Versus
january 2008 by bkerr
"Versus is a structured argument website for 'X vs. Y'-type questions."
versus
yahoo
deliberation
via:deusx
january 2008 by bkerr
Google Trends: wii, jesus
december 2007 by bkerr
vielmetti sez: "Here, we note that Allendale is more on the Jesus side of things, and Farmington is more on the Wii side."
google
trends
michigan
wii
versus
jesus
december 2007 by bkerr
groworld HPI | Speculations on the Evolution of Human Plant Interactions
october 2007 by bkerr
"As a botanical parallel to the oft misunderstood field of HCI - Human Computer Interaction, HPI - Human Plant Interaction, explores the nature of surfaces and processes required to facilitate mutually beneficial interaction between humans and plants."
hci
hpi
human
plant
interaction
ubifarm
botany
machinic
versus
organic
organization
communication
propagation
october 2007 by bkerr
Classic Arcade Game Locations: Michigan
august 2007 by bkerr
Looks like Defender is becoming a road trip? Please nobody mention Ground Kontrol in PDX and everything will work out OK.
games
defender
lack-thereof
stick-around-michigan
arcade
operation-rustbelt
dtw
versus
portland
august 2007 by bkerr
Times (New) Roman and its part in the Development of Scalable Font Technology
august 2007 by bkerr
"Charles Bigelow posted this article to the Usenet newsgroup `comp.fonts` in May 1994 in response to the question: What's the difference between Times Roman and Times New Roman?"
times-new-roman
versus
times-roman
usenet
detritus
comp.fonts
linotype
monotype
legal
maneuvering
news-corp
adobe
postscript
width
proportion
detail
truetype
atm
font-scaling
digital
fontologist
august 2007 by bkerr
roBlog dot org | On Being a User Researcher
july 2007 by bkerr
"A good user researcher has to like people [...] has to be intrinsically interested in who they are, what work they do, how they feel about life, what they want to achieve, and so on."
ux
versus
notworking
via:schollm
july 2007 by bkerr
Twitter / Barbara: Overheard: "You'd think they'd just kill each other instead of dragging it out so damn long." @vaguery's mom, watching "Batman Begins"
batman versus league-of-shadows stupid ninjas henri-ducard ra's-al-ghul scarecrow protohistorical rivalry long movie blue-flower
july 2007 by bkerr
batman versus league-of-shadows stupid ninjas henri-ducard ra's-al-ghul scarecrow protohistorical rivalry long movie blue-flower
july 2007 by bkerr
VoidStar | Long form blogging vs short form blogging
july 2007 by bkerr
"They're both One to Many Monologue Publishing. Inevitably people also want the One to One Conversation and the Few to Few Group Discussion. So we try to bend the systems to make them do that."
weblogs
remediation
micro
twitter
pownce
status
etc
versus
mighty
timeworn
word-lines
essay
metacrap
formal
constraint
fill-the-textbox
intermediatist
immediast
july 2007 by bkerr
CNN | Man pummels 'vampire' peacock
july 2007 by bkerr
"A restaurant worker says the man grabbed the bird by the neck, hurled it to the ground and started stomping it. She says when he was asked what he was doing, he responded, 'I'm killing a vampire!'"
vampire
peacock
versus
burger
patron
wtf-mate
via:liana
july 2007 by bkerr
metromode | Density Vs. Transit
june 2007 by bkerr
"Misconceptions from local leaders that Southeast Michigan isn't dense enough or wouldn't ride mass transit are either not looking at the numbers or missing the point."
density
versus
transit
transportation
economics
trains
planning
etc
michigan
via:vielmetti
june 2007 by bkerr
Notional Slurry | Notes on pitching deep innovations
may 2007 by bkerr
Tozier aflame: "Pitches are not memes. There are no memes. Pitches are engineering projects; the listeners’ minds are the raw material, and the expansion of the author’s vision their goal."
narrative
process
biz
communication
pitch
projects
abstraction
black-holes
versus
revelations
may 2007 by bkerr
Salon.com | Tinky Winky says bye-bye to Jerry Falwell
may 2007 by bkerr
"We weren't modeling a gay lifestyle and we weren't trying to corrupt anyone's kids ... Give us a little Tubby toast or custard and a film of some kids washing clothes or something, that's all we needed. We didn't give a shit about modeling a lifestyle."
