Officially, this project is a Chrome Extension that showcases an experimental user interface.
At Administration 12, we’re developing an innovative way to read and experience news articles. It’s critical to remain updated in today’s quickly moving digital culture, but it can be hard to filter through all the noise. Experience the Administration 12 news browser to learn more about the trending issues that everyone is talking about.
Actual project description
This is an art project (in the form of a Chrome extension) that is intended to demonstrate, in an experiential way, how information collected from surveillance can be manipulated and abused.
I created this project as part of my creative seminar thesis at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in spring 2016. I have strong personal beliefs about the dangers of mass surveillance and data collection and I hope that this piece can inspire people to think critically about these issues.
To install: Drag the .crx file into Chrome -> Window -> Extensions. I highly recommend using uBlock as well, since ads can be fairly annoying and invasive.
To try out: Navigate to nytimes.com. The interface should guide you from there. Whenever you're finished, you can disable the extension by un-checking "Enabled" in Chrome -> Window -> Extensions.
To improve: Make sure "Developer mode" is checked in Window -> Extensions before loading the unpacked extension into Chrome. Please feel free to send a pull request, and I'll review it as quickly as possible!
The code is not in a great state right now, and could use a thorough refactoring and tests. I'll try to improve this situation as soon as I can.
