The Long List
2010
Radical Opacity
Christopher “moot” Poole created 4chan, an online community where people are free to be wrong. Now big investors want a piece of his ideas. MIT Technology Review
2009
The Assclown Offensive: How to Enrage the Church of Scientology
Anonymous and the rise of Project Chanology. Wired magazine
The Chinese Game Room: Play, Productivity, and Computing at Their Limits
Searle’s thought experiment rethought for the age of online games. Artifact
Future of Social Media: Is a Tweet the New Size of a Thought?
Wired/Ars Technica “Dual Perspectives”
The Future of Money: The Return of the Gold Standard
Wired/Ars Technica “Dual Perspectives”
Book review: Randall Stross’s “Planet Google”
Ottawa Citizen
2008
The Decline and Fall of an Ultra-Rich Gaming Empire
Brock Pierce and the story of IGE. Wired magazine
Lego films: introducing the new Harrison Ford
A new breed of home-made animated movies is using Lego people as stars. UK Telegraph
Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World
Wired magazine