Steve Jobs Predicts the Future in 1990 [VIDEO]
november 2011
In this fascinating raw footage from 1990, Steve Jobs talks at great length (for 50 minutes) to a WGBH-Boston interviewer about computers, the efficiency of human beings’ locomotion compared with the animal kingdom, his early experience with programming and his ideas about the direction he saw technology taking in 1990.
The discussion turns to his company he formed after his first stint at Apple and its object-oriented software — Next, the software that forms the basis of Mac OS X. Jobs points out how his operating system is 10 times as powerful as any PC, is a true multitasking system, and has sophisticated networks built in. It was a whole new system, built from the ground up.
A prescient statement: Networking was going to be the next revolution, “which will define and create the home computer market,” Jobs said. Even though he acknowledges that networks had already made a big mark in education and the military, he talks about how the network at Next helped the company work together as a team in a way it never could before, claiming it reduced the number of meetings the company had by 50 percent. He predicts users would be able to hook a computer up to a network at home using radio links and fiber optics. “We’re working on that — that’s our goal for the next five years.”
He got some things wrong: Computers will be radios, stereos, things like that? “No,” says, Jobs. “I think they’ll be just computers.”
The interview goes on much longer, where he talks about Xerox PARC and many other topics, and touts how it’s easier to write software for Next, where new software apps can be created in a fourth of the time. “It’s turned out beautifully,” he says. Indeed, it has.
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The discussion turns to his company he formed after his first stint at Apple and its object-oriented software — Next, the software that forms the basis of Mac OS X. Jobs points out how his operating system is 10 times as powerful as any PC, is a true multitasking system, and has sophisticated networks built in. It was a whole new system, built from the ground up.
A prescient statement: Networking was going to be the next revolution, “which will define and create the home computer market,” Jobs said. Even though he acknowledges that networks had already made a big mark in education and the military, he talks about how the network at Next helped the company work together as a team in a way it never could before, claiming it reduced the number of meetings the company had by 50 percent. He predicts users would be able to hook a computer up to a network at home using radio links and fiber optics. “We’re working on that — that’s our goal for the next five years.”
He got some things wrong: Computers will be radios, stereos, things like that? “No,” says, Jobs. “I think they’ll be just computers.”
The interview goes on much longer, where he talks about Xerox PARC and many other topics, and touts how it’s easier to write software for Next, where new software apps can be created in a fourth of the time. “It’s turned out beautifully,” he says. Indeed, it has.
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november 2011
Ian Hex Compares UI Typefaces
november 2011
Interesting comparison, but fundamentally flawed. I think Hex overlooks something essential: how the fonts are rendered by the OS. Each of these operating systems uses different anti-aliasing algorithms — even Mac OS X (which uses sub-pixel anti-aliasing by default) and iOS (which never uses sub-pixel anti-aliasing). A proper comparison should show these fonts as they are rendered on each system.
His criteria are too analytical. You want to know why I think Helvetica Neue is a great UI font for iOS? Because it’s beautiful. And the problem with the font that “wins” his comparison, Droid Sans, is that it’s ugly. You know it’s ugly when even Google thinks it is.
Update: Also not considered: the displays of the devices in question: resolution, IPS/LED vs. AMOLED, etc. Apple, for example, uses Helvetica, not Helvetica Neue, as the system font on non-Retina displays. Why? Because it renders better at a lower resolution.
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His criteria are too analytical. You want to know why I think Helvetica Neue is a great UI font for iOS? Because it’s beautiful. And the problem with the font that “wins” his comparison, Droid Sans, is that it’s ugly. You know it’s ugly when even Google thinks it is.
Update: Also not considered: the displays of the devices in question: resolution, IPS/LED vs. AMOLED, etc. Apple, for example, uses Helvetica, not Helvetica Neue, as the system font on non-Retina displays. Why? Because it renders better at a lower resolution.
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november 2011
Ditching Google Reader after the changes? This site makes it easy to use Twitter instead
november 2011
Since Google rolled out its latest changes in Google Reader, we’ve seen a fair number of complaints on the Internet, and if you’re one of those people who is looking for an alternative, we came across an interesting option this morning.
Instead of hunting for another RSS reader which looks and feels like Google Reader, why not take a completely different route and ditch your RSS reader, and use Twitter instead.
Most of the major sites and blogs you follow are bound to have Twitter accounts, where they share each and every article that you’ve been reading in Google Reader, and Ben Guild has come up with an easy way to get those subscriptions out of Google Reader and right into your Twitter feed.
With Ben’s Twitter Migration and Networking Tool, all you need to do is sign in to Twitter, download your Google Reader subscriptions OPML file, and the web app will do the rest, by extracting each site and finding it’s Twitter account, and in some cases, even the personal Twitter accounts of the people behind the site.
Ben provides a direct link to your OPML file in the service, but if you want to get it straight out of your reader – go to Reader Settings, click the Import/Export tab and scroll down to the table, to download your subscriptions.
You can then manually follow the accounts of your choice, or better yet, create lists as a way of keeping your Twitter feed neat and tidy. If you use a service like Tweetdeck, you can even receive notifications when new updates come in, so you’re sure not to miss a thing.
It might be slightly tedious having to do it all manually, but it does give you a chance to review each account and make sure you want to follow it or add it to a list.
Now there is one major caveat to using TMNT – it can only extract details on sites that are not organized into folders. If you’re planning on ditching Google Reader anyway, you could always delete your folders or tags in Google Reader’s settings, which won’t affect your subscriptions.
There’s no denying that this is a wildly different solution to an RSS reader, and some may find it a lot less convenient, since you don’t get previews of articles on Twitter. On the other hand, with this method, you have one less app to worry about, and can get a lot more out of Twitter than you already do.
If you’re planning on sticking with Google Reader but do want to keep up with your favourite sites and blogs on Twitter as well, you could always take the somewhat roundabout route and import your OPML file into another Google account, delete the folders or tags, and then go through the process described above.
Would you consider using Twitter instead of Google Reader? Let us know in the comments.
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Instead of hunting for another RSS reader which looks and feels like Google Reader, why not take a completely different route and ditch your RSS reader, and use Twitter instead.
Most of the major sites and blogs you follow are bound to have Twitter accounts, where they share each and every article that you’ve been reading in Google Reader, and Ben Guild has come up with an easy way to get those subscriptions out of Google Reader and right into your Twitter feed.
With Ben’s Twitter Migration and Networking Tool, all you need to do is sign in to Twitter, download your Google Reader subscriptions OPML file, and the web app will do the rest, by extracting each site and finding it’s Twitter account, and in some cases, even the personal Twitter accounts of the people behind the site.
Ben provides a direct link to your OPML file in the service, but if you want to get it straight out of your reader – go to Reader Settings, click the Import/Export tab and scroll down to the table, to download your subscriptions.
You can then manually follow the accounts of your choice, or better yet, create lists as a way of keeping your Twitter feed neat and tidy. If you use a service like Tweetdeck, you can even receive notifications when new updates come in, so you’re sure not to miss a thing.
It might be slightly tedious having to do it all manually, but it does give you a chance to review each account and make sure you want to follow it or add it to a list.
Now there is one major caveat to using TMNT – it can only extract details on sites that are not organized into folders. If you’re planning on ditching Google Reader anyway, you could always delete your folders or tags in Google Reader’s settings, which won’t affect your subscriptions.
There’s no denying that this is a wildly different solution to an RSS reader, and some may find it a lot less convenient, since you don’t get previews of articles on Twitter. On the other hand, with this method, you have one less app to worry about, and can get a lot more out of Twitter than you already do.
If you’re planning on sticking with Google Reader but do want to keep up with your favourite sites and blogs on Twitter as well, you could always take the somewhat roundabout route and import your OPML file into another Google account, delete the folders or tags, and then go through the process described above.
Would you consider using Twitter instead of Google Reader? Let us know in the comments.
november 2011
Sibylle Lewitscharoff: Lyrik, Lob und Löwenroman
november 2011
Originell und sprachmächtig - das ist die deutsche Erzählerin Sibylle Lewitscharoff. Im November hält sie drei Poetikvorlesungen in Zürich. Als Romanautorin hat ihr der jüngst veröffentlichte, eigenwillige Roman «Blumenberg» viel Lob und Literaturpreise eingebracht. Das Buch berichtet vom faszinierenden Eintritt eines veritablen Löwen ins Leben des deutschen Philosophen Hans Blumenberg (1920-1996). Im Gespräch mit Hans Ulrich Probst stellt die aus Stuttgart stammende Wahlberlinerin ihr Buch und die Fragestellungen ihrer Poetikdozentur vor.
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november 2011
Les Suisses paient internet au prix fort
october 2011
Selon une étude menée par Monsieur Prix, l’accès à internet est nettement plus cher en Suisse que dans les pays voisins.
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october 2011
My Brightest Diamond: Be Brave
october 2011
Shara Worden, the pop chanteuse behind My Brightest Diamond, has worked with indie rock royalty from Sufjan Stevens to Fatboy Slim. Her third full-length...
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october 2011
Kurt Imhof poltert auf wackeligem Fundament
october 2011
Von Marc Böhler und Thom Nagy
Das Jahrbuch «Qualität der Medien Schweiz - Suisse - Svizzera» verärgert Exponenten klassischer Medienunternehmen. Diese enthüllen Schlampereien bei statistischen Auswertungen und monieren wissenschaftlichen Boulevard. Die Vorwürfe bleiben jedoch oberflächlich. Dabei wäre Kritik an den Prämissen und der Methodik des Jahrbuchs durchaus angebracht. Das Fundament des Jahrbuchs beruht auf Öffentlichkeitstheorien und Qualitätsindikatoren einer längst vergangenen Zeit.
