Cool Futurism: The Future Arrives In Ski Masks and Leather Jackets Bearing a Cross

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Some time ago Serdar and I were discussing the revival of Omni and the loss of Cool Futurism. I had noted that Cool futurism’s ideas of unity were lost (or not practical), we missed the need for ourselves to evolve, and of course consumerism which made it easy to seem to buy the future. Of course there are other issues I still want to address because I feel there are distinct patterns we should study.

Another factor in the decline of Cool Fururism is it’s dark sibling, a form of Apocalyptic Futurism.

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Link Roundup 8/22/2013

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Goodreads having cases of Author Abuse?  Sounds like a potential problem, and Goodreads doesn’t seem to be dealing with it.

Larry Ellison isn’t feeling the love for the iPad and there’s some good points on issues with Apple.  I myself think the tablet-laptop combo is probably big for the future.  Whatever happens will affect you developers.

Netflix has 1.5 million UK subscribers.  Still moving forward.

Remember awhile ago when I got enthused about food vending machines?  Now one makes french fries.

– Steven Savage

 

 

 

 

Link Roundup 8/21/2013

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Seems we’ve got a lot of interesting news lately.

Disney/ABC is having layoffs.  Interesting but not unexpected as the company is obviously changing focus.

Did you know we export garbage in the US for recycling?  Did you know China isn’t taking some of our stuff anymore?  Politics, science, and recycling intersect in a must read article that will remind you just how complex the global economy is.

Food for thought.  Can a donation model work for streaming music?

Al-Jazeera America’s strategy includes a return to news styles we’re kind of missing.  I’ve been concerned that America’s quality of news – sensationalistic, specialized, and for short attention spans – leaves us vulnerable in a global market.  Sure Al-Jazeera has reputation issues now, but what if they overcome them?

– Steven Savage