Andy Jordan's Tech Diary

From hacker spaces to profitable businesses, tinkering is experiencing a renaissance. WSJ's Andy Jordan explores some of the "stuff" people are making with new devices that encourage hacking and creativity.

WSJ's Andy Jordan takes a look at three "futuristic" keyboards and wonders how much we'll even need a keyboard in the future.

A digital currency for Microsoft Outlook? Social Networks? WSJ's Andy Jordan talks to currency renegades tired of big-government centralized cash, and desperate to make their own (legal) money systems.

A digital currency for Microsoft Outlook? Social Networks? WSJ's Andy Jordan talks to currency renegades tired of big-government centralized cash, and desperate to make their own (legal) money systems.

Tech Diary's Andy Jordan checks out a London restaurant where diners use an "e-table" interactive ordering system complete with an tabletop chefcam! (He channels Julia Child in the process.)

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary gets the lowdown on a mass psychic experiment conducted via Twitter. But perhaps you already knew that. He also looks at how Twitter is being used these days.

A new "search" engine is out on the web, and geeks are all over it. WSJ's Andy Jordan tests it out on really smart students.

Useless and popular (and irritating) iPhone apps are doing well, much to their makers' chagrin. WSJ's Andy Jordan tries to irritate the developer of one of the most aggravating apps in the app store.

Useless and popular (and irritating) iPhone apps are doing well, much to their makers' chagrin. WSJ's Andy Jordan tries to irritate the developer of one of the most aggravating apps in the app store.

WSJ's Andy Jordan finds someone who is "leveling up" his World of Warcraft account in order to monetize his downtime in the midst of the recession.

WSJ's Andy Jordan finds someone who is "leveling up" his World of Warcraft account in order to monetize his downtime in the midst of the recession.

People are using location-based social networking to meet strangers online, in their own neighborhood, spontaneously and in real-time. WSJ's Andy Jordan takes a look at two platforms: Loopt and Brightkite.

People are using location-based social networking to meet strangers online, in their own neighborhood, spontaneously and in real-time. WSJ's Andy Jordan takes a look at two platforms: Loopt and Brightkite.

WSJ's Andy Jordan looks at how live online video streaming is changing the marketing formula for an up-and-coming recording artist and giving an amateur performer a crack at exposure, using two online streaming platforms: Mogulus and UStream.

WSJ's Andy Jordan looks at how live online video streaming is changing the marketing formula for an up-and-coming recording artist and giving an amateur performer a crack at exposure, using two online streaming platforms: Mogulus and UStream.

WSJ's Andy Jordan reports on a new no-frills cell phone is aimed at senior citizens, complete with big concave buttons, a bright screen, and handy speed-dials.

WSJ's Andy Jordan reports on a new no-frills cell phone is aimed at senior citizens, complete with big concave buttons, a bright screen, and handy speed-dials.

Can a game that uses human brainwaves to shoot a ball through a hoop rescue us from economic turmoil? WSJ's Andy Jordan takes a look in his video notebook from CES.

Can a game that uses human brainwaves to shoot a ball through a hoop rescue us from economic turmoil? WSJ's Andy Jordan takes a look in his video notebook from CES.