March 2010
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“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to...”
– Antoine de Saint Exupery (via bmdesign)
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“Compared to other kinds of information that computers process today, text has an...”
– Steven Johnson on tablet computing
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WatchBacterial Orchestra:
What do you get if you gather as many iPhones as possible and let them play with each other? A huge musical organism that is not only self-organizing, but also evolving with the sound environment.
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“I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I’ve invented.”
– Buckminster Fuller
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What makes you read a blog post? →
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“I’ve found that your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing...”
– Walter Murch
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“Mesofacts are the facts that change neither too quickly nor too slowly, that lie...”
– Alexander Rose
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From The Long Now Foundation: some recent stories... →
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“If we create entities that are more competitive and intelligent than...”
– Michael Anissimov and Roko Mijic
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“Engineering without engines. We should use contemporary technology and...”
– Bjarke Ingels, quoted by Alex Steffen in De-Industrializing the City
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Cyborgia Now! Your computer really is a part of... →
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“The state isn’t a universally representative phenomenon today, if it ever...”
– Parag Khanna on “neomedievalism”
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“You already know the potential gains: edgier, riskier books in digital form,...”
– Craig Mod on Books in the Age of the iPad
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WatchGlitch Studies Manifesto
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Slideshow: The Ancient, Distant, and Dead →
SEED:
Signal-to-noise ratio is the relationship between meaningful information (a signal) and external factors (background noise). In a broader theoretical sense, it can refer to seeking out meaning from complexity. We do this in our daily lives, constantly and without thought, each time we take mundane actions and, ultimately, whenever we attempt to make sense of the world we live in. The young...
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“I feel like there’s this tension that goes on in business and especially...”
– Steve Portigal, from a fascinating discussion transposed here.
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