science
What Colour are your bits?
ansuz.sooke.bc.ca
The blurred lines between binary data and intellectual property
Links
For insight and enlightenment
life
The Hunt for the Death Valley Germans
otherhand.org
A personal quest to solve a mysterious death
science
In Search of a Tough Problem
cs.nyu.edu
How do you explain one-way functions?
design
Why Britain banned mobile apps
govinsider.asia
Why the Web can conquer as a sustainable platform
life
How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist
medium.com
The subtle gamification of apps
programming
-2000 Lines Of Code
folklore.org
How do you track a programmer's performance?
programming
The Wrong Abstraction
sandimetz.com
When DRY code hurts
gaming
What happens when pirates play a game development simulator and then go bankrupt because of piracy?
greenheartgames.com
How to educate gamers through the mirror of piracy
programming
Are Your Programmers Working Hard, Or Are They Lazy?
mikehadlow.blogspot.co.uk
When working efficiently doesn't pay off
programming
Systems Past: the only 8 software innovations we actually use
davidad.github.io
A story of computer evolution
life
World War II’s Strangest Battle: When Americans and Germans Fought Together
thedailybeast.com
A fight of common interest in the wake of World War II's end
programming
Chat Wars
nplusonemag.com
Communicating via chat apps
gaming
My Hardest Bug Ever
gamasutra.com
ACrash Bandicoot developer's fight against a memory card
life
Simple versus easy
johndcook.com
Objective vs Subjective
science
What does randomness look like?
empiricalzeal.com
When data explains humans' flawed perceptions
gaming
Lumines: Killing The Fun, Part Two
caseyporn.com
A solved geometrical game
gaming
The Making of GoldenEye 007
zoonami.com
How inexperienced game developers went against the grain to create magic