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'70s Matchbox cars
Yes, yes and again yes. OMG, the memories.
personal  yes 
may 2010 by Urbanscale
NYT: Beautiful Brutes
...and are they ever! This was the moment I realized our building was going to be landmarked.
(nyc)  brutalism  architecture  kipsbay  personal  yes 
april 2010 by Urbanscale
Time Zones
*Very* nice, via Scott Burnham.
time  informationdesign  personal 
april 2010 by Urbanscale
NYT: Plan for Greener, Pedestrian-Friendly 34th Street
I remain in awe of Janette Sadik-Khan. This is wonderful.
(nyc)  traffic  sidewalking  yes  personal 
april 2010 by Urbanscale
Urban Omnibus: Work and the Open Source City
Laura 4lano on the physical and social elements of coworking.
(nyc)  coworking  community  workspace  work  personal 
april 2010 by Urbanscale
marginwalker.org: Real value and the nature of work
By special request. This six-year-old post on my old community site - on how we choose to allocate our time and effort in the world, and what comes of that effort - remains frighteningly relevant.
work  personal  economics  psychology  community  marginwalker 
october 2009 by Urbanscale
NYT: The Urban Collective as a Modern Answer to the Commune
Watch the NYT hipsterize cohousing. Still, always a good idea.
(nyc)  cohousing  personal 
october 2009 by Urbanscale
TRUFIG
Utterly lovely flush-mounted wall outlets, switches, dimmers, ports, etc. There can be no substitute.
design  renovation  personal  yes  minimal 
september 2009 by Urbanscale
Urban Omnibus: AG on Everyblock and MSNBC
My piece for UO on MSNBC's recent acquisition of hyperlocal news aggregator (and perennial AG favorite) Everyblock.
urbancomputing  urbanomnibus  personal  everyblock 
august 2009 by Urbanscale
Interaction Design Umeå: Spring summit 2009: Sensing And Sensuality
Friday Friday FRIDAY! Superstars of Interaction Design, above the Arctic Circle for the first time! BE THERE!!
mattjones  jack  timo  personal 
march 2009 by Urbanscale
三月二日联合分享会摘要
Delighted to see "Everyware" and "The City Is Here For You To Use" deployed, engaged & maybe even challenged in this context.
personal  beijing  china 
march 2009 by Urbanscale
On happiness, "better" and the ludic
For my own reference: almost certainly the best conversation that's ever happened on Speedbird.
personal  speedbird 
december 2008 by Urbanscale
Archinect: Victory Gardens, or the Impact of the Financial Crisis on Architecture
Wonderful, thoughtful, incisive piece here from Kazys, and I bet he's on the money about a lot of this. This CCCPArch thing at Columbia sounds *very* interesting.
architecture  infrastructure  interestingtimes  kazysvarnelis  personal 
december 2008 by Urbanscale
cataspanglish: Podcast with AG
Discount the flattery, but do listen to this...it's a fun conversation. In Part 1 (of 2), we discuss the zine tradition, corporate Situationism, whether people need to be afraid of ubiquitous computing, and a whole bunch more.
everyware  ubicomp  nokia  punkrock  personal 
november 2008 by Urbanscale
Wikipedia: William Shepherd
A Navy SEAL *and* Space Station astronaut? Why was I not informed immediately?
personal  inspiration 
october 2008 by Urbanscale
LIFT Asia 08 Videos: More AG on networked cities
What was very probably the best example of my "Long Here, Big Now" talk to date. From LIFT Asia 08 in Cheju, South Korea.
personal  urbancomputing  urbanism  liftasia 
october 2008 by Urbanscale
Waiting for the Whirlwind
Alex was kind enough to pick up my Palin piece for Worldchanging.
personal  interestingtimes  knowyourenemy 
september 2008 by Urbanscale
An experience-design genealogy: The French got there first
Just a note-to-self - source material for my EuroIA talk.
personal 
july 2008 by Urbanscale
My Story...-기억..생각.. 잊혀지지 않는 것...