Das Jahrbuch «Qualität der Medien» basiert auf Theorien, welche von vielen Medien- und Öffentlichkeitssoziologen als nicht mehr zeitgemäss deklariert werden. Kurt Imhof hingegen, der Leiter des Forschungsbereichs Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft (Fög) der Universität Zürich und «Head of Swiss Media Criticism», will partout nicht einsehen, dass der Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit als Folge von Digitalisierung und Vernetzung neue Dimensionen erfahren hat. Das Zusammenspiel zwischen General-Interest-Medien und Demokratie ist heute deutlich komplexer als vor der Entmaterialisierung der Informationsträger. Die medienpolitischen Schlussfolgerungen des Jahrbuchs blenden diesen Strukturwandel indes aus.
Wir möchten bei den Methoden anknüpfen und im Folgenden auf zwei Mängel des Jahrbuchs eingehen: Das Untersuchungsuniversum entspricht nur einer Teilmenge der heutigen Öffentlichkeit.
Die Faktoren und Kriterien zur Messung von Qualität sind «out of date».
Nur eine Teilmenge heutiger Öffentlichkeit
Das Untersuchungsuniversum des Jahrbuchs – die Verfasser nennen es die «Medienarena» – entspricht nur einem Teil der heutigen Öffentlichkeit – und das im doppelten Sinn. Das Jahrbuch konzentriert sich auf einen Teil der ehemaligen Gatekeeper und blendet damit zahlreiche klassische Medienerzeugnisse sowie etliche neue Sphären der Öffentlichkeit aus.
Blogosphäre, Wikis, «Social Networks» und weitere Medienangebote – wie etwa auch dieser Medienblog – zählen nicht zur Öffentlichkeit, wie sie das Fög definiert. Monitoring-Dienste, die das gleiche, beschränkte Universum abdecken würden, das im Jahrbuch «Qualität der Medien» untersucht wird, hätten heute im Markt der Medienbeobachtung keine Chance. Die Kommunikationsräume, die für politische Organisationen (Parteien, NGOs etc.) und Verbände relevant sind, sind auch für die demokratischen Prozesse von Bedeutung. Jedes Unternehmen ist heute auch ein Medienunternehmen, und Wahlkämpfe finden zunehmend auch im «Social Media»-Umfeld statt. Der kommunikative Raum, der für die demokratische Entscheidungsfindung der Bürger relevant ist, wird heute von weit mehr Akteuren besiedelt als noch vor zwanzig Jahren.
Der Einwurf, relevante Öffentlichkeit entstehe erst durch die Verstärkerfunktion der Massenmedien, hat zwar seine Berechtigung. Verschiedene Beispiele aus der jüngeren Vergangenheit zeigen aber, dass Kommunikationsereignisse eine grosse Masse von Menschen erreichen können, bevor sie von den Massenmedien aufgegriffen werden. Und es ist zu erwarten, dass sich die Vernetzung der Gesellschaft fortsetzt und sich die kommunikativen Kräfteverhältnisse dadurch weiter verschieben werden.
Das Jahrbuch beobachtet lediglich die «One-to-many»-Szene; die «Many-to-many»-Welt, ihr Einfluss auf das traditionelle Mediensystem sowie die neue Dimension der Organisationskommunikation werden hingegen ausgeblendet. Wir leben aber zunehmend in einer dialogischen Öffentlichkeit. Mit dieser Meinung bzw. Erkenntnis konfrontiert, reagiert Kurt Imhof jeweils lapidar: Die Hoffnungen auf die deliberativen Kräfte der Vernetzung und auf die Entmaterialisierung von Informationsträgern seien unrealistisch. An dieser Meinung hat sich trotz arabischem Frühling offenbar nichts geändert.
Undifferenzierte Qualitätsindikatoren
Als Mitarbeiter von Online-Redaktionen bei Qualitätspublikationen (aber auch bei solchen, die in der Imhof-Studie bemängelt werden) haben die Schreibenden unzählige Debatten über Qualität in Online-Medien geführt. Auch Medienwissenschaftler beschäftigen sich seit rund zehn Jahren intensiv mit diesem Thema. Bei der Wahl der Qualitätsindikatoren wird im Jahrbuch auf solche Erkenntnisse indes verzichtet. Im Methodenteil werden unter «1.3.1. Informationsangebotsanalytik der Gattungen Presse und Online» die Qualitätsindikatoren von Print und Online gemeinsam präsentiert. Anstatt Indikatoren zu definieren, um den Online-Bereich mediengerecht zu analysieren, werden zwei höchst unterschiedliche Mediengattungen analytisch in denselben Topf geworfen. Das ist aus zwei Gründen methodisch unsauber. Erstens sind gewisse Faktoren nicht eins zu eins von Print auf Online übertragbar und zweitens existieren für die Online-Medien Qualitätsmerkmale, die bei Printmedien schlicht nicht anwendbar sind, für die Erfassung der Qualität der Online-Medien jedoch relevant wären.
Ein Beispiel: Beim Qualitätsindikator «Professionalität» findet sich im Jahrbuch die Variable «Quellentransparenz». Für gedruckte journalistische Erzeugnisse ist klar, was damit gemeint ist. Bei einem Online-Text existieren hingegen zahlreiche Facetten von Quellentransparenz. Es ist ein Qualitätsunterschied, ob eine Quelle lediglich am Schluss oder im Lauftext eines Artikels in Form eines «flachen», das heisst: unverlinkten Textes genannt wird oder ob sie im Text als Hyperlink «verzahnt» ist. Es wäre sinnvoller anstelle von Quellentransparenz einen Qualitätsfaktor «Recherche-Transparenz» einzuführen. Dieser würde zum Beispiel untersuchen, ob für die Leserinnen und User ein offener Zugang zur Recherche eines Autors existiert.
Ein weiteres Beispiel: Das Jahrbuch unterscheidet zwischen «thematischer» und «episodischer» Berichterstattung, wobei ersteres ein Qualitätsmerkmal darstellt. Dabei wird ignoriert, dass es online nicht erforderlich ist, dass jeder Artikel die Sachlage aufs Neue in ihrer Gesamtheit abbildet. Praktisch alle Newsplattformen verlinken mittlerweile weiterführende, kontextualisierende Artikel prominent und bieten dem interessierten Leser so die Möglichkeit, sich umfassend über die Hintergründe zu einem Thema zu informieren.
Banale Erkenntnisse
Es ist eine wertvolle, wenn auch banale Erkenntnis, dass die ehemaligen Gatekeeper die Qualität nicht aufrecht erhalten können. Die Verlage und der öffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunk haben das «Monopol» der Nachrichten- und Werbediffusionstechnik verloren. Die Ressourcen zur Bewahrung der Qualität werden daher immer knapper. Das Geld fehlt primär den Verlegern, und insbesondere die klassische Arbeitsteilung zwischen Journalisten und «Verwertungsgesellschaften» gerät unter Druck.
Wer sich jedoch mit der entsprechenden Medienkompetenz im heutigen Informationsmeer bewegt, dürfte heute weit besser informiert sein als noch vor zwanzig Jahren. Die Behauptung eines angeblichen Qualitätsverlustes der öffentlich zugänglichen Informationen ist aus unserer Perspektive völlig falsch. Sie trifft allenfalls auf die Medienerzeugnisse der «klassischen» Medienbranche zu. «Qualität» ist in der Öffentlichkeit jedoch mehr als je zuvor vorhanden. Man muss nur wissen, wo und wie sie zu finden ist. Entscheidend ist die Medienkompetenz der Leserinnen und Nutzer.
Politisches Geplänkel
Das Jahrbuch beginnt mit der Behauptung, das Medienwesen sei der wichtigste (sic!) «Service public» der modernen Gesellschaft. Das Bildungswesen und andere Bereiche des Service public sollen weniger wichtig sein?
Kurt Imhofs politische Schlussfolgerungen zeigen, wo er steht: Die klassischen Medienunternehmen sollen als systemkritisch anerkannt werden und dadurch deutlich mehr staatliche Gelder erhalten. Denn der Staat riskiere den Niedergang der Demokratie, wenn er die «Presse» weiterhin überwiegend unter marktwirtschaftlichen Bedingungen laufen lasse.
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Der Forschungsbereich Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft sammelt Daten und macht Politik. Der Mangel an zeitgemässer Auseinandersetzung mit dem Wandel der Dynamiken zwischen Medientechnologie, Medienbranche und Öffentlichkeit, der Mangel an online-gerechten Qualitätsindikatoren sowie das beschränkte Untersuchungsuniversum führen zu einer Verzerrung der politischen Schlussfolgerungen.
Die Politik aber verlässt sich in der Regel auf die Aussagen der Wissenschaft und sie könnte schlimmstenfalls Massnahmen beschliessen, die den Status Quo zu zementieren versuchen, anstatt sich Gedanken darüber zu machen, wie die Rahmenbedingungen für eine öffentliche Kommunikationsinfrastruktur und -kultur aussehen sollten, die den technologischen Realitäten entspricht und deren Potential ausschöpft.
Natürlich, es gibt noch viel zu tun, was die Qualität des Informationssystems auf allen Ebenen anbelangt. Aber wenn man sich vor Augen führt, welch unglaubliche Entwicklung allein in den vergangenen fünf Jahren stattgefunden hat, dann scheint es opportun, sich nicht nur auf die negativen Aspekte des Medienwandels zu konzentrieren, sondern auch dessen neue Möglichkeiten in die Überlegungen miteinzubeziehen. Das aber wird durch die einseitige Betrachtungsweise des Jahrbuchs von vornherein verhindert.
