Digitalisation with a human touch Articles

In “Wolke 9”, director Andreas Dresen tackles a rarely discussed topic: love in old age. Does he succeed?

In the documentary film “Young@Heart”, director Stephen Walker follows a choir of pensioners who have set themselves an unusual task: to really rock the stage.

Can video games be socially critical? Interesting quotes of Paolo Pedercini of Molleindustria, taken from an interview with the artist.

John Arnold’s “PhotoWalkthrough” is a treasure trove of tutorials on image editing and photography.

Vate has released an album worth listening to under Creative Commons, full of chilled electro sounds.

Video games have evolved into one of the most important digital media. Molleindustria tries to answer whether they can also be social works of art.

Besides many beautiful individual songs, every now and then a complete album crosses my path as a free download that inspires me so much that I absolutely want to write about it. This has recently happened with the collection of cover versions by Okkervil River, and for quite some time now, the download album Worldwide Renewal has been doing just that. It has fantastic, contemporary hip hop that reminds me of the time when hip hop could still inspire me. And because it is so nice, here is a short review of the individual songs.

The WE Magazine has published its first issue. The magazine’s creators build onthe power of collective work and provide basic articles on Web 2.0. One of the highlights of the current issue: the interview with Creative Commons CEO Joichi Ito.