February 2012
45 posts
1984 was a love story. →
austinkleon:
Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story, in his Fresh Air interview:
When I think of “1984” and “Brave New World,” two brilliant, dystopian books, I remember some of the ideas better in “Brave New World” because I think some of the ideas were stronger and more developed that Orwell’s sort of Stalinist take on Russia.
But I remember “1984” as a novel better because...
“What if we could see and interact with the output of the code directly? Why...”
– Emanuels Journal: The Tools We Need vs. The Tools We Build.
(via lifeandcode)
Not “audience”, not “viewers”. These terms are no longer sufficient, they privilege one of the senses over the sensorium. Maybe we have perceivers, participants, and (in ludic works) players.
I also don’t like “user”.
(trying to get better language)
IPad Killing Printer Use, Paper Sales [Survey] →
emergentfutures:
Paul Higgins: has certainly happened with me. I will email documents to GMail that I need to read or take to meetings. I will send documents to my iPad that I use to run workshops - run sheets, timings , etc. Also send presentations to my iPad into Prezi Viewer so I can practice them on a train or plane. The important difference to my laptop is ease of carrying and the speed of...
Christian McCrea: GamesNetwork Must Be Destroyed →
christianmccrea:
The email list known as GamesNetwork is the primary discussion list for games research in the English language. It must also now be abandoned and destroyed. It only has one good purpose - It collects CFPs, which are benign. Aside from that, it then has two major forms of conversation.
1) The…
“The discourse of doping in America has focused mainly on use of anabolic...”
– Hopeless Dopes | The Classical
Modern & Im/material things: Rejecting Materiality... →
modernandmaterialthings:
Certain corners of the web seem to be all aflame, debating the aesthetic merits of the updated Windows 8 logo. Some, like Venture Beat, deem it ugly, denouncing it as as Microsoft’s “Gap Moment” and declaring that it looks like it was made in “MS Paint.” Others aren’t sure what to make…
“There’s an education bubble, which is, like the others, psychosocial. There’s a...”
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i don’t always agree with Peter but he’s spot on about education
A Conversation with Peter Thiel - The American Interest Magazine (via pegobry)
Paul Higgins: This is a big issue for something which is seen as a long term investment. As career changes and job changes have become more frequent...
“Here’s a compositional secret. It’s so obvious and simple, you’ll say to...”
– Teller quoted by Brian Brushwood at Brian Brushwood: Bizarre Magic. 14 years ago: the day Teller gave me the secret to my career in magic. (via protoslacker)
amazing.
Life after Papyrus
lareviewofbooks:
SWATI PANDEY on Stephen Greenblatt’s Lucretius. Ancient iconography (XIV) of Medieval Scribe and Titivillus, literary demon and “patron demon of scribes”
Stephen Greenblatt The Swerve: How the World Became Modern W.W. Norton & Company, September 2011. 356 pp. Books. They have an almost alarming corporeality. Stephen Greenblatt, esteemed Harvard professor and founder of...
“The e-book, by eliminating all variations in the appearance and weight of the...”
– E-books Can’t Burn – Tim Parks in defense of e-books in, of all places, The New York Review of Books. An excellent, intelligent, articulate read. (via curiositycounts)
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My collaborator has suggested that the cultural semiotics of nerd is not an effective lure, not an attractor, for young latino males (in the US) who might otherwise explore STEM fields. Bill Gates’ financial success is an insufficient model. The age group we are looking at is ten years old. These young latinos are acutely sensitive to signals about what it means to be a man. It is not...
AUSTIN KLEON: William Carlos Williams on the... →
austinkleon:
In his Autobiography, William Carlos Williams recounts what led him to pursue medicine as a career: No one was ever going to be in a position to tell me what to write, and you can say that again. No one, and I meant no one (for money) was ever (never) going to tell me how or what I was…
“A passionate kiss acts like a drug, causing us to crave the other person thanks...”
– Sheril Kirshenbaum on the science of kissing. Her book of the same title is absolutely fascinating. (via curiositycounts) (video)games are said to be dopamine delivery vehicles.
“In addition to aesthetics, McCarthy noted a deeper link between great science...”
– Cormac McCarthy on the Santa Fe Institute’s Brainy Halls - The Daily Beast
“Coloradans are not New Yorkers — they come to the mountains for scenery,...”
– Christo ‘Over the River’ Project Divides Coloradans - NYTimes.com
These students do not speak for the School of Art & Art History at the University of Denver
“I believe that UX designers are well positioned to play a significant role in...”
– Messification: Why Games Should Be Designed to Be Games First | UX Magazine
“The Henley firm is at the center of the citizenship by investment movement....”
– Special Report: Passports … for a price | Reuters
“Greenbacks do too, whether I like it or not. The coins and banknotes of a place...”
– The case for a global currency - Economics - Salon.com
“Space travel would not be like Carmel-by-the-Sea, but Cachagua. It would take a...”
– Earth Station: The Afterlife of Technology at the End of the World - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
“all because, in one frustrating wipe, they re-create the experience of consuming...”
– Made Better in Japan - WSJ.com
“The outrage is tiresome and deeply hypocritical, in all the tiresome ways you’ve...”
– Sasha Frere-Jones, “I’m Sorry M.I.A Apologized” (via theopensea)
“Design is on a roll. Client services are experiencing a major uptick in demand,...”
– An Important Time for Design - brilliant, timely piece by Gimmebar founder Cameron Koczon. (via curiositycounts)
“When I arrived I didn’t know what to think. But after I was inside the store,...”
– The absurd life of an Abercrombie & Fitch model - Life stories - Salon.com
“The content creators with the broadest reach will be the ones who care the least...”
– Felix Salmon, How Sharing Disrupts Media via Wired.com (via stoweboyd)
“The Italian artist has long been suspected of turning his studio into a giant...”
– Caravaggio may have been the first master of photographic technique | Art and design | The Guardian
“I tell them, “I write this shit for you!” But a lot of writers won’t admit to...”
– Sherman Alexie in conversation with Neko Case (via austinkleon)
“It’s a little insulting to craftsmen, skilful craftsmen…”...”
– BBC News - David Hockney denies criticising Damien Hirst
Greeneland
lareviewofbooks:
JUDITH FREEMAN
on Pico Iyer’s The Man Within My Head.
Voice In My Head © Andy Warde courtesy of the artist and Joshua Levi Galleries
Pico Iyer The Man Within My Head
Alfred A. Knopf, January 2012. 256 pp.
Raymond Chandler once said that great writing, whatever else it does, nags at the minds of subsequent writers, who find it sometimes difficult to explain just why...
January 2012
62 posts
Culture Eats Strategy For Lunch | Fast Company →
futuramb:
Culture, like brand, is misunderstood and often discounted as a touchy-feely component of business that belongs to HR. It’s not intangible or fluffy, it’s not a vibe or the office décor. It’s one of the most important drivers that has to be set or adjusted to push long-term, sustainable success. It’s not good enough just to have an amazing product and a healthy bank balance. Long-term...
Schematics: A Love Story in Geometric Diagrams |... →
10 Essential Books on Typography | Brain Pickings →