AX Mina is an artist and culture writer exploring contemporary spirituality, technology and other sundry topics. She co-produces Five and Nine, a podcast about magic, work, and economic justice, and serves on the board of the Rabkin Foundation.
Opinion
LOS ANGELES — Remember the cool You Are Listening To web site I recommended you check out? Founder Eric Eberhardt emailed me to let me know he's launching a Kickstarter project to get an iPhone app developed and out the door.
Opinion
LOS ANGELES/BEIJING — The sanlunche (三轮车), or tricycle, is ubiquitous in Beijing. A cart dragged along by either a human-powered or electric-powered bicycle, it zips around alleyways and highways alike, carting whatever it is the rider placed in back.
Opinion
LOS ANGELES — Have you ever stood in front of a painting and just wished you could reach out and touch it? Imagine dipping your finger in Monet's lilies and watching them shimmer and come to life as you wave your hand.
Art
LOS ANGELES — Just a day after I reviewed LACMA's In Wonderland exhibition of surrealist female artists, I came across their new app. Designed by media artist Jody Zellen, Art Swipe starts you off with 16 images from the show. The images are cut in three and arranged with others on the screen, allow
Art
LOS ANGELES — A visiting friend from New York afforded me the chance to check out two shows currently on view at LACMA. They're quite different — disturbing surrealism and cool California chic — but as they're in the same Resnick Pavilion, we had to see both. It's a great combination.
News
LOS ANGELES — We celebrate the innovations of touch screens, which have made computing that much more haptic. But when it comes to interacting with our devices, the use of touch remains remarkably, well, untapped.
Opinion
Christoph Buchel's "Terminal" in Kern County (a few hours north of LA) was just approved, and Buchel will be purchasing a hulking 727 and burying it underground.
Opinion
LOS ANGELES — We "check in" on Foursquare much like we "check in" on flights, so why not display our Foursquare activity in classic airline style?
News
LOS ANGELES —Yesterday, the crowd-funding site, Kickstarter, made news when two of their projects raised over $1 million!
Opinion
LOS ANGELES — If you log into the jobs board in Craigslist Reno, you might come across a strange posting: “Dictator Seeks New Job!” Log into Craigslist Istanbul and you’ll notice another one: “President of Syria Seeks Employment!”
Opinion
LOS ANGELES — I’m not a fan of the word “Third World” (third world to what?) but I am a fan of pop culture, and I’m fascinated by how American pop culture has intersected with all sorts of countries, rich and poor alike. So when I stumbled across a new tumblelog called Pop Culture and the Third Worl
Opinion
Look, up in the sky! It's a bird. No, it's a plane. Wait, it's a, er, marketing campaign?