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Point/Counterpoint
An important list of the subtle differences between the tech centers of SF and London. Important because more than half our studio has a foot in either place.
funny  list  blog 
march 2009 by mdn
313 - A Handy Map of San Francisco Bay [Strange Maps]
This 'Handy Map of San Francisco' does not say why or whether it is absolutely necessary to paint your right thumbnail black to create the effect of San Francisco.
blog  SF  visualization  California  SanFrancisco  Maps  travel 
september 2008 by mdn
Making money twice - [37signals]
That's roughly $765,000 over a few years off roughly the same content. Insight and ideas about how we run our business.
37Signals  Business  Blog  Money 
september 2008 by mdn
World War II Codebreaking Remembered [The Encyclopedia Vulcanica]
And that most importantly, were it not for the works of invention and genius performed at Bletchley Park in contribution to defeating the Nazis, your entire way of life could be markedly different.
opinion  blog  vizzina  Bletchley  Codebreakers  WWII  Enigma  Newmanry 
september 2008 by mdn
Big black holes [Jason kottke]
Put another way, if you had 99 duodecillion dollars, you could buy as many PlayStation 3s as you wanted. Blows your mind, right?
funny  short-post  kottke  blog  blackholes 
september 2008 by mdn
Large Hadron Collider nearly ready - The Big Picture - [Boston.com]
n of photographs from CERN, showing various stages of completion of the LHC and several of its larger experiments (some over seven stories tall), over the past several years.
blog  Research  technology  photography  Science  gallery  tech  switzerland 
august 2008 by mdn
felix sockwell / icons for iPhone
Felix draws for the iPhone, and explains it for us.
Blog  drawing  graphics  icon  illustration  NYtimes  Process  Sockwell 
july 2008 by mdn
Museum of Notebooks
As it says, a diligently collected pile of notebooks from around the globe.
notebook  book  Blog  Museum 
july 2008 by mdn
Web 2.0, Ubiquity, Sustainability and Consumer Rights [WorldChanging]
If we are going to interact with companies in intimate ways -- in ways that impact our deepest life choices -- those interactions ought not only to be held to a higher standard of transparency and public accountability
Blog  ethics  innovation  internet  PSS  ShulzeWebb  Informatics 
july 2008 by mdn
Daring Fireball Linked List: May 2008
No one’s going to beat Apple by being “good enough”.
"good  enough"  Apple  Gruber  "Daring  Fireball"  Blog  brand 
may 2008 by mdn
The cycling blog of Gino Zahnd, who lives in Chico, California: On passion [Chico Gino]
"Simon, if you happen to read this, you totally rocked it, and inspired me and everyone else in the room"
Blog  Gino  Passion  Inspired  Idea 
march 2008 by mdn
60 Brilliant Typefaces For Corporate Design | Fonts | [Smashing Magazine]
What fonts can be used effectively in almost every Corporate Design? And what are the options for unique, but still incredibly beautiful typefaces? Let’s find out... or not.
Article  Blog  typefaces  type  Resource  list 
march 2008 by mdn
DELIRIOUS DUBAI [LEBBEUS WOODS]
Before anyone could criticize the pandering commercialism of his office tower designs, he would say, “I’m a whore.”
architecture  Blog  cities  Criticism  design  koolhaas  politics  urbanism  visualization  Future  History  Dubai 
march 2008 by mdn
the making of: Ceci N'est Pas Un Satelloon [greg.org]
"But darned if it isn't pretty damn close. La Géode is a mirrored geodesic dome housing a hemispheric Omnimax theatre"
architecture  blog  geodesic  dome 
march 2008 by mdn
Market populism in the folksonomies debate (Atomiq)
"I was struck by how Ontology is Overrated uses the core arguments of market populism to make its points."
Article  Blog  Criticism  critique  shirky  IA 
august 2007 by mdn
absidea » Helix — a 1D skyscraper with a single corridor
"when the idea smote me hard upside the head: who said the different storeys could not be connected horizontally ? "
architecture  Article  Blog  concept  funny  Future  inspiration  Office  space 
may 2007 by mdn
trendwatching.com: July 2006 trend briefing
As for the rest of our subscribers: please read on, and figure out how your brand can find its place in and contribute to MMORPGS, online worlds, being spaces, and metaverses.
trends  marketing  culture  blog  branding 
june 2006 by mdn
Powazek: Just a Thought: The Art of No
It's common-sense and long been practiced by me - but it needs to be said, as well as Powazek says it here.
blog  design  management  why  no 
may 2006 by mdn
The RFID Weblog: RFID Wristbands for Fitness Clubs Developed By Casio
The training equipments have been installed with a PDA that reads the wristband tags. It recognizes the person using the equipment and displays a personalized training menu.
