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Want to Be Creative? Try Getting Bored
When Manoush Zomorodi was eight years old, she walked around her house gathering up all the houseplants. She arranged them in rows, gave them all name tags, and then performed a concert for their...
View ArticlePeter Carey &“Rent” Goes to Cuba
Peter Carey’s latest novel, "Amnesia," is about government surveillance, cyber terrorism, and the legacy of America’s bullying intelligence agencies. He was inspired to write it after turning down an...
View ArticleAsk Manoush: (Warning! This Post Requires Willpower)
Originally published February 4, 2015.As you probably heard this morning, deleting the game Two Dots was an emotional experience for me. To put it mildly.A report: OK, so I'm still in mourning.But I'm...
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Tweens and Tech: Our Guide to Getting Them to Open Up
This story is part of New Tech City's series on education and technology.In this episode of our podcast:We kick off a month of podcasts on kids and technology! Exciting!We talk with listener Dierdre...
View ArticleA Parent's Guide to All That 'Ed Tech' In Your Kid's Classroom
This story is part of New Tech City's series on education and technology.A challenge for you: Ask a 4-year-old about their day in school. Ask what they did, who they played with, what they learned....
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Help us Rename New Tech City
Hello friends,I've got some exciting (and kind of nerve-wracking!) news for you.We are going to change the name of this podcast. And we want your help.In 2012, we launched as a short news update on New...
View ArticleSo You Wanna Host a Podcast, Part 1
Here's what you do: First, get a job. Then, pitch a show. Finally, prepare to work overtime. Mary Harris, host of WNYC's Only Human, hosts this conversation with some of the most prominent voices in...
View ArticleEye in the Sky
Ross McNutt has a superpower — he can zoom in on everyday life, then rewind and fast-forward to solve crimes in a shutter-flash. But should he?In 2004, when casualties in Iraq were rising due to...
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Should You Post Pictures of Your Kids Online?
This is the latest installment of "Question of Note," in which we take a listener's question — your question! — and find just the right the person (or in this case... people) to answer it. See them all...
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Why Google 'Thought' This Black Woman Was a Gorilla
This is a story about an incident that happened to 22-year-old freelance web developer Jacky Alciné, the racist slur that caught him off-guard, and the machines behind it.You may have heard about it...
View ArticleVideo: The Ultimate Texting Challenge
Walking and texting: You've seen it. You've done it.You've probably also eaten and texted. You've talked and texted. You've pulled your car over to the side of the road to send a text message (because...
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The Case for Infomagical
Here at Note to Self, we endorse using technology mindfully, thoughtfully, and not necessarily all the time. That said, we’re more concerned with another sentiment you probably know all too well: the...
View ArticleWe Tried to 'Hack' Our Diets. We Totally Failed.
On this week's episode of Note to Self, host Manoush Zomorodi and executive producer Jen Poyant team up with The Sporkful's Dan Pashman to try to cut back on sugar, by using technology that promises to...
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