An exhibit from the 2008 ITP Winter Show. Image credit: Rita J. King There is an interesting almost Cartesian debate that appears when a new form of media matures in society: It's a debate about whether this media will be considered legitimate...

Last night, IBM launched the Analytics Virtual Center in support of Smarter Planet. I am Innovator-in-Residence at the Analytics Virtual Center, working on the Smarter Work project. Above, the avatar of R&D leader of web.alive (also known as Project...

Rita J. King speaks with PBS Frontline's Digital Nation about "Becoming more like my Avatar". A few weeks ago DIP was invited to participate in Frontline's ongoing documentary series, "Digital Nation" to discuss the role of virtual worlds, especially...

Prolific Bahraini blogger and entrepreneur Mahmood Al-Yousif who I first met at an Aspen Institute retreat in Jordan, refers us to a fascinating new discovery and illustration of the Imagination Age: Burqa-Shaped sunglasses. The sunglasses are an...

The YouTube description reads, "break dancing in tehran in 1369-1370." And it must be watched in its entirety. The story is a powerful illustration of the power of music, dance and art as a constant that transcends and intersects culture creating...