WHAT WEEKLY

★ Technology

What Are Bitcoins?

Ezra Winter

Bitcoins have been a very hot topic in the news recently, reaching an all-time high value after a largely positive…

Farewell Contact Form :: Foxtrot Media’s Quest To Eradicate Useless Webforms

Kelly Louise Barton

Sean Kellner, Brian Singer, and Allen Robinson The guys at Foxtrot Media, in Baltimore, aren’t big fans of web forms;…

Halpern: On Tour and Online

Jordan Goodman

This is a story about my favorite Baltimore artist.   Matt Halpern has quickly emerged as one of rock music’s…

Data For The People: How Does OpenBaltimore Work?

Lindsey Davis

Data and confidentiality have sparked big stories the past few months. Between Manning and Snowden, there’s been discussion, conspiracy and…

Let There Be Transit

Lindsey Davis

Baltimore has plenty of fire. Fire for crime, for housing, for jobs. This past weekend the fire focused on transit,…

Get Pixilated

What Weekly

People love looking at pictures of themselves. This is a simple and undeniable fact of human nature. Another strange phenomenon…

Common Curriculum Launch

Jess Gartner

Founder Scott Messinger excites the crowd with new features on Common Curriculum, designed with teachers in mind. During each school…

Betamore

Tristan Brooks

On September 21, a new gym is opening in Federal Hill. A gym for nerds. The space, known as Betamore,…

Real Science Fiction

Dr. Nodnol III, Esq.

Welcome to the future. In case you haven’t noticed, much of yesterday’s science fiction is rapidly becoming today’s reality. In…

The God Particle

Dr. Nodnol III, Esq.

Dr. Nodnol checking back in for duty on the day of the announcement of a great scientific breakthrough! Certainly it…

Pure Bang Games

Max Bent

A few blocks east of Patterson Park, people are playing with rocks. Rocks with names and faces. Rocks with personality.…

Create Baltimore, Take 2

Daniel Stuelpnagel

Story by Daniel Stuelpnagel Some artists don’t like technology, but I’m not one of them. All the more reason to…

Education Hack Day

What Weekly

Photos and words by Jess Gartner Saturday, November 12 7:30 am – The alarm trills a tune too happy for…

Intuitive Insight: The Hot Spot

Lee Boot

Part 3 of a multi-post film about how innovation, creativity and prevailing cultural ideas about it in the US. This…

Smart Textiles

Brooke Hall

There’s been no shortage of discussion concerning the artist’s affect on society as of late. More specifically, there’s been growing…

Baltimore Hackathon

Brooke Hall

Since the proliferation of the personal computer, we’ve seen the emergence of an entirely unique vein of artistry. Like other…