In a world that is already filled with clutter, simplicity is a strong message. Google, Author provided Per Mollerup, Swinburne University of Technology As you’ll no doubt know, given the blanket coverage thus far and the fact you evidently use the internet, Google...
Cleverly doctored images of the effects of Sydney’s April storms amused social media users – but hoax images have a much longer history. Todd Lopez/@Creative_Order Phillip George, UNSW A detail from Giorgio Vasari’s 1563 fresco, The Studio of the Painter – which...
Reading off a PowerPoint slide doesn’t make you a teacher. from www.shutterstock.com.au Paul Ralph, University of Auckland Do you really believe that watching a lecturer read hundreds of PowerPoint slides is making you smarter? I asked this of a class of 105 computer...
Hannah Williams, University of Oxford Two of the USA’s major music festivals have decided to ban selfie sticks this year to prevent stick-wielding gig-goers from blocking the view of others. They join London’s National Gallery and other museums such as New York’s...
