links for 2006-10-13

In Links on 13 October 2006

• Unquiet Americans
  Greil Marcus, author of ‘Lipstick Traces’ and ‘Mystery Train’, searches for the prophetic voices of America and finds them in Abraham Lincoln, David Lynch and Riot Grrrl bands of the ’90s.
  (tags: books culture reviews greil-marcus theory criticism American history utopia community)
• Client Side of Design
  In a candid conversation with Fast Company, Paula Scher, partner, Pentagram, expands on choosing the right client.
  (tags: branding design marketing UCD business)
• When Words and Images Collide
  Mark Walston asks, “Why, for centuries on end in Western civilization, has the word lorded over the image in the hierarchy of communication?”
  (tags: AIGA design words images theory criticism text communication)
• Mori: Your notes, organized.
  Mori is a digital notebook that makes it easy to record and organize your thoughts.
  (tags: apple applications macosx creativity ideas informationarchitecture mac macintosh notebook osx productivity research shareware software text tools utilities writing)
• The Organic Myth
  Pastoral ideals are getting trampled as organic food goes mass market
  (tags: organic marketing food ecology natural)
• In the battle to be green, the human factor can work wonders
  Cities represent a fortuitous nature-culture alignment; what’s best for cities is also best for nature (which is good for citizens, and so on).
  (tags: green cities business urban planning economy ecology natural)
• ‘This American Life’ Offers Free Podcast
  Chicago Public Radio’s This American Life, one of the most popular shows in all of radio, is now offering listeners a free weekly podcast.
  (tags: news radio npr ThisAmericanLife podcast)

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