Marc Böhler war als Projektleiter im Multimediazentrum von Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen sowie als Redaktor bei «NZZ Online» und «NZZ Campus» tätig.
Thom Nagy arbeitete als Journalist und Projektleiter Community bei «20 Minuten Online», bevor er im März 2011 zur «NZZ» wechselte, wo er sich im Bereich Labs Gedanken zur Zukunft des Traditionshauses macht.
Was die Autoren hier schreiben, ist ihre persönliche Meinung.
Siehe dazu auch: Ein wahrer FreundKurt Imhof zur Kritik des «Tages-Anzeigers» am Jahrbuch «Qualität der Medien»Jahrbuch 2011 zur Qualität der Schweizer Medien
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Das Jahrbuch «Qualität der Medien Schweiz - Suisse - Svizzera» verärgert Exponenten klassischer Medienunternehmen. Diese enthüllen Schlampereien bei statistischen Auswertungen und monieren wissenschaftlichen Boulevard. Die Vorwürfe bleiben jedoch oberflächlich. Dabei wäre Kritik an den Prämissen und der Methodik des Jahrbuchs durchaus angebracht. Das Fundament des Jahrbuchs beruht auf Öffentlichkeitstheorien und Qualitätsindikatoren einer längst vergangenen Zeit.
Das Jahrbuch «Qualität der Medien» basiert auf Theorien, welche von vielen Medien- und Öffentlichkeitssoziologen als nicht mehr zeitgemäss deklariert werden. Kurt Imhof hingegen, der Leiter des Forschungsbereichs Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft (Fög) der Universität Zürich und «Head of Swiss Media Criticism», will partout nicht einsehen, dass der Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit als Folge von Digitalisierung und Vernetzung neue Dimensionen erfahren hat. Das Zusammenspiel zwischen General-Interest-Medien und Demokratie ist heute deutlich komplexer als vor der Entmaterialisierung der Informationsträger. Die medienpolitischen Schlussfolgerungen des Jahrbuchs blenden diesen Strukturwandel indes aus.
Wir möchten bei den Methoden anknüpfen und im Folgenden auf zwei Mängel des Jahrbuchs eingehen: Das Untersuchungsuniversum entspricht nur einer Teilmenge der heutigen Öffentlichkeit.
Die Faktoren und Kriterien zur Messung von Qualität sind «out of date».
Nur eine Teilmenge heutiger Öffentlichkeit
Das Untersuchungsuniversum des Jahrbuchs – die Verfasser nennen es die «Medienarena» – entspricht nur einem Teil der heutigen Öffentlichkeit – und das im doppelten Sinn. Das Jahrbuch konzentriert sich auf einen Teil der ehemaligen Gatekeeper und blendet damit zahlreiche klassische Medienerzeugnisse sowie etliche neue Sphären der Öffentlichkeit aus.
Blogosphäre, Wikis, «Social Networks» und weitere Medienangebote – wie etwa auch dieser Medienblog – zählen nicht zur Öffentlichkeit, wie sie das Fög definiert. Monitoring-Dienste, die das gleiche, beschränkte Universum abdecken würden, das im Jahrbuch «Qualität der Medien» untersucht wird, hätten heute im Markt der Medienbeobachtung keine Chance. Die Kommunikationsräume, die für politische Organisationen (Parteien, NGOs etc.) und Verbände relevant sind, sind auch für die demokratischen Prozesse von Bedeutung. Jedes Unternehmen ist heute auch ein Medienunternehmen, und Wahlkämpfe finden zunehmend auch im «Social Media»-Umfeld statt. Der kommunikative Raum, der für die demokratische Entscheidungsfindung der Bürger relevant ist, wird heute von weit mehr Akteuren besiedelt als noch vor zwanzig Jahren.
Der Einwurf, relevante Öffentlichkeit entstehe erst durch die Verstärkerfunktion der Massenmedien, hat zwar seine Berechtigung. Verschiedene Beispiele aus der jüngeren Vergangenheit zeigen aber, dass Kommunikationsereignisse eine grosse Masse von Menschen erreichen können, bevor sie von den Massenmedien aufgegriffen werden. Und es ist zu erwarten, dass sich die Vernetzung der Gesellschaft fortsetzt und sich die kommunikativen Kräfteverhältnisse dadurch weiter verschieben werden.
Das Jahrbuch beobachtet lediglich die «One-to-many»-Szene; die «Many-to-many»-Welt, ihr Einfluss auf das traditionelle Mediensystem sowie die neue Dimension der Organisationskommunikation werden hingegen ausgeblendet. Wir leben aber zunehmend in einer dialogischen Öffentlichkeit. Mit dieser Meinung bzw. Erkenntnis konfrontiert, reagiert Kurt Imhof jeweils lapidar: Die Hoffnungen auf die deliberativen Kräfte der Vernetzung und auf die Entmaterialisierung von Informationsträgern seien unrealistisch. An dieser Meinung hat sich trotz arabischem Frühling offenbar nichts geändert.
Undifferenzierte Qualitätsindikatoren
Als Mitarbeiter von Online-Redaktionen bei Qualitätspublikationen (aber auch bei solchen, die in der Imhof-Studie bemängelt werden) haben die Schreibenden unzählige Debatten über Qualität in Online-Medien geführt. Auch Medienwissenschaftler beschäftigen sich seit rund zehn Jahren intensiv mit diesem Thema. Bei der Wahl der Qualitätsindikatoren wird im Jahrbuch auf solche Erkenntnisse indes verzichtet. Im Methodenteil werden unter «1.3.1. Informationsangebotsanalytik der Gattungen Presse und Online» die Qualitätsindikatoren von Print und Online gemeinsam präsentiert. Anstatt Indikatoren zu definieren, um den Online-Bereich mediengerecht zu analysieren, werden zwei höchst unterschiedliche Mediengattungen analytisch in denselben Topf geworfen. Das ist aus zwei Gründen methodisch unsauber. Erstens sind gewisse Faktoren nicht eins zu eins von Print auf Online übertragbar und zweitens existieren für die Online-Medien Qualitätsmerkmale, die bei Printmedien schlicht nicht anwendbar sind, für die Erfassung der Qualität der Online-Medien jedoch relevant wären.
Ein Beispiel: Beim Qualitätsindikator «Professionalität» findet sich im Jahrbuch die Variable «Quellentransparenz». Für gedruckte journalistische Erzeugnisse ist klar, was damit gemeint ist. Bei einem Online-Text existieren hingegen zahlreiche Facetten von Quellentransparenz. Es ist ein Qualitätsunterschied, ob eine Quelle lediglich am Schluss oder im Lauftext eines Artikels in Form eines «flachen», das heisst: unverlinkten Textes genannt wird oder ob sie im Text als Hyperlink «verzahnt» ist. Es wäre sinnvoller anstelle von Quellentransparenz einen Qualitätsfaktor «Recherche-Transparenz» einzuführen. Dieser würde zum Beispiel untersuchen, ob für die Leserinnen und User ein offener Zugang zur Recherche eines Autors existiert.
Ein weiteres Beispiel: Das Jahrbuch unterscheidet zwischen «thematischer» und «episodischer» Berichterstattung, wobei ersteres ein Qualitätsmerkmal darstellt. Dabei wird ignoriert, dass es online nicht erforderlich ist, dass jeder Artikel die Sachlage aufs Neue in ihrer Gesamtheit abbildet. Praktisch alle Newsplattformen verlinken mittlerweile weiterführende, kontextualisierende Artikel prominent und bieten dem interessierten Leser so die Möglichkeit, sich umfassend über die Hintergründe zu einem Thema zu informieren.
Banale Erkenntnisse
Es ist eine wertvolle, wenn auch banale Erkenntnis, dass die ehemaligen Gatekeeper die Qualität nicht aufrecht erhalten können. Die Verlage und der öffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunk haben das «Monopol» der Nachrichten- und Werbediffusionstechnik verloren. Die Ressourcen zur Bewahrung der Qualität werden daher immer knapper. Das Geld fehlt primär den Verlegern, und insbesondere die klassische Arbeitsteilung zwischen Journalisten und «Verwertungsgesellschaften» gerät unter Druck.
Wer sich jedoch mit der entsprechenden Medienkompetenz im heutigen Informationsmeer bewegt, dürfte heute weit besser informiert sein als noch vor zwanzig Jahren. Die Behauptung eines angeblichen Qualitätsverlustes der öffentlich zugänglichen Informationen ist aus unserer Perspektive völlig falsch. Sie trifft allenfalls auf die Medienerzeugnisse der «klassischen» Medienbranche zu. «Qualität» ist in der Öffentlichkeit jedoch mehr als je zuvor vorhanden. Man muss nur wissen, wo und wie sie zu finden ist. Entscheidend ist die Medienkompetenz der Leserinnen und Nutzer.
Politisches Geplänkel
Das Jahrbuch beginnt mit der Behauptung, das Medienwesen sei der wichtigste (sic!) «Service public» der modernen Gesellschaft. Das Bildungswesen und andere Bereiche des Service public sollen weniger wichtig sein?
Kurt Imhofs politische Schlussfolgerungen zeigen, wo er steht: Die klassischen Medienunternehmen sollen als systemkritisch anerkannt werden und dadurch deutlich mehr staatliche Gelder erhalten. Denn der Staat riskiere den Niedergang der Demokratie, wenn er die «Presse» weiterhin überwiegend unter marktwirtschaftlichen Bedingungen laufen lasse.
