May 2012
14 posts
"We’re creating a culture of distraction" →
A few weeks ago I gave this rough presentation on a topic called “SlowTech”. I wanted to cover three things
We are creating and encouraging a culture of distraction where we are increasingly disconnected from the people and events around us and increasingly unable to engage in long-form thinking. People now feel anxious when their brains are unstimulated.
We are losing some very important...
Desiring Machines – The New Inquiry →
When You Text Till You Drop
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/business/in-idisorder-a-look-at-mobile-device-addiction-review.html?_r=2
(Source: http://twitter.com/palafo/status/202949899170484224)
Angry Birds, Farmville and Other Hyperaddictive... →
Tetris was invented exactly when and where you would expect — in a
Soviet computer lab in 1984 — and its game play reflects this origin.
The enemy in Tetris is not some identifiable villain (Donkey Kong,
Mike Tyson, Carmen Sandiego) but a faceless, ceaseless, reasonless
force that threatens constantly to overwhelm you, a churning
production of blocks against which your only defense is a...
SFMOMA | OPEN SPACE » EMANCIPATED SPECTATOR(s) →
April 2012
5 posts
1 tag
March 2012
13 posts
The Digital↔Physical: On building Flipboard for... →
The Go-Nowhere Generation - NYTimes.com →
Article: The iPad Is Unbeatable →
*The iPad Is Unbeatable*
Biologic for iPad on the iTunes App Store →
Biologic is a playful environment for exploring your friends’ activity streams from your favorite social networks. Log-in with Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn to explore the most recent updates from your network. The basic concept: choose a social network from the Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn blobs on the opening screen. You will have to authenticate each one you try (only the first time)...
NSA 2 layers of encryption. The Fishbowl phone
February 2012
3 posts
WTF QR Codes →
January 2012
1 post
December 2011
6 posts
November 2011
3 posts
“One reason I make sculpture is that I have stared long enough at the glowing...”
– Edward Tufte
October 2011
8 posts
