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I Live in the Future & Here's How It Works

Nick is the author of I Live in the Future & Here's How It Works. The book examines how technology is creatively disrupting society, business and our brains. Click here to enter the book Web Site. You can buy the book at the links below.

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"Stimulating and provocative." - The Miami Herald

"Digital Native Calms the Anxious Masses." - Jack Shafer, Slate

"Fascinating!" - Diane Sawyer, ABC

"A good guide to the next 2-3 years, if not the next twenty." - Big Think

"A vastly cheerier picture of our digital world & how it is evolving." - Bloomberg

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Nick Bilton

in 08.08.2010

photo by Justin Oulette

Nick Bilton is a New York Times technology columnist and lead blogger for The New York Times Bits Blog. He has a background in user interface, journalism, hardware hacking, research, data visualization, etc. etc.

Nick’s book, titled I Live in the Future: & Here’s How It Works, was published last year by Random House. The book will explore the effects our bite sized culture is having on our brains — looking at key research taking place in neuroscience and memory labs around the world. He will also explore the new narrative that is being formed at unabridged speeds around us, and when we look 2 to 20 year out, how it will effect our culture, work and brains.

Nick has worked in numerous different industries within the context of design, research & development, technology and storytelling. He is currently the Design Integration Editor for The New York Times and the User Interface Specialist & Researcher for The New York Times Research & Development Lab working on a variety of research projects and exploring technologies that could become commonplace in the next 2-10 years. His work in the R&D Labs includes exploring and prototyping content and interaction on futuristic flexible digital displays, a vast array of mobile applications and devices,Times Reader 2.0 , Print-to-mobile SMS, Semacode integration, data visualization, content in the living room and context aware sensors. Nick is also the co-founder, with Michael Young, of Shifd.com, a startup within The New York Times that helps people shift content easily between multiple devices.

Outside of The Times, Nick helped co-found NYCResistor, a hacker space in Brooklyn which offers hardware and programming classes and allows people to collectively work on innovative open source hardware and robotics projects. Nick also is also an Adjunct Professor at NYU / ITP teaching a class called 1, 2, 10, & ‘Sensors As Reporters’.

Prior to working at The Times, Nick worked in the film industry with Mirimax Films and the advertising & branding industry as a Creative Director… and although he is not proud of it, he designed the first Britney Spears doll.

Feel free to contact Nick via Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or Instagram at nickbilton.

Photo by Justin Oulette.

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Nick Bilton is a New York Times technology columnist and lead blogger for The New York Times Bits Blog. His background spans design, user interface, journalism, hardware hacking, and more. He previously worked as a researcher in The Times R&D Labs, looking at the media landscape 2-10 years out. In addition to The Times, Nick helped co-found NYCResistor, & is an Adjunct Professor at NYU. Continue Reading…

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