Looks like our Nodabowl design is winning hearts and minds in Seoul. : . )
seoul  design  personal 
may 2008 by Urbanscale
Nervous System
Super-amazing generative jewelry Nurri found.
design  personal 
may 2008 by Urbanscale
Towards the next step, leaving academia
In which Nicolas Nova kisses the academy goodbye.
nicolasnova  personal 
april 2008 by Urbanscale
MetaFilter: The end of the bus timetable
Helsinki fits out its buses with Linux servers. A project filled with Yes...and so very, very timely.
helsinki  transit  everyware  urbancomputing  bookproject  yes  personal 
january 2008 by Urbanscale
marginwalker.org
Man, sometimes I really, really miss Marginwalker.
marginwalker  personal 
january 2008 by Urbanscale
senduit | Share easily.
SO useful for sharing those huge PDFs etc.
lifehacks  personal 
january 2008 by Urbanscale
STP 2007: The gruesome details
Distressingly accurate notes on the sequelae of ShotBlox consumption.
personal  food  d'oh 
august 2007 by Urbanscale
Monocle: Tokyo's Limousine Bus Lady
Oh boy does *this* bring back some memories! I've spent more time on that bus than I like to think about.
tokyo  NRT  sound  personal 
july 2007 by Urbanscale
43Folders: Stefan Sagmeister on design and happiness
Not at all generally a Sagmeister fan, but these are pretty nifty.
personal 
june 2007 by Urbanscale
The L Magazine: The City Is Here For You To Use
"If there's one thing there's not near enough of in this world, it's new-media/urban planning theorists who write books named after Futureheads songs."
personal  (nyc)  fun 
april 2007 by Urbanscale
Core77 Broadcasts
In which I succumb to podcasting.
personal  design 
march 2007 by Urbanscale
BBC 1 Clock, 1972
This was BBC 1's onscreen clock as I remember it from living in Kent '73-74
personal  bbc  time 
february 2007 by Urbanscale
Speedbird: Goddess for sale
I've had to put my 1970 Citroën DS on the block. No fun for me, but for you...?
cars  citroen  ds  personal  forsale  snif 
december 2006 by Urbanscale
Sennheiser USA - HS2 - Product Details
Atelier Nord's superlative mic headset for amplified presentation. I'm stoked.
personal  gear 
november 2006 by Urbanscale
Steelcase Store - Leap
For S&O? I never believed anything could rival my beloved Aeron...but hanging out at Stamen convinces me that the Leap is goooood.
personal  renovation  tobuy 
september 2006 by Urbanscale
nobilog2: Everyware講演のビデオが公開
*Incredibly* kind and flattering commentary on my July talk at Keio by a influential Japanese tech writer. (He compares me - favorably yet! - to Messrs. Jobs and Lessig. I am humbled.)
everyware  japan  personal 
september 2006 by Urbanscale
Architectures of Control in Design » Review: Everyware by Adam Greenfield
The most comprehensive review of the book I've seen to date. Lots to engage here.
personal  everyware 
july 2006 by Urbanscale
TRAINAWAY
Puma's elegant suite of packable running shoes/gear, rather reminsicent of the original 96 HOURS concept.
personal  gear  yes  tobuy 
may 2006 by Urbanscale
AIGA - Designing for everyware: An interview with Adam Greenfield
Ys tly and the lovely Liz Danzico get down to cases for AIGA Voice
everyware  ubicomp  personal  lizdanzico 
april 2006 by Urbanscale
Terran Trade Authority books
Angus McKie's starship illustrations, collected in these big glossy books, permanently put the zap on my head when I encountered them at the age of 10 or so.
sf  personal 
april 2006 by Urbanscale
45Fix: Home Improvement, Remodeling Projects
A tool that connects renovators to a network of vetted contractors
renovation  personal 
march 2006 by Urbanscale
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