Dark and full of terrors
Too many parents react swiftly to a few scary headlines but don’t actually do much to educate their kids or have conversations about being a savvy digital citizen.
That TikTok video
How do we deal with viral videos that can put "things you can never unseen" into the social media feeds of every user of a platform?
Twitch just became the best Watch Party tool around
Even if you don't care about trying to build an audience, this is a great tool for just sharing a show and hanging out with friends.
Australia vs Facebook & Google
This week, Nic and Seamus talk about the battle over digital ad revenues and the effort to demand Facebook and Google give money to the media industry.
The value of uninformed consent
Everyone thought they were getting free services in exchange for ads. But if the depth of the tracking involved was truly known to make the ads so good, would we really have agreed at the start?
Digital culture is culture
The impacts of the digital world upon every day culture have never been greater. It's time to treat them that way.
D&D's latest rules expansion gives the race overhaul fans have been waiting for
D&D announced its latest rulebook release, Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. The biggest expansion of options for the game in three years.
Apple vs Epic vs Batman's eye makeup
Apple and the company that makes the Unreal Engine and Fortnite (yes, Epic) at war, plus DC Fundome and the future of digital events!
Inside ESO Stonethorn with Mike Finnigan
With the latest dungeon DLC, Stonethorn, added to the game, Bethesda offered us a chat with Mike Finnigan, the Lead Encounter Designer.
The End Of Infinite
Like the infinite scroll, every media form keeps chasing the ability to keep us in neverending flow of content.
Who really wins in the search war?
This week we touch on Google's Aussie fight, old school gaming, Lovecraft Country, Microsoft Flight Simulator and plenty more. Hit it!
High stakes lawsuits
Epic v Apple is a very big deal.
Inside League of Geeks with Blake Mizzi & Lisy Kane
This week's show features two leading lights from the League of Geeks, co-founder and design director Blake Mizz and lead producer Lisy Kane.
Solving big problems with little sensors
Brian Swift from unicorn startup SafetyCulture talks about the tech that's helping companies increase safety and reduce risk.
Apps, clouds and platform control
Will we end up where Steve Jobs started the iPhone? With web-based apps that preserve control for those who make them beyond the borders of the App Store?
Creating AR with Simone Clow (Virtual Immersive)
Simone Clow is CEO of Virtual Immersive, a company that produces commercial VR/AR content to create cool experiences in stores and at special events.
The awkward brilliance of game storytelling
It's a game-y sort of week at Byteside, kicking off with a book that included accidental game references in its very real historic fiction.
More than a business story
More tech stories in the culture pages, please.
Digital scarcity
Limitlessness always seems viable within a digital context. But how does it work when real people have to use it?
Some friction is good for you
the hunt for 'frictionless' interactions and interfaces misses an important fact: some friction is essential to making things that matter.