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Der Forschungsbereich Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft sammelt Daten und macht Politik. Der Mangel an zeitgemässer Auseinandersetzung mit dem Wandel der Dynamiken zwischen Medientechnologie, Medienbranche und Öffentlichkeit, der Mangel an online-gerechten Qualitätsindikatoren sowie das beschränkte Untersuchungsuniversum führen zu einer Verzerrung der politischen Schlussfolgerungen.
Die Politik aber verlässt sich in der Regel auf die Aussagen der Wissenschaft und sie könnte schlimmstenfalls Massnahmen beschliessen, die den Status Quo zu zementieren versuchen, anstatt sich Gedanken darüber zu machen, wie die Rahmenbedingungen für eine öffentliche Kommunikationsinfrastruktur und -kultur aussehen sollten, die den technologischen Realitäten entspricht und deren Potential ausschöpft.
Natürlich, es gibt noch viel zu tun, was die Qualität des Informationssystems auf allen Ebenen anbelangt. Aber wenn man sich vor Augen führt, welch unglaubliche Entwicklung allein in den vergangenen fünf Jahren stattgefunden hat, dann scheint es opportun, sich nicht nur auf die negativen Aspekte des Medienwandels zu konzentrieren, sondern auch dessen neue Möglichkeiten in die Überlegungen miteinzubeziehen. Das aber wird durch die einseitige Betrachtungsweise des Jahrbuchs von vornherein verhindert.
Marc Böhler war als Projektleiter im Multimediazentrum von Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen sowie als Redaktor bei «NZZ Online» und «NZZ Campus» tätig.
Thom Nagy arbeitete als Journalist und Projektleiter Community bei «20 Minuten Online», bevor er im März 2011 zur «NZZ» wechselte, wo er sich im Bereich Labs Gedanken zur Zukunft des Traditionshauses macht.
Was die Autoren hier schreiben, ist ihre persönliche Meinung.
Siehe dazu auch: Ein wahrer FreundKurt Imhof zur Kritik des «Tages-Anzeigers» am Jahrbuch «Qualität der Medien»Jahrbuch 2011 zur Qualität der Schweizer Medien
october 2011
Audubon Releases Birding the Net, the Opposite of Angry Birds
october 2011
Courtesy of Audubon /Promo image
Birding can be fun. Except when you have to get up early and it's cold. That's why Birding the Net may be so appealing to Internet surfers out there, especially those still wearing pajamas late into the afternoon. Just tongue in cheek, folks, this is about a new social media campaign by Audubon called Birding the Net. Virtual birds have been released all over the series of tubes, and being the first one to catch all of them could net you a grand prize trip to the Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Birding can be fun. Except when you have to get up early and it's cold. That's why Birding the Net may be so appealing to Internet surfers out there, especially those still wearing pajamas late into the afternoon. Just tongue in cheek, folks, this is about a new social media campaign by Audubon called Birding the Net. Virtual birds have been released all over the series of tubes, and being the first one to catch all of them could net you a grand prize trip to the Read the full story on TreeHugger
october 2011
Internet Sucks Up 2% of Global Energy, Study Estimates
october 2011
Steve Parker/CC BY 1.0
Estimating the amount of energy the Internet uses is no small task. We have to take into account everything -- from the embodied energy of Internet-connected devices like smart phones, laptops, e-readers, desktops, cables and wires and of course the servers themselves, as well as the energy consumption of the servers and devices and more. It's a huge task, but two researchers from University of California, Berkeley, Justin Ma and Barath Raghavan, came ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Estimating the amount of energy the Internet uses is no small task. We have to take into account everything -- from the embodied energy of Internet-connected devices like smart phones, laptops, e-readers, desktops, cables and wires and of course the servers themselves, as well as the energy consumption of the servers and devices and more. It's a huge task, but two researchers from University of California, Berkeley, Justin Ma and Barath Raghavan, came ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
october 2011
Die Zukunft heisst «weniger»
october 2011
Nicht Wachstum, sondern Bescheidenheit, nicht noch mehr Technologie, sondern dauerhaftere Produkte sind die Lösung. David Bosshart, Geschäftsführer des Gottlieb Duttweiler Instituts, gibt in seinem Buch «The Age of Less» konkrete Handlungsanweisungen, wie wir eine zukunftsfähige Welt schaffen.
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october 2011
MovingBrands WordPress Theme for Download
october 2011
I only just noticed, but MovingBrands have made their own website theme available as a free download. It comes with all the page templates that they have used themselves, including: blog, work, offer, client-login, studio etc.
The download link is located in the footer far bottom right.
Excellent resource.
Found on http://www.movingbrands.com
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The download link is located in the footer far bottom right.
Excellent resource.
Found on http://www.movingbrands.com
october 2011
Things I Love/Hate about Coffee
october 2011
I was/have been pondering this exact same thought about that shitty white strip. Trying to get it wrapped around the crunched top of a coffee bag is quite the challenge.
Found on http://www.notquitewrong.com
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Found on http://www.notquitewrong.com
october 2011
Dress for Dinner Napkins | by Hector Serrano
october 2011
Spanish designer Héctor Serrano gives a new twist to common objects. Héctor´s products are those objects that make say: "Why did not I think of that?". Here we feature one of is very popular designs, the "Dress for Dinner Napkins" the original napkins come in a set and are available in a variety of styles and colors. Great gift idea.2 Vote(s)
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october 2011
The Anatomy of an Agency Infographic
october 2011
The Anatomy of an Agency Infographic created by Grip Limited.
Originally found via http://copyranter.blogspot.com
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Originally found via http://copyranter.blogspot.com
october 2011
Google Reader and Mac/iOS RSS Readers That Sync
october 2011
Brent Simmons on the recent changes to Google Reader:
I’m not an RSS reader developer any more. But if I were, I’d
start looking for an alternative syncing system right now.
★
from google
I’m not an RSS reader developer any more. But if I were, I’d
start looking for an alternative syncing system right now.
★
october 2011
Troubleshooting a Battery-Sucking iPhone 4S
october 2011
This is one of the nerdiest sentences I’ve written in months, but here goes: I loved this iPhone 4S battery-life troubleshooting story by Chris Breen.
★
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october 2011
The Future of Punctuation
october 2011
The Future of Punctuation includes a cool dudey thing called a Snark. I so want to use a Snark…
Originally found on http://curiositycounts.com
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october 2011
The Rebranding of Ben Sherman
I have a real soft spot for condensed typography like the new Ben Sherman logo created as part of the company’s rebrand by Brinkworth. To some it looks plain and boring, but to me it evokes a particular feeling that I find hard to fully describe.
As a standalone logo I really like it, but when you see it applied as a whole it takes on a new level of awesome.
Original Post Ben There, Done That – Brand New.
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october 2011
I have a real soft spot for condensed typography like the new Ben Sherman logo created as part of the company’s rebrand by Brinkworth. To some it looks plain and boring, but to me it evokes a particular feeling that I find hard to fully describe.
As a standalone logo I really like it, but when you see it applied as a whole it takes on a new level of awesome.
Original Post Ben There, Done That – Brand New.
october 2011
How-to: Put your Mac’s screen corners to good use
october 2011
Mac OS X, like any good operating system with a decade’s worth of development behind it, is full to bursting with little tips and tricks that many users often do not realise are there. Recent Windows switchers, for instance, may not have delved deep enough into System Preferences to find the Hot Corners feature of the OS and turn it on. Even those users who have known about it for a long time may not know another trick that makes it much less intrusive and, therefore, more useful.
What are Hot Corners?
According to the Fitts’s Law, buttons placed on the edges of a screen are easier to hit than anywhere else on it, simply because you cannot overshoot the target. That’s why the menu bar is placed at the top edge of the screen in Mac OS X and the dock at the bottom one. As two of the most central elements of the OS’s UI, it’s important that the user be able to access them quickly.
To extend the usability of the edges of the screen even further, Mac OS X includes a feature that allows you to turn the four corners of the screen into targets that can activate certain features. You can casually slide your mouse over to any one of these corners and, based on your preferences, bring up Mission Control, the Dashboard, the Launchpad or perform any of a number of features.
How do I set them up?
To enable Hot Corners in Lion, launch System Preferences and open the Mission Control preference pane (Exposé and Spaces in Snow Leopard). Click on the Hot Corners button in the lower-right corner of the window.
In the sheet that drops down, you can individually configure each corner of the screen to activate any one of the following features: Mission Control, Application Windows (display all the windows of the current app), Desktop (show the desktop), Dashboard, Launchpad, Start/Disable Screen Saver and Put Display to Sleep.
We have already described the usefulness of the Put Display to Sleep feature in a companion article. You can set the four screen corners to activate the options that you feel are most handy. One particularly nice thing about Hot Corners is that when you use one in the middle of dragging something, it does not get dropped (like it does when you use Multi-touch gestures to do the same thing), making it a really efficient way to perform drag-and-drop operations.
My own Hot Corners settings are shown in the screenshot below:
Once the settings are done, showing your desktop is as easy as sliding your cursor over to the right corner of the display. It can be annoying to use this feature when you try it for the first time, because you will constantly be accidentally triggering the corners, but as with all good things in life, it gets much easier over time. Well, for most people anyway.
What if I am not “most people”?
If you do not want to be saddled with a sensitive corner on your display while you work, possibly because you cannot be bothered to keep your mousing in check while going about using your Mac, but still want the convenience of a Hot Corner, Apple has an alternative for you.
With the Hot Corners sheet visible in the Mission Control preference pane, click on any of the four drop down menus to bring up the list of options for the active screen corners. Now, press any modifier key (like Command, Control, Option or Shift) or a combination of modifier keys and you will see the drop down menu change to reflect that, as shown in the screenshot below:
If you now select any of those options, the particular corner will be enabled, but the feature will only be triggered when you drag your mouse there while simultaneously holding down the modifier key(s) you configured it with. It does require you to use two hands, and is therefore not as convenient as the default option, but is in many ways the best of both worlds.
