Archive for June 2007

links for 2007-06-29

In Links on 29 June 2007

UX Pioneers: Brenda Laurel interview What do Aristotelian poetics have to do with human-computer interaction? Quite a bit, if you think about it like Brenda Laurel does. (tags: brenda-laurel design interaction computers creativity drama theatre theory culture philosophy) The Designer’s Dilemma / frog Design Mind Changing the way we think about design to better tackle [...]

links for 2007-06-27

In Links on 27 June 2007

Swarm Behavior A single ant or bee isn’t smart, but their colonies are. The study of swarm intelligence is providing insights that can help humans manage complex systems, from truck routing to military robots. (tags: swarm intelligence crowds ants network boids chaos culture theory science behavior bees colony complex systems complexity) ‘Find of century’ for [...]

links for 2007-06-21

In Links on 21 June 2007

Hidden Tokyo – New York Times (tags: culture geek japan collecting travel placemaking secret) Sparks flew David Bodanis on innovation (tags: innovation blogs design marketing) Lessons from Apple What other companies can learn from California’s master of innovation (tags: innovation Apple business creativity entrepreneurship)

links for 2007-06-20

In Links on 20 June 2007

Google aims to go carbon-neutral by end 2007 (tags: green internet google design sustainability energy power carbon-neutral) Vinyl (2000) by Alan Zweig Vinyl record collector/collecting documentary by Alan Zweig. (tags: video collecting vinyl records vintage audio music)

links for 2007-06-19

In Links on 19 June 2007

São Paulo: The City That Said No To Advertising The “Clean City” law passed last year by the populist mayor, Gilberto Kassab, stripped the Brazilian city of all advertising. So how’s it looking now? (tags: advertising business brazil media culture ads marketing pollution people urban cities visual) Trafik: Art of Code Trafik creates unique software [...]

links for 2007-06-18

In Links on 18 June 2007

YouTube – Will Wright and Brian Eno – Generative Systems (tags: video brianeno willwright spore music media arts generative art computer design) YouTube – Will Wright and Brian Eno – Spore Creature Demo (tags: video brianeno willwright spore music media arts generative art computer design) YouTube – Will Wright and Brian Eno – Spore Metaverse [...]

links for 2007-06-14

In Links on 14 June 2007

Putting Energy Hogs in the Home on a Strict Low-Power Diet – New York Times ‘…the Department of Energy estimates that in the average home, 40 percent of all electricity used to power home electronics is consumed while the products are turned off.” (tags: green conservation energy electricity home shopping)

links for 2007-06-13

In Links on 13 June 2007

Map of the Mars observer’s path (JPEG Image, 1000×5138 pixels) (tags: Mars image mapping Nasa rover space exploration)

New Release: nwRdrSbcltr (this.slowWater remix)

In General on 11 June 2007 tagged 8-bit, ambient, analog, chillout, digital, electronic, experimental, idm, media, mp3, Music, synth, techno

When I was in high school, I listened to a lot of early New Order (and by extension Joy Division). The albums Unknown Pleasures, Closer, Still, Movement, Power, Corruption and Lies, Low Life and Brotherhood made up a large portion of the soundtrack of my teenage life. At that time, finding their records (CDs had [...]

links for 2007-06-11

In Links on 11 June 2007

The truth about recycling | Economist.com As the importance of recycling becomes more apparent, questions about it linger. Is it worth the effort? How does it work? Is recycling waste just going into a landfill in China? Here are some answers (tags: recycling environment economics ecology economy interesting recycle plastic materials green information) Irrational incandescence [...]

links for 2007-06-07

In Links on 7 June 2007

French Paper: Books Designed by Charles S. Anderson Design with hilarious text by Mike Nelson of “Mystery Science Theatre 3000″ fame. (tags: paper printing book art illustration pop kitsch vintage modern) Scando Table Designer Eric Pfeiffer has created an heirloom quality table accommodating the wants and needs of both the young and young at heart. [...]