March 2012
72 posts
February 2012
56 posts
I Read Where I Am →
“This is the second crucial distinction between traditional activism and its...”
– Twitter, Facebook, and social activism : The New Yorker
“For most of evolution we slept a certain way,” says sleep psychologist...”
– BBC News - The myth of the eight-hour sleep
“Are we preparing for this future? I look around, and see a generation of bright,...”
– Magic Ink: Information Software and the Graphical Interface
The Absence of Preconception →
Steven Heller, printmag.com
Surprise is unexpected, the absence of preconception. We must be unaware, unprepared, and unknowing. When it comes hurtling down at such speed that we must not know what hit us. And yet we do know it when we see it because we’ve never seen…
Emanuels Journal: The Tools We Need vs. The Tools... →
culturecodechange:
I love to create things. Making something out of nothing, coming up with ideas and transforming thoughts into reality is – for the most part – an incredible joy.
Today, the range of tools we can use to bring ideas to life appears to be nearly endless. And yet most of the tools fail at one basic…
“As a designer, you analyze the design of every day things. As a developer, you...”
– Twitter / @destroytoday: As a designer, you analyze … (via nodalpoint)
not a good prognosis for me.
Bram Cohen: My goal is to kill off television →
prostheticknowledge:
BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen demoed his P2P live streaming protocol at the San Francisco MusicTech Summit on Monday, which he said could potentially stream live video to millions of computers with no central infrastructure. Cohen said that the protocol could potentially be used for video conferencing, live streams of video game tournaments or even live sports events....
“Asked by Mr. Stephanopoulos, “Where are these radical feminists?” Mr. Santorum...”
– Santorum Faces Questions on Women in Work Force - NYTimes.com
I’m no Santorum fan. But I think he makes an interesting point. Our obsession with work is probably not evil or wrong. But it’s problematic, and very American.
“Evidently, Warner Brothers felt that the investigation was taking too long. The...”
– The Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde: It’s Evolution, Stupid | Threat Level | Wired.com
“When the film was made during the peak period of anti-terrorist legislation the...”
– BBC News - Viewpoint: V for Vendetta and the rise of Anonymous
The Curse of Cow Clicker: How a Cheeky Satire... →