Wised up that you are now, go put your screen corners to good use, won’t you?
[Header image courtesy of Alexander Chaikin / Shutterstock.com.]
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What are Hot Corners?
According to the Fitts’s Law, buttons placed on the edges of a screen are easier to hit than anywhere else on it, simply because you cannot overshoot the target. That’s why the menu bar is placed at the top edge of the screen in Mac OS X and the dock at the bottom one. As two of the most central elements of the OS’s UI, it’s important that the user be able to access them quickly.
To extend the usability of the edges of the screen even further, Mac OS X includes a feature that allows you to turn the four corners of the screen into targets that can activate certain features. You can casually slide your mouse over to any one of these corners and, based on your preferences, bring up Mission Control, the Dashboard, the Launchpad or perform any of a number of features.
How do I set them up?
To enable Hot Corners in Lion, launch System Preferences and open the Mission Control preference pane (Exposé and Spaces in Snow Leopard). Click on the Hot Corners button in the lower-right corner of the window.
In the sheet that drops down, you can individually configure each corner of the screen to activate any one of the following features: Mission Control, Application Windows (display all the windows of the current app), Desktop (show the desktop), Dashboard, Launchpad, Start/Disable Screen Saver and Put Display to Sleep.
We have already described the usefulness of the Put Display to Sleep feature in a companion article. You can set the four screen corners to activate the options that you feel are most handy. One particularly nice thing about Hot Corners is that when you use one in the middle of dragging something, it does not get dropped (like it does when you use Multi-touch gestures to do the same thing), making it a really efficient way to perform drag-and-drop operations.
My own Hot Corners settings are shown in the screenshot below:
Once the settings are done, showing your desktop is as easy as sliding your cursor over to the right corner of the display. It can be annoying to use this feature when you try it for the first time, because you will constantly be accidentally triggering the corners, but as with all good things in life, it gets much easier over time. Well, for most people anyway.
What if I am not “most people”?
If you do not want to be saddled with a sensitive corner on your display while you work, possibly because you cannot be bothered to keep your mousing in check while going about using your Mac, but still want the convenience of a Hot Corner, Apple has an alternative for you.
With the Hot Corners sheet visible in the Mission Control preference pane, click on any of the four drop down menus to bring up the list of options for the active screen corners. Now, press any modifier key (like Command, Control, Option or Shift) or a combination of modifier keys and you will see the drop down menu change to reflect that, as shown in the screenshot below:
If you now select any of those options, the particular corner will be enabled, but the feature will only be triggered when you drag your mouse there while simultaneously holding down the modifier key(s) you configured it with. It does require you to use two hands, and is therefore not as convenient as the default option, but is in many ways the best of both worlds.
Wised up that you are now, go put your screen corners to good use, won’t you?
[Header image courtesy of Alexander Chaikin / Shutterstock.com.]
october 2011
«Sexualität und Wahrheit: Der Wille zum Wissen» von Michel Foucault
october 2011
1976 erschien in Paris das Buch «La volonté de savoir» («Der Wille zum Wissen») als erster Band einer geplanten «Histoire de la sexualité», zu deutsch «Sexualität und Wahrheit» von Michel Foucault. «Wie eine Leuchtrakete» sei das Werk damals eingeschlagen, sagt der Schweizer Literaturwissenschaftler Martin Stingelin. Stingelin ist Professor in Dortmund und profunder Foucault-Kenner: als Übersetzer, Herausgeber und Interpret kennt er das Werk des französischen Soziologen von Grund auf. 2009 erschien von ihm die Foucault-Monographie «absolute Michel Foucault». Mit Martin Stingelin unterhält sich Brigitte Häring.
from google
october 2011
RA: Electronic music production: A beginner's diary - Interview
october 2011
Electronic music production: A beginner's diary - Interview
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october 2011
Des post-it bracelets !
october 2011
Créés par Doriane Favre, voici les post-it que vous allez pouvoir vous accrocher au poignet, pour être désormais sur et certain de ne plus laisser filer vos tâches et obligations quotidiennes dans un coin (bien planqué) de votre esprit ! Novateur, offrant des dimensions de 21 x 4 cm et vendus par 100, ils sont d’ores et déjà disponibles sur ce site pour la somme de 9.80€.
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Post-It
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october 2011
Can We See Through Symbols?
Sometimes there are no words, nor need there be. When I came across this image, I was instantly no longer reading a newspaper. A moment before, I had been habitually scanning for information, considering arguments, making judgments, and otherwise getting orientated for the day. And then I was in another place entirely: a place of suffering and consolation, and of both mortality and the possibility of something eternal.
I had entered a featureless room of earth tones and shadows, as if the anteroom to the underworld, only to see two sides of the human condition: one terribly exposed, and the other disturbingly dark. It seems an intensely personal moment and yet profoundly universal. One looks in vain for some way to reduce the terror lurking in the image, to learn enough so that it can be placed back into a sense of order, movement, resolution. But no face can be seen, and the light illuminating his body is absorbed completely by her black cowl.
The news was still there to be had by way of the caption: “A woman took care of a wounded relative on Saturday inside a mosque being used as a hospital by demonstrators against the government in the Yemeni capital.” The accompanying report added more. But I hadn’t seen merely a woman or a wounded relative. I had seen man’s naked, vulnerable flesh and his throat exposed as if for the slaughter. And I had seen a figure veiled in black holding the victim firmly, almost possessively, as if there were nothing else that could be done. And, of course, I had seen a pieta, the classic image in Christian iconography of Mary, the mother of Jesus, holding his broken body after it has been taken down from the cross.
The pieta is more Roman Catholic than Protestant, but though not Catholic I had no trouble seeing that artistic form as it is part of my cultural heritage. Whatever the unknown photographer may have intended, the comparison is there to be made and to motivate a powerful emotional and ethical response to the image. But should it matter that the two people in the photograph are almost certainly Muslim? Although Islam defines itself as the heir of Judaism and Christianity, the artistic traditions could not be farther apart at this point, for the suggestion that we might be looking at the image of god would be blasphemous. Worse yet, another reason the image is so powerful is that the black, hooded figure can also be seen as an angel of death claiming another soul. This demonic vision not only must be far from the truth of the scene, but also sits well with deep-set prejudice.
Thus, the dilemma: On the one hand, seeing the two figures through the cultural lens of the pieta may frame response in a manner that is profoundly appropriate. Doing so provides intense identification across cultural barriers to reach universal truths of human experience. On the other hand, transposing their experience into another culture’s symbolism can seriously distort the actual relationship of those in the photograph, while also suggesting a false universality on Christian terms precisely when one ought to be laying down such presumptions about how well people can understand one another on sight.
Thus, we need to see through symbols, but in both senses of the verb: to use them to see more than we might see otherwise, and to recognize and look past their limitations to see what they would distort or occlude. Nor is this double vision limited to matters theological.
“Libyan fighters regrouped Tuesday during the siege of Surt.” (The story is here.) Uh huh, and irregular troops taking a cigarette break is news? Once again, we are being taken somewhere else, to a place where a death’s head and the peace symbol are part of the same identity. Once again, darkness and light work together to feature two dimensions of human experience; if less complementary in principle, they are eased together by the global consumer economy. Culture in the digital age is all about mash ups, but this also could be a study in either irony or illegibility. You tell me.
Photographs by an unidentified photographer and Mauricio Lima for The New York Times.
no_caption_needed
from google
october 2011
Sometimes there are no words, nor need there be. When I came across this image, I was instantly no longer reading a newspaper. A moment before, I had been habitually scanning for information, considering arguments, making judgments, and otherwise getting orientated for the day. And then I was in another place entirely: a place of suffering and consolation, and of both mortality and the possibility of something eternal.
I had entered a featureless room of earth tones and shadows, as if the anteroom to the underworld, only to see two sides of the human condition: one terribly exposed, and the other disturbingly dark. It seems an intensely personal moment and yet profoundly universal. One looks in vain for some way to reduce the terror lurking in the image, to learn enough so that it can be placed back into a sense of order, movement, resolution. But no face can be seen, and the light illuminating his body is absorbed completely by her black cowl.
The news was still there to be had by way of the caption: “A woman took care of a wounded relative on Saturday inside a mosque being used as a hospital by demonstrators against the government in the Yemeni capital.” The accompanying report added more. But I hadn’t seen merely a woman or a wounded relative. I had seen man’s naked, vulnerable flesh and his throat exposed as if for the slaughter. And I had seen a figure veiled in black holding the victim firmly, almost possessively, as if there were nothing else that could be done. And, of course, I had seen a pieta, the classic image in Christian iconography of Mary, the mother of Jesus, holding his broken body after it has been taken down from the cross.
The pieta is more Roman Catholic than Protestant, but though not Catholic I had no trouble seeing that artistic form as it is part of my cultural heritage. Whatever the unknown photographer may have intended, the comparison is there to be made and to motivate a powerful emotional and ethical response to the image. But should it matter that the two people in the photograph are almost certainly Muslim? Although Islam defines itself as the heir of Judaism and Christianity, the artistic traditions could not be farther apart at this point, for the suggestion that we might be looking at the image of god would be blasphemous. Worse yet, another reason the image is so powerful is that the black, hooded figure can also be seen as an angel of death claiming another soul. This demonic vision not only must be far from the truth of the scene, but also sits well with deep-set prejudice.
