July 2009
279 posts
Discourse Notebook Archive →
According to the site, “The discourse notebook is an effort (in conjunction with ‘The Bernstein Tapes’) to make available lectures in contemporary continental philosophy.”
What I Read This Week
I ran accross a bunch of interesting articles this past week, and so I share them with you with a bit of my own commentary thrown in… Return to the Heavens, for the Sake of the Earth a Washington Post article by Kim Stanley Robinson This is an op-ed piece written by a science fiction author who points out that our reasons for space exploration are often poor ones, and that rather than...
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WatchThis is a 15-minute talk given by Karl Schroeder to the O’Reilly Open Source Conference.
"Here we see a movement from the study of a small... →
From the article:
“Researchers have already shown they can track the movement of as many as 100,000 people at a time over six months using mobile phone data, and use worldwide currency traffic as a proxy for human mobility. There are sensors and tags generating data at micro, one-to-one interaction levels, much as Bluetooth, Global Positioning Systems and WiFi leave behind detailed traces...
NYTimes Ideas Blog: ‘We Are All Writers Now’ →
Say what you will about the frequent awfulness of blogs, Twitter and Facebook. The fact is we’re reading and writing much more than we used to, says a professor of writing.
I suppose we can all be considered “writers” now since we’re doing much more writing and reading. But, are we any good? This thinker suggests that since we’re practicing our writing much more than...
WatchIt’s amazing how quickly I got used to the small bodies/big heads thing. Human bobbleheads! Cool video, though.
Guest Post by Eric Holter: A Critique of the... →
Latest episode of Radio Lab was just released:... →
Here’s the description:
“In this hour of Radiolab, we take several different looks at that moment when we slip from life … to the other side. Is it even a moment? If it is a moment, when is that moment? And what happens afterward? It’s a show of questions that don’t have easy answers. So, in a slight departure from our regular format, we bring you eleven meditations on how, when, and...
“On the Internet today, everybody knows you’re a dog! If you don’t want people to...”
– Zeynep Tufekci, a sociologist at the University of Maryland, who was interviewed last year for a wonderful article in the New York Times called Brave New World of Digital Intimacy
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“One grows into one’s philosophy. Year by year an individual is shaped by...”
– Norman Cousins, as he opens The Celebration of Life
“It makes me wonder what people a hundred years from now will think of our...”
– Tim O’Reilly (via azspot, peterwknox) (via marco)
“And make no mistake that “wealth” is impressive. After a tour of the...”
– Sam Martin, on the Oxford Library
“Most of the big ground-based radio telescopes are trying to detect life rather...”
– Alan Boss, Carnegie Institution of Washington astronomer, on the search for extra terrestrial life
NYTimes Ideas Blog: "Eat It to Save It" →
Farm biodiversity is disappearing, so we should eat endangered crops and livestock to boost demand for them and thereby save them from extinction, an article says.
We should probably start eating insects as well, but not to save them, to save us.
What most concerns you about the future of the...
What issues most concern you about the future of the web? Privacy? Environmental impact? Data Archiving and Format Issues? Distraction from the “real?” Identity Theft and Fraud? To vote, click the poll image or click here.
“An entire way of life, including the country’s suburban landscapes, will have to...”
– Wolfram Eilenberg
“I don’t really love computers.”
– John Maeda
What I Read This Week
I ran accross a bunch of interesting stuff this past week, and in the tradition of @ninakix, I share them with you with a bit of my own commentary thrown in…
Lost in the Cloud, A New York Times OpEd by Jonathan Zittrain Jonathan Zittrain points out some serious considerations that make the “cloud” model risky and perhaps a bit unattractive. I like that he lead with something...
Group Thinkery →
Group Thinkery is the brain-child of book designer Christopher Tobias of Tobias’ Outerwear for Books.
“This site is intended to mostly topical. Discussions center on client relations, work process, education, etc. I want this to be a group project. In addition to your discussions (which are open to all, in or outside of book design) please feel free to suggest new topics of discussion....
Eric Karjaluoto Interviews Blair Enns: "Designers,... →
In addition to being a trusted advisor to Newfangled, Blair is one of our clients, so I was thrilled to see him interviewed by SmashLAB founder Eric Karjaluoto, a vocal designer (who I also interviewed last year)…
"Crying in the Ocean"
shaneguiter:
jayparkinsonmd:
The most dynamic, most talked about companies on the internet (Google, Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo, Craigslist and countless other little companies who are changing our worldview and our economic future)….if you add the yearly revenues up for all of these companies they are crying in the ocean compared to the cost of healthcare in America.
Yearly revenues:
Google =...
