I Gave A Presention On Computation and Maps
Computation + Maps View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: map gis) The last week has been a little hectic. I give this talk last week to some first year Masters of ID students at...
View ArticleWhat is the Role of the Anthropologist?
Image source: cultureby.com On Saturday, I got to hear Grant McCracken speak at the AIGA GAIN conference in New York. I documented that I was going to the talk in my usual way of writing a quick note...
View ArticleTotally Late Post On A Post-Election Reflections
On November 5th, I noted an important turning point in my media, among all the celebration of electing Barack Obama. I didn’t watch any of the TV coverage on election night. I just had a few websites...
View ArticleThe Intersection Between Couture and Legos
My friend Alex sent me this link to this recent JC de Castelbajac video, which reconsiders his recent runway show as LEGOs. JCDC is known for incorporating popular culture imagary into his couture,...
View ArticleTrying to redefine browsing the web
Image source: Amazon Windowshop Am I the only person who missed this? This month Amazon launch Windowshop Beta, a CoverFlow-ish interface for shopping. This flash based interface allows you to search...
View ArticleThe dream of POD customized magazines is (almost) here
I love magazines. Although the industry as a whole model is busted, as titles are folding, advertising revenue is plummeting, and wholesalers are in lawsuits, while they are going out of business. Even...
View ArticlePandora Magic 8 Ball
(composite image via Flickr and Pandora.com) I know that Spotify is all the rage, but it doesn’t have a public release in the US yet, and invites are still a bit rare States side. So, I’ve been...
View ArticleYet another amusing xkcd on Research and Innovation
Another great entry by xkcd, this time on research and innovation. With the all the trends of 2010 lists floating about, it’s nice to keep the obsession with the new in check.
View ArticlePeople are people…
A couple of interesting articles appeared on nytimes.com today about the future of human. Although, insights and important discoveries have been made, Nicholas Wade reports in “A Decade Later, Genetic...
View ArticleSoftware Artifacts and the Insert Disc exhibit at the Museum of the Moving...
I found out about Insert Disc, a gem of an art show / project, at the Museum of the Moving Image, via Rhizome. You take a blank DVD-R (which I had to buy specifically for this venture out to Queens...
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