Thus, the dilemma: On the one hand, seeing the two figures through the cultural lens of the pieta may frame response in a manner that is profoundly appropriate. Doing so provides intense identification across cultural barriers to reach universal truths of human experience. On the other hand, transposing their experience into another culture’s symbolism can seriously distort the actual relationship of those in the photograph, while also suggesting a false universality on Christian terms precisely when one ought to be laying down such presumptions about how well people can understand one another on sight.
Thus, we need to see through symbols, but in both senses of the verb: to use them to see more than we might see otherwise, and to recognize and look past their limitations to see what they would distort or occlude. Nor is this double vision limited to matters theological.
“Libyan fighters regrouped Tuesday during the siege of Surt.” (The story is here.) Uh huh, and irregular troops taking a cigarette break is news? Once again, we are being taken somewhere else, to a place where a death’s head and the peace symbol are part of the same identity. Once again, darkness and light work together to feature two dimensions of human experience; if less complementary in principle, they are eased together by the global consumer economy. Culture in the digital age is all about mash ups, but this also could be a study in either irony or illegibility. You tell me.
Photographs by an unidentified photographer and Mauricio Lima for The New York Times.
october 2011
Teenage Mutant Ninja Caniche ?
october 2011
Alors là, comment dire… Hmmmm, j’en reste sans voix quelque part !
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Cosplay
Divers
Fun
TMNT
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october 2011
Yes, PENGUIN SWEATERS
october 2011
The recent New Zealand oil spill left many penguins in need of warmth and protection. Sweaters were used to prevent the birds from preening their feathers and ingesting the toxic oil. So far, enough sweaters have been knit to cover the little guys, so you can put your knitting needles away for now.
WAIT A MIN!!!
How did this kitten get in here!?!
Still want to learn how to knit a penguin jumper? Here’s how.
Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Birds
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WAIT A MIN!!!
How did this kitten get in here!?!
Still want to learn how to knit a penguin jumper? Here’s how.
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october 2011
Logo Design Ideas: Trusting Your Client Over Your Own Gut
october 2011
I had an interesting situation with a very recent client which helped me reaffirm that what I may believe to be right, or most appropriate, for my client may not be right or most appropriate after all.
It was not so much about my choice being wrong or even inappropriate, but that in this case my preferred choice was not the clients choice.
Herein is a lesson in not being an arrogant twat.
A little background
I was approached to work on a highly secretive logo project—it’s still under wraps at time of writing—with a rather tight time frame of 2 weeks. The thing that intrigued me was the name of this new company, and that it would provide a very challenging project in terms of how best to visualise their brand.
I gladly took the project, and spurred on by a generous budget eagerly set to work with my pencil and sketch book.
The agreement was that I would provide the client with all my sketches, thoughts, ideas when I felt I was fresh out of juice. At this early stage the client was not really sure in what direction to take the branding so wanted to see a selection of polar opposite ideas so that the most appropriate one would jump out.
I don’t often do this, but in this case the client was very sure about being able to work through rough idea after rough idea without getting confused or overwhelmed.
Skip 2 Weeks
Time to scan in all the pages of sketches and prepare any digital mock-ups that I had done to send over to the client.
There were a few clear favourite logo designs with one leading design that I felt summed up the brand as well as being a totally awesome play on their tag-line. I was sure that when the client saw all the ideas against my personal favourite they would agree. To help with their decision making I also took time to better prepare my idea to show it in context, and basically push it over the others.
I was so sure they would see the reasoning I put behind this logo idea which was logically conceived as well as having a quaint and visually charming logo mark.
Fail
Given the title of this post it would then come as no surprise that they didn’t choose my idea, but in fact choose a variation of one of my other preferred solutions, but this variation should not have been shown to the client. It slipped in and I was kicking myself for being such a dick head.
Truth be told I was slightly cursing under my breath whilst trying to plan my return strike so that they would ultimately have no choice but to listen to me.
No Movement
Should also come as no surprise that although the client agreed that my reasoning was very sound they simply liked this other idea much more.
Internally I just could not get behind it, but on the exterior I acted like a rational adult.
A Week Later
A week had provided me with some time to get over myself, and accept I was not in control, and we progressed with the project.
The next stage was the design of the business cards so I was determined to do what I could to pull all this together in a way I could be pleased with.
With the business card taking shape I realised my whole opinion of the logo design was changing as I was imagining certain print effects being utilised. Two sheets of 180gm uncoated white card stuck together would give us the chance to emboss both sides with this very minimally designed logo mark.
All of a sudden I could see the finished result and a renewed sense of excitement and enthusiasm came my way. No longer did the logo suck, but it now totally owned this business card.
Simply
Even though you may feel a client is not listening to you on the choice of final logo design, it can lead to a happy ending.
I was so caught up with my own sense of what I wanted for them that I almost totally neglected to see it from their side.
I think the extreme rushed nature of the project as well as the rather unorthodox prep and presention of the ideas contributed to loosing sight of the bigger picture.
The Client Was Right
In this case the client called it totally right, and I am so very pleased they didn’t buckle under my protests.
Ironically I always tell clients never to rush into making a decision the moment they see the first batch of logo designs. I ask them to sit on them for a few days before analysing and making rushed decisions. If after a few days they are still unhappy then we move on.
On more than a few occasions I have sensed their unhappiness at seeing the first ideas, but to then see a change in their opinions 3-5 days later resulting in a positive reaction, and a keenness to proceed.
I could have/should have listend to my own advice instead of becoming ever so slightly stubborn, and saved myself from some internal head butting.
The client was right, in their final choice of logo design, and for that I am happy because I can totally see that they were.
And The Moral Is?
If you find yourself in a similar situation, where you are doubting the saneness of your client after seeing them choose what you feel is the the worst possible design, then take a breath and give it a chance.
You could help yourself by only showing the client the ideas you feel are worthy, but we are not always in that position. As much as I swear on the ideals of only giving the clients the best of the best we can find ourselves giving in and showing EVERYTHING we have done.
We can be our own worst client.
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It was not so much about my choice being wrong or even inappropriate, but that in this case my preferred choice was not the clients choice.
Herein is a lesson in not being an arrogant twat.
A little background
I was approached to work on a highly secretive logo project—it’s still under wraps at time of writing—with a rather tight time frame of 2 weeks. The thing that intrigued me was the name of this new company, and that it would provide a very challenging project in terms of how best to visualise their brand.
I gladly took the project, and spurred on by a generous budget eagerly set to work with my pencil and sketch book.
The agreement was that I would provide the client with all my sketches, thoughts, ideas when I felt I was fresh out of juice. At this early stage the client was not really sure in what direction to take the branding so wanted to see a selection of polar opposite ideas so that the most appropriate one would jump out.
I don’t often do this, but in this case the client was very sure about being able to work through rough idea after rough idea without getting confused or overwhelmed.
Skip 2 Weeks
Time to scan in all the pages of sketches and prepare any digital mock-ups that I had done to send over to the client.
There were a few clear favourite logo designs with one leading design that I felt summed up the brand as well as being a totally awesome play on their tag-line. I was sure that when the client saw all the ideas against my personal favourite they would agree. To help with their decision making I also took time to better prepare my idea to show it in context, and basically push it over the others.
I was so sure they would see the reasoning I put behind this logo idea which was logically conceived as well as having a quaint and visually charming logo mark.
Fail
Given the title of this post it would then come as no surprise that they didn’t choose my idea, but in fact choose a variation of one of my other preferred solutions, but this variation should not have been shown to the client. It slipped in and I was kicking myself for being such a dick head.
Truth be told I was slightly cursing under my breath whilst trying to plan my return strike so that they would ultimately have no choice but to listen to me.
No Movement
Should also come as no surprise that although the client agreed that my reasoning was very sound they simply liked this other idea much more.
Internally I just could not get behind it, but on the exterior I acted like a rational adult.
A Week Later
A week had provided me with some time to get over myself, and accept I was not in control, and we progressed with the project.
The next stage was the design of the business cards so I was determined to do what I could to pull all this together in a way I could be pleased with.
With the business card taking shape I realised my whole opinion of the logo design was changing as I was imagining certain print effects being utilised. Two sheets of 180gm uncoated white card stuck together would give us the chance to emboss both sides with this very minimally designed logo mark.
All of a sudden I could see the finished result and a renewed sense of excitement and enthusiasm came my way. No longer did the logo suck, but it now totally owned this business card.
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Even though you may feel a client is not listening to you on the choice of final logo design, it can lead to a happy ending.
I was so caught up with my own sense of what I wanted for them that I almost totally neglected to see it from their side.
I think the extreme rushed nature of the project as well as the rather unorthodox prep and presention of the ideas contributed to loosing sight of the bigger picture.
The Client Was Right
In this case the client called it totally right, and I am so very pleased they didn’t buckle under my protests.
Ironically I always tell clients never to rush into making a decision the moment they see the first batch of logo designs. I ask them to sit on them for a few days before analysing and making rushed decisions. If after a few days they are still unhappy then we move on.
On more than a few occasions I have sensed their unhappiness at seeing the first ideas, but to then see a change in their opinions 3-5 days later resulting in a positive reaction, and a keenness to proceed.
I could have/should have listend to my own advice instead of becoming ever so slightly stubborn, and saved myself from some internal head butting.
The client was right, in their final choice of logo design, and for that I am happy because I can totally see that they were.
And The Moral Is?
If you find yourself in a similar situation, where you are doubting the saneness of your client after seeing them choose what you feel is the the worst possible design, then take a breath and give it a chance.
You could help yourself by only showing the client the ideas you feel are worthy, but we are not always in that position. As much as I swear on the ideals of only giving the clients the best of the best we can find ourselves giving in and showing EVERYTHING we have done.