RFID  technology  blog 
april 2006 by mdn
How to Do What You Love
To do something well you have to like it. That idea is not exactly novel.
Article  blog  business  interesting 
february 2006 by mdn
Welcome to Project Rebirth
Chronicles of rebuilding lower manhattan.
blog  NYC  architecture  urbanism 
february 2006 by mdn
HD Olympics
Unnoficial HD technical information from an NBC engineer - fascinating if you're into this kind of thing.
blog  olympics  tech  geek 
february 2006 by mdn
Hivelogic: Articles: Synchronicity
Hivelogic writes about the solution to his syncing.
resource  blog  hivelogic 
february 2006 by mdn
LIFT06 || Conference about new technologies and people. || 2-3 Feb. 2006, Geneva, Switzerland
LIFT is about teaming talented observers, explorers, and builders with people whose work depends on understanding current challenges and creative solutions presented by emerging technologies.
2006  blog  conference  Creativity  design  Future  Innovation  strategy  Geneva 
january 2006 by mdn
Peter Cochrane - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
Peter Cochrane's blog at Silicon.com - in particular his post describing his poor experience with a parking lot ticket machine. These ticket machines are so often scraping the bottom of the barrel in terms of a decent user interface that only severely dys
blog  PeterCochrane  Research  commentary 
january 2006 by mdn
Beyond the Beyond
Bruce Sterling looks at Vogue
culture  funny  Future  magazine  Wired  vogue  blog 
january 2006 by mdn
10 mph : Segway : America Dream : Documentary
Road Trip - documentary about travel across the US on a Segway.
blog  culture  Design  documentary  Film  fun  movie  segway  travel  video 
january 2006 by mdn
Ari Paparo Dot Com: Getting it Right
"I don’t think it was that we were "too early" or that we got killed when the bubble burst. I believe it all came down to product design, and to some very slight differences in approach."
Article  blog  Design  Development  yahoo  Product  interesting 
december 2005 by mdn
cityofsound: An industrial policy for creativity. Nearly.
Dan Hill's review of the recent Cox Review on Creativity and Innovation in the UK.
creativity  DesignCouncil  design  Innovation  CoxReport  blog 
december 2005 by mdn
Anthem Book Blog - Bookstore Listing
Photographs from a visit to UK's John Pawson's Studio
Architecture  Studio  Photos  Blog  Pawson  Architect 
december 2005 by mdn
Assorted Geekery : Blog Archive : One Email Client to Rule Them All
Review of Mailsmith, GyazMail and Thunderbird for OS X.
review  blog  email  OSX 
november 2005 by mdn
Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect: Non-Literate Mobile Phone Communication
To communicate with someone outside your immediate proximity requires at least 4 things: something to communicate; tools to create what you want to communicate; an infrastructure to carry the communication; and a means of identifying with whom to communic
Mobile  communication  research  thinking  blog 
november 2005 by mdn
UNJOURNALED: Pyramid found - in the heart of Bosnia!!
After several months of geological and archeological research, Mr. Osmanagić concluded that under the present hill of Visočica hides a stairs-like pyramid, about 12,000 years old.
architecture  archeology  blog 
october 2005 by mdn
Microsoft Team RSS Blog : The orange icon...
Discussing the orange icon over at Microsoft team RSS
blog  RSS  icon 
october 2005 by mdn
On Cillit Bang and a new low for marketers... (plasticbag.org)
Tom Coates discovers new product placement for cleaning products by a shady UK marketing firm.
Advertising  Blog 
october 2005 by mdn
Kultureflash - Headlines from London
KultureFlash is a free, weekly newsletter covering contemporary culture in and around London.
architecture  Blog  Magazine 
september 2005 by mdn
A Daily Dose of Architecture
(Almost) daily architectural musings from the American Midwest
architecture  Blog 
september 2005 by mdn
eye candy
a pic a week from our weekly e-zine: eye candy...
architecture  Blog 
september 2005 by mdn

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