March 2012
0 posts
“The future is not evenly distributed. Not along cultural lines, along language...”
– The Future Is Gender Distributed
February 2012
4 posts
“It’s this embracing of bartending as a vocation that makes Japan’s bars better...”
– Made Better in Japan - WSJ.com
January 2012
8 posts
Carbs Are Killing You [Infographic] →
massivehealth:
A few conclusions:
Eating fat doesn’t actually make us fat. It’s the insulin cycle, triggered by eating carbohydrates.
The easily-digestible carbs like refined flour, soda, and potatoes are the worst offenders.
For weight-loss, a low-carb diet is a lot more effective than a low-fat,…
MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY' →
murkavenue:
CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988 CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993 CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics” Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…
More on the "Digital Revolution" story, with input...
So my previous post, which basically wonders why people seem to be getting so up in arms over this Digital Age (as it has been dubbed) we are in, and the alleged unfulfilled promise of it, has yet another illuminating angle. This time from the folks in London. And it makes perfect sense, and answers the question for me:
So desirable is the digital dream that we have mistaken its potential for...
“biggest media companies have a much lighter touch, and where the content...”
– How sharing disrupts media | Felix Salmon
“Senior executives have to be incentivized to create hot new platforms that are...”
– The Kodak lie -
Fortune Tech
Have we realized the potential of the Digital Age?...
I recently read two articles that, when juxtaposed against each other, helps better explain my personal philosophy of how we use technology now. Ergo, I’d like to share my opinion on the benefits/pitfalls of the oft-discussed digital age in the context of these interesting articles.
Do check out the articles for yourself, but here are the snippets that made the lightbulb above my head...
“The person posting can say, “This is me” with a click or two, and the media...”
– Resonant Frequency: Taking Pictures of Taking Pictures | Features | Pitchfork
December 2011
7 posts
“Before someone learns a shortcut, it’s helpful for them to know just what it is...”
– Looking at the gestures in #NewNewTwitter from a UX lens (Global Moxie)
“Experiments were conducted that illustrated the human truth that people rarely...”
– Behavioral Economics: Why So Scared?
“That intellectual rigor and the corresponding data trail, multiplied across...”
– How a Computer Game is Reinventing the Science of Expertise, a fascinating read in the vein of Jane McGonigal’s Reality is Broken, a vision for how gaming makes us better and can change the world (via curiositycounts)
“The surprises are new weapons, new vehicles, and a brave new world - one...”
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Geeked out over this
Xbox Feature: Halo 4: Why the trilogy ends on next-gen - ComputerAndVideoGames.com
November 2011
7 posts
“1. People don’t understand things until they experience them.
2. People use a...”
– Redefining the competitive set by @clayparkerjones
“None of which is to argue that, say, Dwight Howard is the equivalent of a...”
– Charles P. Pierce on the motivations behind the NBA lockout - Grantland
Implications of Facebook's Social Graph study
blackbeardblog:
The Shrinking World
Facebook got a lot of coverage yesterday for this blog post, which discussed two studies of its “social graph”. The headline finding - and the one used as lede by most of the coverage - was the idea that, as Mashable put it, Facebook has shrunk the “Degrees of Separation” between people in the world from “six to four”.
It’s actually more like - fans of...
“There’s a balance between being passive and present that every highly...”
– The Jawbone UP Fails, But Teaches 3 Golden Rules For Experience Design | Co. Design
“Americans have demonstrated quite clearly that they prefer lean-back to...”
– The future of online advertising | Felix Salmon
October 2011
1 post
“Experts can implement, but they can’t design. Or rather, expertise in...”
– Are Software Patents Evil?
September 2011
9 posts
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“In May 2011 people spent the equivalent of over 101,000 years reading status...”
– Why Hollywood needs to focus more on Facebook
“In the age of collaboration the FTE model is broken.”
– Fees, Lies and Advertising - John Winsor
“in a post-scarcity economy, the new primary driver is love, and what determines...”
– The Future of Evernote: From memory machine to time machine - TNW Insider
“Hardcore PC-shooter fanatics still lament the genre’s Great Console Migration,...”
– Tom Bissell: An excerpt of The Art and Design of Gears of War - Grantland
August 2011
2 posts
“And if there’s one thing likely to incite even more rioting, it’s treating the...”
– potlatch: London riots: the limits of Left and Right
O Brave New World →
The long-awaited Bungie ViDoc, O Brave New World, is now online. It’s 55 minutes long, and it tells the story of Bungie, from the earliest days when it was just Alex and Jason, to the present, where the studio is poised to reveal their Next Big Thing. The ups, the downs, the incredible excitement of success and the bonecrushing disappointment of defeat - this video has it all. A studio,...
July 2011
10 posts
Yet another example of what a difference price... →
The Amazon Tablet’s iPad Challenge: Price | Fast Company
“Matt Webb, CEO of London-based design consultancy BERG, has a great phrase to...”
– Russell Davies explains the Internet of Things Practical Magic | Think Quarterly by Google
“Context is All: if the digital world is ever going to build a $200 billion...”
– Why Silicon Valley Can’t Sell | Adweek
“the principals of the movie industry need to accept what the music industry...”
– Digital downloads: Hollywood is about to repeat the catastrophic mistakes of the music industry. - By Bill Wyman - Slate Magazine
“The legal system rests on the assumption that we are “practical reasoners,” a...”
– The Brain on Trial - Magazine - The Atlantic
June 2011
4 posts
“On HITPOINTS: how is it that the concept can be done poorly? Why is Halo‘s...”
– The Guggenheim Effect on Gaming | California Literary Review