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 the challenges of environmentalism.
(tags: [...]

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 Egyptology
It is being [...]

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 applications to realize their [...]