{"592700":{"#nid":"592700","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The App That Does Nothing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIan Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, wrote\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;The App That Does Nothing\u0026rdquo; for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Atlantic.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/binky.rocks\/\u0022\u003EBinky\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is an app that does everything an app is expected to do. It\u0026rsquo;s got posts. It\u0026rsquo;s got likes. It\u0026rsquo;s got comments. It\u0026rsquo;s got the infinitely scrolling timeline found in all social apps, from Facebook to Twitter, Instagram to Snapchat.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI open it and start scrolling. Images of people, foods, and objects appear on and then vanish off the screen. Solar cooker. B.F. Skinner. Shoes. Marmalade. Sports Bra. Michael Jackson. Ganesha. Aurora Borealis. These are \u0026ldquo;binks,\u0026rdquo; the name for posts on Binky.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2017\/06\/the-app-that-does-nothing\/529764\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34508","created_gmt":"2017-06-14 14:33:12","changed_gmt":"2017-09-19 20:25:05","author":"oadebola3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"JS Coon Building","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2017\/06\/the-app-that-does-nothing\/529764\/","dateline":{"date":"2017-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"594940":{"id":"594940","type":"image","title":"Ian Bogost","body":null,"created":"1503584868","gmt_created":"2017-08-24 14:27:48","changed":"1503584868","gmt_changed":"2017-08-24 14:27:48","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226734","name":"Preferred1_edited_300x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Preferred1_edited_300x300.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Preferred1_edited_300x300.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":66318,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Preferred1_edited_300x300.jpg?itok=Ng8OKs2w"}}},"media_ids":["594940"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"167543","name":"social media"},{"id":"169515","name":"smart phone apps"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}