christian-industrial-complex
versus
kids-entertainment-control-towers
may 2007 by bkerr
0xDECAFBAD | Damn kids! Get off my web!
may 2007 by bkerr
"But, really, it’s not addressed to you if there’s a buzz and you’re not groking it. That’s a clue that you’re probably missing something. Granted, people can be insane, but it really is more likely that you’re missing something."
web
hype
journalism
dirty-media
versus
youth-nowadays
via:deusx
via:revgeorge
may 2007 by bkerr
ongoing · Four Words for Microsoft
may 2007 by bkerr
"Litigate or shut up."
microsoft
fear
tyranny
etc
boil-the-oceans
versus
freedom0
may 2007 by bkerr
First Monday | Real Genders Choose Fantasy Characters: Class Choice in World of Warcraft
may 2007 by bkerr
"This paper is a small exploration into social life in World of Warcraft. We focus on gender, examining the reasons why males and females choose different character types."
games
gender
character
class
identity
half-halfling
versus
double-hobbit
may 2007 by bkerr
george col on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
may 2007 by bkerr
By Andi Watson, awesome comics creator.
saint-george
versus
dragon
illustration
may 2007 by bkerr
Stateline.org | ‘One-state recession’ hampers Michigan
april 2007 by bkerr
"The Great Lakes State has lost jobs for six consecutive years, Michigan’s longest run of workplace shrinkages since the Great Depression."
michigan
state
budget
versus
economy
jobs
lack-thereof
stick-around-annarbor
april 2007 by bkerr
pasta and vinegar | code/space by Rob Kitchin
march 2007 by bkerr
"The point of this talk was to show how, over time, the spaces of everyday life have become increasingly reliant on software (space is being virtualized, in the sense of Manuel Castells)."
code
versus
space
for-teh-informon
pervasive
reasoning
everything
computing
s-s-s-spime
via:adamgreenfield
march 2007 by bkerr
Popular Science | The Wright Stuff
march 2007 by bkerr
"Will Wright plays with evolution -- and Intelligent Design -- in his new magnum opus, Spore."
spore
games
metagames
meta
cybernetics
simulation
simcity
simeverything
control-towers
iterative
complex
entertainment
systems-of-the-world
sweet-science
versus
intelligent-design
teleology
interface
interaction
design
emergent
implicit
pervasive
narrative
play
evolution-itself-is-evolving
process-oriented
failure-based
learning
march 2007 by bkerr
Demand Peace - Battlestar Wiki
march 2007 by bkerr
"The answer to our suffering lies in negotiating a peace. This is our cause. This is your cause."
bsg
exopolitics
demand-peace
human
versus
cylon
manifesto
end-of-the-war-game
no-heroes-left-in-man
march 2007 by bkerr
mamamusings | why twitter matters
march 2007 by bkerr
"There are stories told in between updates ... Narratives that wind around and between the updates and the people, that show connections. Updates that echo each other, or even directly respond to another Twitter post."
twitter
attention
presence
versus
yasn
via:siclops
march 2007 by bkerr
Twitter / the daniel: oh yeah, forgot to mention, me an zo went batman on a purse snatcher today. blam.
march 2007 by bkerr
thedaniel sez: "i am the bat. the night is mine. i am the bat. i am the bat."
thedaniel
zoetica
versus
losangeles
criminal-element
batman
batgirl
supermassive
twitterific
urban
crime
fighting
battle
combat
motorcycle
unit
smash-control-lines
smash-word-lines
send-your-armies
no-man-or-machine
march 2007 by bkerr
McSweeney's Internet Tendency | Things I Desperately Wish Women Would Say to Me on First Dates.
february 2007 by bkerr
"I think Superman represents the federal government, while Batman represents the autonomous local governments."
comics
romance
batman
versus
superman
february 2007 by bkerr
Slate | It's time to stop killing meat and start growing it
may 2006 by bkerr
"Meat has made us smart enough to figure out how we can live without it."
food
meat
versus
vegetarian
may 2006 by bkerr
The Fishbowl | The Perils of Metadata
february 2006 by bkerr
rentzsch said, "This is exactly why I won't let the Post photograph me."
web
newspapers
journalism
images
metadata
versus
privacy
funny
fuckup
february 2006 by bkerr
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