We can be our own worst client.
october 2011
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Reporters Without Borders Voices
october 2011
Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF/ Reporters without Borders) in Belgium ran a talking print advertisement to raise awareness of the dangers faced by journalists in countries where press freedom is repressed. Two press photographers had died in Libya in April 2010. RSF ran print advertisements showing a person with a reputation for clamping down on press freedom (Gadaffi, Putin, Ahmadinedjad) , with a QR code in the bottom corner. By scanning this code and putting your iPhone on the mouth of the predator, you could hear a journalist tell the true story of that country. “Because some mouths will never speak the truth”. The campaign gave viewers a link to the RSF website where they could learn more about the organisation’s activities and order the book “100 Photographs for Press Freedom”. The talking ads are also online at rsf.reed.be in French and English.
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The Voice campaign spread beyond Belgium, particularly among people from Iran and Lybia, who found a clear symbol for their own battle. It was largely shared on social networks and made people speak about the matter of ‘press freedom’.
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The Voice campaign was developed at Publicis Brussels by copywriter Kwint Demeyer, art director Daniel Vandenbroucke, creative director Paul Servaes, creative director Alain Janssens, agency producer Dominique Ruys, digital account director Nadia Dafir, web design developer Denis Evlard, shooting/editor Dimitri Ryelandt, account manager Mikaël Ogor, strategic planners Vincent d’Halluin and Tom Theys.
Photography was sourced from Getty Images. Translators were Fabrice Storti and Richard Welss.
Filming was shot by director/producer Gunther Campine via Rabbit, Brussels with executive producer Ruben Goots, director of photography Kassim Ahmed, editor Jan Hameeuw.
Visual effects/post production were done at The Fridge. Sound was designed by Yves De Mey at Sonicville. Sound was produced Think N Talk.
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The Voice campaign spread beyond Belgium, particularly among people from Iran and Lybia, who found a clear symbol for their own battle. It was largely shared on social networks and made people speak about the matter of ‘press freedom’.
Credits
The Voice campaign was developed at Publicis Brussels by copywriter Kwint Demeyer, art director Daniel Vandenbroucke, creative director Paul Servaes, creative director Alain Janssens, agency producer Dominique Ruys, digital account director Nadia Dafir, web design developer Denis Evlard, shooting/editor Dimitri Ryelandt, account manager Mikaël Ogor, strategic planners Vincent d’Halluin and Tom Theys.
Photography was sourced from Getty Images. Translators were Fabrice Storti and Richard Welss.
Filming was shot by director/producer Gunther Campine via Rabbit, Brussels with executive producer Ruben Goots, director of photography Kassim Ahmed, editor Jan Hameeuw.
Visual effects/post production were done at The Fridge. Sound was designed by Yves De Mey at Sonicville. Sound was produced Think N Talk.
october 2011
Upcoming changes to Reader: a new look, new Google+ features, and some clean-up
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Posted by Alan Green, Software Engineer
In the next week, we’ll be making some highly requested changes to Google Reader. First, we’re going to introduce a brand new design (like many of Google’s other products) that we hope you love. Second, we’re going to bring Reader and Google+ closer together, so you can share the best of your feeds with just the right circles.
As a result of these changes, we also think it's important to clean things up a bit. Many of Reader's social features will soon be available via Google+, so in a week's time we'll be retiring things like friending, following and shared link blogs inside of Reader.
We think the end result is better than what's available today, and you can sign up for Google+ right now to start prepping Reader-specific circles. We recognize, however, that some of you may feel like the product is no longer for you. That's why we will also be extending Reader's subscription export feature to include the following items. Your data belongs to you, after all, and we want to make sure you can take it with you.
Your subscriptions
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Like always, the new Google Reader will be a great place to read and share your feeds. And in addition to Google+, you'll still be able to share to almost any service using Send To. We're looking forward to launching the new features very soon.
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In the next week, we’ll be making some highly requested changes to Google Reader. First, we’re going to introduce a brand new design (like many of Google’s other products) that we hope you love. Second, we’re going to bring Reader and Google+ closer together, so you can share the best of your feeds with just the right circles.
As a result of these changes, we also think it's important to clean things up a bit. Many of Reader's social features will soon be available via Google+, so in a week's time we'll be retiring things like friending, following and shared link blogs inside of Reader.
We think the end result is better than what's available today, and you can sign up for Google+ right now to start prepping Reader-specific circles. We recognize, however, that some of you may feel like the product is no longer for you. That's why we will also be extending Reader's subscription export feature to include the following items. Your data belongs to you, after all, and we want to make sure you can take it with you.
Your subscriptions
Your shared items
Your friends
Your likes
Your starred items
Like always, the new Google Reader will be a great place to read and share your feeds. And in addition to Google+, you'll still be able to share to almost any service using Send To. We're looking forward to launching the new features very soon.
october 2011
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We’re pleased to announce our Google+ integration is here! As one of the first services with Google+ available, our entire team worked hard to design, develop, test and launch this brand new integration.
Your G+ display includes Posts you share as well as your basic profile information. We’ll be updating it as Google includes additional functionality.
Click the “Add A Service” button on your about.me page, or head to your Services tab, to connect to your Google+ profile.
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Your G+ display includes Posts you share as well as your basic profile information. We’ll be updating it as Google includes additional functionality.
Click the “Add A Service” button on your about.me page, or head to your Services tab, to connect to your Google+ profile.
october 2011
Dazed Digital | RISE: Woodkid
october 2011
RISE: Woodkid - Having just released his intense debut EP entitled, 'Iron', the French video director and musician talks to us about his current obsession with pipes and Lana Del Rey
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Die Schweiz wird urbaner und globaler. Das löst Sehnsucht nach der Vielfalt aus: als Widerstand, Trotz und Folklore.
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Wurst und Wald
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Warum steckt in der Wurst auch Wald? Wie hängt unser hoher Fleischkonsum mit dem Klimawandel zusammen? Welche Folgen hat das Ganze für die Welternährung? Der WWF ruft Jugendliche im Alter zwischen 15 und 20 Jahren dazu auf, diesen und ähnlichen Fragen auf den Grund zu gehen und startet hierzu unter dem Motto „Ist dir der Wald Wurst?“ einen Wettbewerb für Nachwuchsjournalisten und Schülerzeitungen. Unter www.wwf-jugend.de/fleischfrage können sich ab sofort alle Interessierten anmelden und ihre Beiträge einreichen. Einsendeschluss ist der 12. Februar 2012. In Live-Chats haben die Teilnehmer zudem die Möglichkeit, Experten mit ihren Fragen zu konfrontieren.
In den Kategorien „Bester Artikel“ und „Beste Schülerzeitung“ wählt eine fünfköpfige Jury ihre Favoriten, im Anschluss entscheidet ein Online-Voting in der WWF Jugend-Community über die Sieger. Der besten Schülerzeitungsredaktion und den Autoren der drei besten Einzelartikel winken die Teilnahme an einem Workshop zum Thema Umweltkommunikation sowie am weltumspannenden WWF-Event Earth Hour 2012 in Berlin. Alle Kosten, wie auch Anreise und Unterkunft in der Hauptstadt, übernimmt der WWF.
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Der Wettbewerb ist Teil der Aktion „Fleischfrage“, mit der der WWF zum Nachdenken über unseren massiven Fleischkonsum anregen möchte. Was früher ein feierlicher Sonntagsbraten war, ist heute zu einem billigen Alltagsprodukt mutiert. Was bedeutet dieser Wandel – für uns, für die Umwelt, für unseren Planeten?
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In den Kategorien „Bester Artikel“ und „Beste Schülerzeitung“ wählt eine fünfköpfige Jury ihre Favoriten, im Anschluss entscheidet ein Online-Voting in der WWF Jugend-Community über die Sieger. Der besten Schülerzeitungsredaktion und den Autoren der drei besten Einzelartikel winken die Teilnahme an einem Workshop zum Thema Umweltkommunikation sowie am weltumspannenden WWF-Event Earth Hour 2012 in Berlin. Alle Kosten, wie auch Anreise und Unterkunft in der Hauptstadt, übernimmt der WWF.
Hintergrund:
Der Wettbewerb ist Teil der Aktion „Fleischfrage“, mit der der WWF zum Nachdenken über unseren massiven Fleischkonsum anregen möchte. Was früher ein feierlicher Sonntagsbraten war, ist heute zu einem billigen Alltagsprodukt mutiert. Was bedeutet dieser Wandel – für uns, für die Umwelt, für unseren Planeten?
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october 2011
My Blackberry Is Not Working! - The One Ronnie, Preview - BBC One
october 2011
I liked a YouTube video: More about this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wyj62
Ronnie Corbett and Harry Enfield star in this fruity sketch from The One Ronnie, written by Dawson Bros.
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october 2011
Remember those faster-than-light neutrinos? Great, now forget 'em
october 2011
A week ago the world went wild over CERN's tentative claim that it could make neutrinos travel faster than light. Suddenly, intergalactic tourism and day trips to the real Jurassic Park were back on the menu, despite everything Einstein said. Now, however, a team of scientists at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands reckons it's come up with a more plausible (and disappointing) explanation of what happened: the GPS satellites used to measure the departure and arrival times of the racing neutrinos were themselves subject to Einsteinian effects, because they were in motion relative to the experiment. This relative motion wasn't properly taken into account, but it would have decreased the neutrinos' apparent journey time. The Dutch scientists calculated the error and came up with the 64 nanoseconds. Sound familiar? That's because it's almost exactly the margin by which CERN's neutrinos were supposed to have beaten light. So, it's Monday morning, Alpha Centauri and medieval jousting tournaments remain as out of reach as ever, and we just thought we'd let you know.Remember those faster-than-light neutrinos? Great, now forget 'em originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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october 2011
Stefano Boeri's Vertical Forest Under Construction in Milan
october 2011
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It looks like one of those jazzy renderings we show of vertical farm fantasies, but this one is real and under construction. It is Stefano Boeri's Bosco Verticale, or Vertical Forest, being built in Milan....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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It looks like one of those jazzy renderings we show of vertical farm fantasies, but this one is real and under construction. It is Stefano Boeri's Bosco Verticale, or Vertical Forest, being built in Milan....Read the full story on TreeHugger
october 2011
True Loves music video
october 2011
A music video I made for a remix of the band Hooray for Earth by Cereal Spiller. Its a journey through fractal isometric geometry, something I’ve always wanted to make a video about.
