Category Archives: Technology

Autism Awareness is Not Enough: Here’s How to Change the World

By Steve Silberman
Posted: April 2, 2012

Category: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Culture, Education, Ethics, Genetics, Health, Media, Neurodiversity, Neuroscience, Politics, Science, Social networks, Technology | Tagged Autism Acceptance Day, World Autism Awareness Day | 44 Comments

Inside the Mind of a Synaesthete

By Steve Silberman
Posted: February 6, 2012

Category: Art, Books, Culture, Drugs, Genetics, Interview, Multimedia, Music, Neuroscience, Personal computing, Photography, Science, Technology | Tagged Ellington, Hockney, Messaien, Nabokov, Perry Hall, Ramachandran, Ravel, Scriabin, synesthesia | 44 Comments

The Sketchbook of Susan Kare, the Artist Who Gave Computing a Human Face

By Steve Silberman
Posted: November 22, 2011

Category: Apple, Art, Books, Culture, History, Media, Multimedia, Personal computing, Technology, Women | Tagged Andy Hertzfeld, Apple, Engelbart, Jef Raskin, Mac, Macintosh, Steve Jobs, Susan Kare, Xerox | 193 Comments

What Kind of Buddhist was Steve Jobs, Really?

By Steve Silberman
Posted: October 28, 2011

Category: Art, Books, Buddhism, Cancer, Culture, History, Media, Mindfulness, Personal computing, Psychedelics, Technology | Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Apple, Chogyam Trungpa, Jonathan Ive, Joni Mitchell, Kobun Chino, Mac, Macintosh, Naropa, Steve Jobs, Suzuki-roshi, Tassajara, Windows, Zen | 227 Comments

Dear United Airlines: I Want My Kindle, and My Dignity, Back

By Steve Silberman
Posted: August 30, 2011

Category: Books, Culture, Journalism, Personal computing, Technology, Travel | Tagged Amazon, Kindle, United | 157 Comments

Practical Tips on Writing a Book from 23 Brilliant Authors

By Steve Silberman
Posted: June 2, 2011

Category: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Books, Buddhism, E-books, History, Journalism, Media, Mindfulness, Neurodiversity, Poetry, Science, Science Writing, Social networks, Technology, Writers | Tagged August Kleinzahler, Barry Boyce, Ben Casnocha, Bill Wasik, Carl Zimmer, Cory Doctorow, David Crosby, David Gans, David Shenk, Deborah Blum, Geoff Manaugh, John Schwartz, John Tarrant, Jonah Lehrer, Josh Shenk, Mark Frauenfelder, Maryn McKenna, Paula Span, Peter Conners, Rudy Simone, Seth Mnookin, Sylvia Boorstein | 229 Comments

Woof! John Elder Robison, Living Boldly as a “Free-Range Aspergian”

By Steve Silberman
Posted: May 18, 2011

Category: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Books, Ethics, Genetics, Health, History, Interview, Neurodiversity, Photography, Science, Science Writing, Technology, Writers | Tagged Be Different, IMFAR, John Elder Robison, Shannon Rosa, Temple Grandin | 48 Comments

Corina Becker: Communication Shutdown for Autism Awareness? No Thanks!

By Steve Silberman
Posted: October 31, 2010

Category: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Media, Neurodiversity, Science, Social networks, Technology, Women, Writers | Tagged Ari Ne'eman, Autism Self-Advocacy Network, Autism Women's Network, Communication Shutdown, Corina Becker, Facebook, Fran Drescher, Lynne Soraya, Steven Seagal, Temple Grandin, Twitter | 11 Comments

Carl Zimmer on “Brain Cuttings” and the Future of Books

By Steve Silberman
Posted: October 18, 2010

Category: Books, E-books, Interview, Journalism, Media, Multimedia, Neuroscience, Science, Science Writing, Social networks, Technology, Writers | Tagged Amazon, Betsy Mason, Carl Zimmer, Ed Yong, Facebook, iPad, Jonah Lehrer, Kindle, Kindle Singles, Mobipocket, Oliver Sacks, Steven Johnson, Twitter, Vesalius, Zimmer | 13 Comments

No More Pity: The First Openly Autistic White House Appointee Speaks Out

By Steve Silberman
Posted: October 6, 2010

Category: Autism, Health, Interview, Neurodiversity, Neuroscience, Politics, Science, Technology | Tagged ASAN, Asperger, Autism Speaks, civil rights, gay, Lovaas, Ne'eman, Obama | 12 Comments