The Technology Feature
April 9, 2018
As the Audio Engineer at WSN and a Music Technology student, I deal with technology a lot. I’ve been involved in New York City tech since I went to “Scratch Day,” an event for children interested in programming, when I was in fifth grade. Many years later, I’ve got the battle scars from poor soldering practice, an incredibly backwards sleep schedule and wires all over my floor — so many wires. I love journalism, but hate writing. That’s why I work so hard to edit our weekly podcast. While I’m not creating the content we publish, I’m assisting in the publication process. My role for these stories is kind of similar; while I didn’t write them, I did my best to curate some vignettes that open a window for the not-so-tech-savvy into the terrifying and wonderful world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
These pieces are a minute fraction of what goes on here at NYU. I’ve seen some incredibly smart people do incredible things in tech. If I had all of the time in the world, everyone who passed Data Structures would get their own feature and everyone’s strange proof-of-concept programs and esoteric final projects would get entire spreads dedicated to them. But we’re not Wired — we can’t put Limor Fried on the front cover of our paper. But I can do my best to curate a couple of articles. I hope you like them. I like them, or I wouldn’t be writing this letter. If you get anything from these pieces or this letter, it’s this: if you don’t know if you’re into tech, look into it. If you know you’re not into tech: appreciate your resident weirdo engineer. If you have a friend taking CSO, let them complain to you. They might be running the world one day.
Inside NYU’s Game Innovation Lab
By Jemima McEvoy
Across the Brooklyn Bridge, on the first floor of the 5 Metrotech Center building of NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering stands the striking tangerine-colored wall that marks the outside of the Game Innovation Lab.
The Third Alternative
By Charlie Thomas
There are more options than just Windows and macOS. Ubuntu can be used to install two operating systems on a single computer.
Welcome to the Era of the Celestial Jukebox
By Yasmin Gulec
What started with listening to live orchestras ended with streaming music online. Many NYU students use various streaming services to listen to music daily.
Is Our Tech Spying On Us?
By Anubhuti Kumar
Facebook bots, fake news and finessing elections are all old news. The question now is exactly how social media emperor Mark Zuckerberg accumulates this intimate knowledge of user preferences, purchases and political inclinations.
Five Local Tech Shops That Aren’t Best Buy In Union Square
By Natasha Roy
When told to shop local, most people envision stopping by a neighborhood grocery store or an independent bookshop — but few people think to look for a local technology shop when searching for a pair of headphones or a laptop charger.