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october 2011
iPhone 4S: How to Teach Siri to Tweet
october 2011
One of the limitations of the iPhone 4S’s intelligent assistant Siri is its inability to speak your tweets into the iPhone‘s Twitter app. Here’s a quick workaround for that:
1. In your Mac or PC browser version of Twitter, you must first enable Twitter text messaging (if you've already done this, you can skip to step 5). Do this by clicking on the drop-down list on the top right (next to your twitter handle) and selecting Settings. Keep in mind that if you don't have unlimited texting, this could get expensive.
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1. In your Mac or PC browser version of Twitter, you must first enable Twitter text messaging (if you've already done this, you can skip to step 5). Do this by clicking on the drop-down list on the top right (next to your twitter handle) and selecting Settings. Keep in mind that if you don't have unlimited texting, this could get expensive.
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october 2011
John Cale – “Catastrofuk” Video
october 2011
Velvet Underground figurehead John Cale’s new video for “Catastrofuk” is a pretty freaky scene (basically, The Alice In Wonderland tea party scene + the moon!) which coincides with the controlled chaos of the track. The director is Eden Cale, his daughter, capping off a monumental week in directorial work by rock daughters. The collaboration seems a little more seamless than the one his former VU bandmate is currently working on.
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october 2011
Die Natur gibt es nicht
october 2011
Ob Klimawandel oder Umweltzerstörung: Die grossen Themen der Gegenwart handeln von der Natur. Bislang wurden diese Probleme den Naturwissenschaftlern überlassen, doch die Naturphilosophie könnte die heutigen Debatten weiterbringen. Diese Ansicht vertritt der Philosoph Michael Hampe von der ETH Zürich, der in seinem neuen Buch «Tunguska» vier tote Wissenschaftler aufeinandertreffen und über das Wesen der Natur debattieren lässt.
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october 2011
Dueling Tumblrs: When the Personal is Visual
october 2011
The Occupy Wall Street protests have entered the phase where they have the attention of the mainstream media but now have to struggle to get their message out. The problem is twofold: the movement has more messages than organization, and the press can be astonishingly thick-headed about what happens outside of their usual ambit. Even though they had a full-time propaganda machine in Fox News, the Tea Party had the same problem. Now as then, the press is asking, “Just who are these people? To answer that question, someone started a Tumblr site, “We are the 99 percent.”
Each entry consists of someone writing a personal statement and holding it up to the camera. The paper comes from notepads, the photos are not in any way professional, and everything about the presentation underscores that these stories come directly from everyday life in an anxious time. Economics gets personal, and the personal is political once again. These citizens are making public statements to whoever will listen, in the hope that the government can begin to undo the damage it has caused by deregulation, regressive tax cuts, and unnecessary wars.
Public statement invite public debate, and it didn’t take long for a counter-site to emerge.
“We are the 53%” refers to the 53 percent of Americans who pay income taxes. Ironically, as the deep tax cuts and public sector job losses created by Republican policies have taken wage earners off the tax rolls, the right wing feels even more aggrieved. (Joe Klein sets out this point in more detail.) Nor does the 53% include social security, property, or sales taxes, etc., but who’s counting? In any case, the use of visual statements is interesting, and the debate is doing what democracies should do: get people to compare their experiences in order to work out some basis for agreement among conflicting viewpoints.
But when you get personal, you also had better be ready to take your lumps. Here’s the guy who apparently started the 53% site:
As Brad Delong notes, the job count might involve some fuzzy math. And then there are the two houses. Even when you don’t say a word, politics ain’t bean bag.
Photos are from the Tumblr sites. Thanks to Pandagon for the fair and balanced leads. A slide show of protest signs on the street is here.
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Each entry consists of someone writing a personal statement and holding it up to the camera. The paper comes from notepads, the photos are not in any way professional, and everything about the presentation underscores that these stories come directly from everyday life in an anxious time. Economics gets personal, and the personal is political once again. These citizens are making public statements to whoever will listen, in the hope that the government can begin to undo the damage it has caused by deregulation, regressive tax cuts, and unnecessary wars.
Public statement invite public debate, and it didn’t take long for a counter-site to emerge.
“We are the 53%” refers to the 53 percent of Americans who pay income taxes. Ironically, as the deep tax cuts and public sector job losses created by Republican policies have taken wage earners off the tax rolls, the right wing feels even more aggrieved. (Joe Klein sets out this point in more detail.) Nor does the 53% include social security, property, or sales taxes, etc., but who’s counting? In any case, the use of visual statements is interesting, and the debate is doing what democracies should do: get people to compare their experiences in order to work out some basis for agreement among conflicting viewpoints.
But when you get personal, you also had better be ready to take your lumps. Here’s the guy who apparently started the 53% site:
As Brad Delong notes, the job count might involve some fuzzy math. And then there are the two houses. Even when you don’t say a word, politics ain’t bean bag.
Photos are from the Tumblr sites. Thanks to Pandagon for the fair and balanced leads. A slide show of protest signs on the street is here.
october 2011
Paradeplatz besetzen - Jugend und Kapitalismuskritik
october 2011
Aus dem arabischen Frühling wurde der amerikanische Herbst. Seit vier Wochen halten Jugendliche die Wall Street besetzt. «Occupy Wall Street» heisst die Bewegung, die sich mittlerweile ausbreitet. Jetzt soll auch der Paradeplatz in Zürich besetzt werden. Was treibt die Jugend an?Diese Frage diskutieren Lotta Suter, Journalistin und Kennerin der USA, Philipp Löpfe, Bankenspezialist und Publizist, sowie Ueli Mäder, Professor für Soziologie an der Universität Basel.
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Thanks to my friend Eric Horton for today’s comic idea (plus for the seven hours of rigorous coffee tasting needed to verify this comic).
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Incredible Spiral Illustrations by Chan Hwee Chong for Faber Castell
october 2011
To demonstrate their Artist Pens, Faber Castell had Singapore-based art director and designer Chan Hwee Chong create meticulous spiral drawings of three masterpieces using their pens. In case the drawings themselves aren’t proof enough of Chong’s skill, a video was shot by Eric Yeo as he draws Girl With A Pearl Earring. This is advertising at its best. See more on Behance.
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Incredible Spiral Illustrations by Chan Hwee Chong for Faber Castell
october 2011
To demonstrate their Artist Pens, Faber Castell had Singapore-based art director and designer Chan Hwee Chong create meticulous spiral drawings of three masterpieces using their pens. In case the drawings themselves aren’t proof enough of Chong’s skill, a video was shot by Eric Yeo as he draws Girl With A Pearl Earring. This is advertising at its best. See more on Behance.
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Cool Lamps Made Of Coffee Cups, Spoons & Filters By Christian DuCharme
october 2011
Photos: Christian Ducharme via CollabCubed
On display at New York City's Lafayette Espresso Bar + Market is a lighting design that coffee junkies will no doubt appreciate. Created by Swiss designer Christian DuCharme, this custom-made lamp was made with 300 of NYC's iconic "It's Our Pleasure To Serve You" coffee cupsRead the full story on TreeHugger
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On display at New York City's Lafayette Espresso Bar + Market is a lighting design that coffee junkies will no doubt appreciate. Created by Swiss designer Christian DuCharme, this custom-made lamp was made with 300 of NYC's iconic "It's Our Pleasure To Serve You" coffee cupsRead the full story on TreeHugger
october 2011
Kanton Bern stärkt Biodiversität–Appell - Berner Zeitung
october 2011
Kanton Bern stärkt Biodiversität–AppellBerner ZeitungDer Kanton Bern sieht sich mit seinem Aktionsprogramm zur Stärkung der Biodiversität auf Kurs. Das machte Volkswirtschaftsdirektor Andreas Rickenbacher am Mittwoch vor den Medien in Oberösch deutlich. Der Appell geht an den Bund und die Bauern. ...Eine Chance für Umwelt und LandwirtschaftBieler TagblattBern: "Förderprogramm Biodiverisität" ist auf Kursschweizerbauer.chBern will mehr Geld20 Minuten OnlineAlle 6 Artikel »
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october 2011
Kanton stärkt Biodiversität – und kritisiert den Bund - Der Bund
october 2011
Kanton stärkt Biodiversität – und kritisiert den BundDer BundDer Kanton Bern sieht sich mit seinem Aktionsprogramm zur Stärkung der Biodiversität auf Kurs. Sorgen bereiten aber die rückläufigen Bundesbeiträge. Der Kanton stärkt die Biodiversität – und fordert mehr Mittel vom Bund. ...Eine Chance für Umwelt und LandwirtschaftBieler TagblattAlle 2 Artikel »
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october 2011
Offrez vous le blouson de Akira
october 2011
A l’occasion des 30 ans du manga Akira, Bandai vient de sortir au Japon la réplique de la fameuse veste de Kaneda Shotaro ! Disponible pour 900$ jusqu’en XXXL.
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