April 2015 News Wire

Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology.

Life in the Algorithm

https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/117/life-algorithm.html

Squeezing a playable chess program into 487 bytes

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/01/squeezing-a-playable-chess-program-into-487-bytes/

Nobody Knows What an iPad Is Good for Anymore

http://www.wired.com/2015/01/nobody-knows-ipad-good-anymore/

8 Web Design Facts that Will Blow Your Mind

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/8-web-design-facts-that-will-blow-your-mind.html

Fun videos teach design concepts to kids

http://boingboing.net/2015/01/15/fun-videos-teach-design-concep.html

An Anti-Torture Logo That Cleverly Communicates Across Three Cultures

http://www.wired.com/2015/01/anti-torture-logo-cleverly-communicates-across-three-cultures/

40 free resources every designer should know

http://thenextweb.com/dd/2014/12/21/40-free-resources-every-designers-know/

Pi Day: pi transformed into incredible art – in pictures

http://www.theguardian.com/science/alexs-adventures-in-numberland/gallery/2014/mar/14/pi-day-pi-transformed-into-incredible-art-in-pictures

NVBOTS Wants To Make 3D Printers As Easy As Toasters

http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/23/nvbots-wants-to-make-3d-printers-as-easy-as-toasters/

Dropbox’s Head of Design on the Dawn of Personalized Products – First Round Review

http://firstround.com/review/Dropboxs-Head-of-Design-on-the-Dawn-of-Personalized-Products

Solar Power SunAirPlus – INA3221 Python Raspberry Pi Library Released

http://www.switchdoc.com/2015/03/sunairplus-solar-power-ina3221-python-raspberry-pi-library-released/

The Secret Life of Punctuation: The Ampersand

http://www.shadycharacters.co.uk/2011/06/the-ampersand-part-1-of-2/
http://www.shadycharacters.co.uk/2011/06/the-ampersand-part-2-of-2/

The Hidden Language Of The ~Tilde~

http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/the-hidden-language-of-the-tilde

The Long and Fascinating History of Quotation Marks

http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2015/01/30/quotation_marks_long_and_fascinating_history_includes_arrows_diples_and.html

You Call that a Punctuation Mark?! The Interrobang Celebrates its 50th Birthday

http://www.themillions.com/2012/03/you-call-that-a-punctuation-mark-the-interrobang-celebrates-its-50th-birthday.html

A Brief History Of User Experience Design

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3043024/a-brief-history-of-user-experience-design

Olio Creates A Homebrew Smartwatch With Some Amazing Features

http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/26/olio-creates-a-homebrew-smartwatch-with-some-amazing-features/
https://www.oliodevices.com/

Noose around Internet’s TLS system tightens with 2 new decryption attacks

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/03/noose-around-internets-tls-system-tightens-with-2-new-decryption-attacks/

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