February 2010
Bob Edwards interviews Jeremy Rifkin →
“Social thinker and author Jeremy Rifkin’s book The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis looks at emerging scientific studies that show humans are not naturally aggressive and self-interested, but fundamentally empathetic. Rifkin’s book is a new interpretation of the history of civilization, focusing on the development of human empathy through the present...
“The main thing is that it abstracts the computer away. If you go and study...”
– John Gruber on the iPad user inteface in interview on CBC Spark blog.
John Gruber on Apple’s iPad announcement | Spark |... →
15 minute interview. Interesting.
Debating Sustainability →
at Davos.
Portfolio questions, answered →
All very good advice for design students!
January 2010
How to ditch a jet in the Hudson River →
3D reconstruction of that famous event with audio.
Charlie Rose - An hour with Tibor Kalman →
iPad About, The New Adventures of Stephen Fry →
And of course, even Stephen Fry has a say about it!
“iPad is an incredible opportunity for developers to re-imagine every single...”
– Joe Hewitt on the iPad
New Multi-touch Interactions on the Apple iPad →
Other good iPad thoughts on this site by Luke Wroblewski.
The Web Way to Learn a Language →
McSweeney’s iPhone →
on an iPad now…
Five Ways the iPad Will Change Magazine Design →
Luke Hayman has a say.
Three Reasons Why the iPad WILL Kill Amazon’s... →
Apple Event to Focus on Reinventing Content, Not... →
“In one fell swoop, a move like this would give content creators easy-to-use and powerful tools for creating interactive content, and give them a way of making a living from it, too.
That’s the kind of thing — not some shiny gadget — that Apple CEO Steve Jobs would say “will be the most important thing I’ve ever done.”
Red Light Properties →
Dan Goldman does an interesting take on comic book frames and how we read them in digital form.
on Tor.com
‘Berlin is a magnet, attracting artists from... →
Berlin snapshots: Florencia Young.
With Apple Tablet, Print Media Hope for a Payday →
More on the tablet. Gulp.
AIGA withdraws from Icograda →
Budget cuts and changes to why they joined it cited as reasons.
The Tablet Cometh →
Saving Your Life: There’s an App for That →
“Max Woolley, a father working in the area with a humanitarian aid group prior to the disaster, was buried under rubble for about 60 hours after the earthquake struck. During the quake, Woolley received fairly serious injuries to both his head and his leg. Luckily, he also had an app that dealt specifically with how to treat and respond to such injuries.
The app was Pocket First Aid & CPR,...
Emigre’s History at Gallery 16, SF →
ends 1/29
360° video of Haiti damage →
Interesting. Kind of like being there.
Rare footage of Apple iSlate in action →
Kind of…
Theo van Doesburg: Forgotten artist of the avant... →
Bob Noorda, Who Changed the Look of the Subways,... →
“Mr. Noorda’s best-known work in the United States was for the (NYC) Metropolitan Transit Authority, which in 1966 commissioned his firm, Unimark International, to modernize and unify the look of the subway system’s signs.”
With Kindle, Publishers Give Away E-Books to Spur... →
Haiti's Arts City Loses Much But Retains Vision →
“Jacmel is often described as Haiti’s most beautiful city. It’s an arts center on the island’s southern coast, with French Colonial architecture reminiscent of New Orleans, and one of Haiti’s few tourist destinations.”
Schools Stop Teaching Foreign Languages — Except... →
The ZEROprize →
“Zerofootprint is offering the ZEROprize™ to the design team who can take an older concrete high-rise structure and, using re-skinning along with other retrofitting technologies, reduce its carbon, water, and energy footprint to net zero while also maintaining the highest architectural design standards. To secure the ZEROprize™, a candidate building will be required to have a net zero footprint...
Software Firms Fear Hackers Who Leave No Trace →
“Products from Microsoft, including Windows, Office and Internet Explorer, have long been favored targets for hackers because so many people use them. But McAfee, a leading software security firm, predicts that Adobe’s software will become the top target this year, as Microsoft has improved its products after years of attacks and Adobe’s software has become ubiquitous.”
Bauhaus at MoMA - Slideshows - Dwell →
iPhone app helps quake survivor, survive. ... →
“Using the light from his iPhone’s screen, Dan examined his wounds and identified the extent of the damage using the unnamed app. From there, he looked up the appropriate first aid techniques and applied them with pieces of his own clothing. Later, as he waited to be rescued, he diagnosed shock, again using that medical app.”
Yale Environment 360: ‘Eco-bling’ in the U.K.;... →
“Installing wind turbines or solar panels on homes that are not well-insulated or energy-efficient amounts to little more than “eco-bling” that makes owners feel good but does little to reduce carbon emissions…”
Michael Bierut talks about clients →
“The best clients love design, or don’t give a damn about it. The worst clients are somewhere in between.”
via Soulellis Studio