AltWeeklies Wire
Where Does Your Data Go When You Die?new
In the absence of meaningful state or federal regulation regarding post-mortem rights in cyberspace, a so-called digital death industry is booming.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
06-10-2011 |
Tech
Tags: DataInherit, Entrustet
The Rise and Uncertain Future of 'Pirate' Radio in Bostonnew
If there's any hope for unlicensed stations to go legit, it's the Local Community Radio Act, passed by Congress in December after a 10-year campaign by proponents of hyper-local radio. However, details of how the legislation will be administrated are still hazy. And some experts say the measure comes too late, and with too little backbone.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
04-11-2011 |
Media
Experts Predict the Boston of the Futurenew
Over the past few weeks, we asked several dozen trendsetters and soothsayers to fondle their crystal balls, and tell us when we might be able to follow bike paths from Franklin Park to Park Street, shop at a glistening new Filene's, and sip drinks on a waterfront that resembles downtown Dubai.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
01-25-2011 |
Commentary
How To Be Good at the Futurenew
Tap into technology and make yourself a Master of Tomorrow.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
01-24-2011 |
Tech
Infopocalypse: The Cost of Too Much Datanew
Meet big government's next big problem: Digital Overload.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
01-04-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: CREW, Public data
This is How You'll be Listening to Music Tomorrownew
Music Hack Day 2010: Major labels come to Cambridge to discuss new music innovations.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
10-18-2010 |
Tech
Guru's Gurunew
How a mysterious Svengali dominated the final days of the Boston-born hip-hop and jazz superstar.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
05-21-2010 |
Commentary
Is Genius Immortal?new
Tech god Ray Kurzweil is a modern-day Edison. Now he's battling to stay alive — forever
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
04-29-2010 |
Culture
Tags: Ray Kurzweil
Hip-Hop Mamas from the Suburbsnew
These ladies aren't rapping, scratching records, or writing graffiti (not yet, at least), but they are preserving the art of — no shit, really — breakdancing.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
01-30-2009 |
Performance
Learning To Lindy Hopnew
In the Lindy Hop community, guys just start dancing, and gals -- no matter how many women's-studies classes they took in college -- follow respectfully.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone and Sara Faith Alterman |
11-06-2008 |
Culture
