingly green suburb with old-money roots south of Vancouver’s downtown, and it is in this suburb that I am currently wandering, looking for William Gibson. Yesterday, over lunch, he’d given me an address that seems not to actually exist, and just a minute ago, over…

Neighbors repaint the “piazza” on their intersection in Sellwood, Portland. The intervention spawned a movement known as City Repair. Photo courtesy Charles Montgomery Award-winning Canadian journalist Charles Montgomery’s fascinating new book Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design…

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This article is about two important four-letter words that start with “F”: “flat” and “form.” Though some decry flat user interfaces as pure fashion, or the obvious response to skeuomorphic trends, many designers have embraced the flat approach because the reduction in visual styling (such as…

http://m.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/06/why-the-mall-will-never-die/276832/

Ruven Afanador James D. Parker/Flickr Wall Street Journal editorial-board member Dorothy Rabinowitz is the object of deserved mockery this week after arguing that New York City's new bike share program is evidence of an "autocratic" mayor with a "totalitarian" mindset who has "begrimed" the best…

Sara Johnson March 26, 2013 Author Moses Gates on what we should be able to access. Urban planner-slash-explorer Moses Gates opens his new book with a story of climbing Notre Dame (in the rain). It's one of Gates' many anecdotes from his years of "extralegal" exploring. He has also walked on subway…

Kaid Benfield Kaid Benfield December 3, 2012 In Walkable City, Jeff Speck lays out ideas for making communities more hospitable to walkers. In Jeff Speck’s excellent new book, Walkable City , he suggests that there are ten keys to creating walkability. Most of them also have something to do with…

This month , A.V. Club writers Genevieve Koski and Steven Hyden take a break from exploring the good, the bad, and the ugly of the Billboard charts to sample this year’s new crop of holiday songs. Rod Stewart , “Silent Night” (from Merry Christmas, Baby ) Steven: The bad news is that Rod Stewart…

Last week I offered some thoughts about rhythm, specifically the rhythm of visual elements . Those thoughts were focused more on the theory. Today I want to lean more toward the practical side and talk about aspects of design we work with regularly and how we can add rhythm to our work through them.…

Sometimes a single TV episode can exemplify the spirit of its time and the properties that make television a unique medium. A Very Special Episode presents The A.V. Club ’s survey of TV at its most distinctive. “The Romans lulled their people to sleep with hedonistic diversions, such as orgies,…

In our latest series of super-hero movie reviews, Chris Sims and Matt Wilson take on the films chosen by you, the readers: X-Men ! Chris Sims : Welcome back to ComicsAlliance's in-depth review of the X-Men film series, everyone! This week, we're starting in on X-Men 2 -- or to use its proper (and…

Casey Johnston Share this story The 7-inch Android tablet is one of the scrappiest models in the gadget landscape. From one manufacturer to the next, one year to the next, these tablets have failed to find an audience or win any vocal supporters. Yet sales for the 10-inch iPad continue to vault…

In the last half decade, magic—normally deemed entertainment fit only for children and tourists in Las Vegas—has become shockingly respectable in the scientific world. Even I—not exactly renowned as a public speaker—have been invited to address conferences on neuroscience and perception. I asked a…

Each week, Chris Sims, David Uzumeri and Andy Khouri take a look back at one of the most successful and influential comic book movie franchises of all time, in ComicsAlliance’s in-depth retrospective on the Batman films. David : Welcome back to Cinematic Batmanology , for part three (!) of our look…

Each week, Chris Sims, David Uzumeri and Andy Khouri take a look back at one of the most successful and influential comic book movie franchises of all time, in ComicsAlliance’s in-depth retrospective on the Batman films. Chris : Welcome back to Cinematic Batmanology and our extensive review of The…

"The Mind Robber" (season 6, episodes 6-10. Originally aired Sept. 14-Oct. 12, 1968) The great thing about Doctor Who 's format is its flexibility, something that the program took far more advantage of in its early days than it does now. The TARDIS can take you anywhere in time and space, which…