Technology executive-turned-filmmaker Hao Wu takes a raw and human approach to storytelling in an era when culture evolves online, and for his very first feature film, People’s Republic of Desire Wu won a SXSW Film Festival Grand Jury Prize–pretty impressive for a self-taught filmmaker. He expertly tells a real-life Black Mirror-esque tale that is, wrote …
The Pursuit of APP-iness: Can Tech Help Soothe Anxiety?
It may be presumptuous to state this but I will take a chance: I’m likely not the only one out there these days feeling the pull of anxiety. And thus I was motivated to take a personal journey to find relief from stress and anxiety by using technology, taking all of you along with me, …
Can We Find Happiness When Tech-Free?
The premiere of Happiness, which shows a world that provides such a striking contrast to our own technology-obsessed society, got us thinking about how the most tech-addicted among us could change our ways. We experiment with and investigate the challenges of going without our gadgets for awhile. Can you do it?