December 2011
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A Note on Paper: The Human Interface →
A great writeup of how paper is still one of the most amazing technological interfaces we have.
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Another Godless Goddess: Mitt Romney: More Prayer... →
We need a good term to describe people who are prejudiced against atheists, agnostics, and other religions so we can put them in with the racists, sexists, etc.
I.e. guys like Mitt Romney belong in that group.
Mitt Romney grew reflective when asked about God and government at a town hall in Iowa Friday.
A man asked the GOP candidate about the role of religion in American society. “I know...
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GRAIN — The great milk robbery: How corporations... →
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John Thackara: From Milk to Superfoods: Supping... →
So much to quote in this so instead, read the whole thing.
Introduction To Designing For Windows Phone 7 And... →
I really haven’t had the chance to play with a Windows phone but the UI does intrigue me. I love the surfacing of content as the interaction element and the downplay of icons.
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One teachers approach to preventing gender...
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said:...
Louis CK's Shameful Dirty Comedy
viafrank:
I’ve been thinking about Louis CK lately. I’m a fan of his show on FX, and I’m so happy his recent adventure in distributing his newest comedy special himself has been a rousing success. But my thoughts are going elsewhere to wonder why he has blown up in popularity in the past couple years, and why his comedy seems to resonate with these times. It always feels like there’s a...
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House Republicans Reject Payroll Tax Cut Deal -... →
Major takeaway for me: Republicans want to tax everyone except the 1% and corporations.
“I know you find human exhaustion amusing, but won’t you please try to behave?”
– At Home With Elizabeth Streb and Laura Flanders - NYTimes.com
That is so aimed at me.
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“the modern condition for us humans is often what Aristotle called akrasia,...”
– Amplifying Creative Communities 2011 Northwest Brooklyn: Kinds and Products of Social Design, Part 1 - Core77
"I'm Sorry, You're Too Stupid To Collect... →
Another reason to punch the GOP in the face.
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“we live in a world in which everything is knotted together, an impregnable...”
– Trials and Errors: Why Science Is Failing Us | Magazine
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“The larger point is that we’ve constructed our $2.5 trillion health care system...”
– Trials and Errors: Why Science Is Failing Us | Magazine
“The NDAA enshrines the war paradigm that has eroded the United States’...”
– Indefinite Military Detention Measure Passes On Bill Of Rights Day
What recourse do we have to this passing?
“[W]e, as atheists know there can be no greater Valhalla then to join the great...”
– Mason Crumpacker and the Hitchens reading list « Why Evolution Is True
Love this line.
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Nerds and Male Privilege →
Definitely worth the read.
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“Teachers need to see themselves as, first of all, intellectuals, dedicated to...”
– What Is College For? - NYTimes.com
What are my teacher friends opinions on this?
Anonymous donors pay off Kmart layaway accounts -... →
This is wonderful.
Jot Pro | Adonit →
This looks sweet if I had an iPad
Why You Need to Believe « Brain Traffic Blog →
I want to do more strategic - why - work…
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“ex·ap·ta·tion (noun)
The utilization of a structure or feature for a function...”
– I believe, we, as designers need to be constantly aware and curious of the use of objects (digital, physical, spatial) for functions beyond their initial intentions.
We constantly see physical object examples of this (newspapers as shims for tables, coat hangers as slim jims, etc.) yet what are the...
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Is the Use of the Military Designed for the Occupy... →
This makes me shudder.
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Wikimedia blog » How SOPA will hurt the free web... →
“These smartest guys in the room actually decided that spending money is the...”
– Steven Van Zandt: There Is Only One Issue In America
Is Department of Justice Action on Voter... →
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“The feel” is about action-reaction; it involves the whole body and it is...”
– Philosophy of Interaction
A decade as a dancer plus another 13+ years of martial arts experience… kinesthetic thinking and bodily intelligence… check.
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“being-in-the-world is prior to both object perception and self-reflection”
– Philosophy of Interaction
Might be obsessing this but yes.
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Philosophy of Interaction →
Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty on the conception of interaction design.
I knew my Philosophy degree was totally relevant to design.
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5 Sketching Secrets of Leonardo Da Vinci →
joshuakaufman:
Sketch Your Ideas Out 4-5 Times
Use Annotations in Your Sketches
Collaborate With Others When You Sketch
Engage Your Imagination
Look for New Combinations
“Remix culture is the new Prohibition, with massive media companies as the lone...”
– No Copyright Intended - Waxy.org (via taylordavidson)
