September 2009
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Guest Post by Eric Holter: Agency Website Gaffe... →
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“Instead of reading a book as a formal structure, then, we should understand it...”
– This quote comes from a 2003 article by Johanna Drucker titled “The Virtual Codex from Page Space to E-Space.”
I find it fascinating to read a six-year-old article on how electronic media interacts with the concept of a book, especially now that the ubiquity of devices like laptops,...
“The patterns of data in the streets, the systems that enable and carry them, the...”
– Dan Hill, in a long and fascinating piece titled “The Street as Platform”
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“The crucial refinements in the form of the scribal book - punctuation marks,...”
– Nicholas Carr, in a blog post titled “Questioning Accidentalism”
The Egyptians started building the Great Pyramid... →
…according to controversial new research that attempts to place an exact date on the start of the ancient construction project.
“The fundamental virtue of a city is that it’s a place where connections happen —...”
– The INFRASTRUCTURIST
“The world has sped up, become more connected and a whole lot busier. As a...”
– Robert Capps, in his WIRED article, The Good Enough Revolution
“We are now a predominantly urban species, with over 50% of humanity living in a...”
– Matt Jones
“People are walking architecture.”
– Archigram
“Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or doing...”
– John Updike
Guest Post by Eric Holter: 6 Reasons Why Googles... →
One step closer to HAL: Computers can now read... →
According to this article, the technology now exists to enable computers to read lips and translate what is being said by visual input from webcams. This instantly reminded me of the scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey in which Dave and Frank try to have a private discussion without HAL overhearing. Skip to the 4:00 mark to watch that scene.
HAL reads their lips. Frank dies.
“I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent. Curiosity,...”
– Albert Einstein
“Some proponents of spaceflight comfort themselves with the thought that ours is...”
– William Sims Bainbridge, in his article, Religion for a Galactic Civilization
“We are on our way to your planet. We will be there shortly. But in this, our...”
– Paul Simms, in a wonderful “Shouts & Murmurs” column in The New Yorker titled, “ATTENTION, PEOPLE OF EARTH”
Read the entire piece.
“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe...”
– Noam Chomsky
Watchfuturamb:
How Technology Is Changing the Face of Innovation - WSJ.com
Listen to Michael Schrage explain how managers should do to manage innovations in three minutes.
He is basically saying: don’t have your employees come up with suggestion which is converted into grand plans of implementation, but with business hypotheses that can quickly be tested directly on the market.
How to Raise Your Kids—and Maybe Your Company, Too →
Guy Kawasaki interviews Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman about parenting based on their book, NurtureShock
“We use our minds to explore alternative worlds, an indispensable skill when it...”
– Paul Bloom, professor of psychology at Yale, writing for the New York Times
World Future Society: 20 Forecasts for 2010-2025 -... →
This is the most important among the 20, in my opinion:
Forecast #2: Water Becomes the New Oil—Water desalination may soon become one of the world’s largest industries. By 2040, at least 3.5 billion people will run short of water—almost 10 times as many as in 1995. The huge demand, plus new more efficient desalination technologies, will create enormous profit opportunities and bring new life to...
