The lost culture of New Island is 43,500 years old (above).
The doormat, the jerk and the lizard brain.
Shifting Identities: From Consumer to Networked Creator.
NOBY NOBY BOY for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, from the creator of Katamari Damacy.
The Vitesse D7HG is for those who are looking for a great bike for urban commuting at a good value.
Research says users will pay for content online, with a few catches.
Robert Henke, aka Monolake shares his custom Max for Live devices.
How to dispose of old electronics in a responsible way.
Ira Glass on Storytelling (YouTube): part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4.
Design and Meaning: an interview with Nathan Shedroff.
Self-Destructing Bacteria Could Be the Key to Better Biofuels.
A new year brings a bounty of hope—for new attitudes, new projects, new directions. In the past year, my intentions were to play more live shows and focus on finishing select tracks to my satisfaction. Mission accomplished.
Rather than make predictions or resolutions, here are some of the things on my plate and/or on the horizon for the year ahead (not all related to this site, FWIW): taking delivery of a blinky, new monome grayscale 64; composing generative pieces using Nodal, Ableton Suite 8 and Max for Live; finishing up a new EP for commercial release; posting more free podcast mixes; turning my generative sketches into fully interactive works; selling original prints and artwork; reading J.G. Ballard‘s complete works and making a dent in my reading list; devoting more time to my Geometry Studio, Sympathy for the Robots and The Silent Stars projects; developing some ideas into a viable, sustainable business; brewing some homemade beer; eating fresh, local cuisine; staying more plugged in and chilled out. Opa!
A.V. Club interviews John Crowley on the occassion of the 25th-anniversary of Little Big (above)
We are all mutants say scientists.
Books to read now, from Seed magazine.
Forget design thinking and try hybrid thinking.
Human Centered Design Toolkit from IDEO.
Spirograph, spirographs, spirography.
Get your Philip K. Dick collection boxed set from The Library of America and save $30.
Camera from Athens: the most artistic vacation photos you’ve never taken.
How freelancers can use active listening to improve business.
Hiroshima: The Lost Photographs
A short manifesto on the future of attention.
The mystery of Times New Roma.
Finalists for the 2009 James Dyson Award.
Lessons from slime mold: how to survive and thrive in ever-changing organizational environments.
Top twenty finalists of ReBurbia, a suburban design competition.
Growing ideas in the garden of innovation.
Photos of the last suppers of inmates on death row in the USA.