Monthly Archives: October 2008
Why Are Comedians Providing The Most Relevant Journalism?
We’re in the final stretch of a long presidential campaign, which is a watershed election for many reasons. The more obvious having to do with the race and gender of the candidates. However, there are lesser ones which are important … Continue reading
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Awesome People I Met/Saw At The New York Art Book Fair
I finally made it to the New York Art Book Fair after being out of town last year. I think I learned about the first one a couple of days after it ended, which is quite typical for me. In … Continue reading
Posted in book, culture, design, information, map, publishing
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What is the Role of the Anthropologist?
Image source: cultureby.com On Saturday, I got to hear Grant McCracken speak at the AIGA GAIN conference in New York. I documented that I was going to the talk in my usual way of writing a quick note in twitter, … Continue reading
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I Gave A Presention On Computation and Maps
Computation + Maps View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: map gis) The last week has been a little hectic. I give this talk last week to some first year Masters of ID students at UArts. The title is … Continue reading
Posted in computation, information, innovation
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Seven things that everyone should know about the New York Subway.
Image source: flickr 1. If you are waiting for a train, and the incoming train cars go, packed, empty, packed… do NOT enter the empty car. The *best* case scenario is that the AC is broken. 2. The subway trains … Continue reading
Posted in design, ethics of design, innovation, off topic
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Best Movie Every Year Since You’ve Been Born.
Image source: Wikipedia entries Diva, She’s The Man, and Safe. There is a music album meme circulating blogs where people cite the best album for every year they were born. I took a different tack and did movies. Some of … Continue reading
Posted in culture, taste
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