Category: Thoughts

Italian advertising company…. some disturbing images (even if work safe).

DSC00084.JPG Originally uploaded by Rudemeister. This Collectivity project is a really nice show of how architects are starting to listen to the people who live/work/play in the structures they design. This took place in Oslo where they dumped a sh&% load of Legos on the ground and asked people to come anc build what their… Continue reading User-centered architecture.

What if this could spell check you as well? “No no, you’re using the wrong De Stijl building again!” that would be high-larious… or maybe I’m just easily amused. Via Core 77.

I learnt a new expression the other day: polite fiction which is where “all participants are aware of a truth, but to avoid conflict or embarrassment, all pretend to believe in some alternate version of events”. And now I’ve been using Jaiku (in the least optimal way I’m the first to admit it, as I… Continue reading Maybe we're just too boring for the truth?

Ok so after a first introduction I’m retracting and making a second announcement: Dave and I concluded that Blogger sucks and put together Tastythinking on WordPress instead. So basically it’s a blog about food, health, weird food related services, dieting and everything unique we can collect around those broad topics… if you have some ideas… Continue reading Tasty Thinking take 2 (because Blogger sucks)

So Jaiku (love the name) just came out, a very interesting endeavor that exploits online and mobile presence and people’s ever growing need to stay connected on every level. The only things is that so far, i only feel like being subversive and untruthful… maybe it’s just a tuesday afternoon thing…

Zune (coming out in stores on the 14th of November) just came out with some really interesting features that replicate a number of my thesis ideas around music sharing between devices. You can locate other wifi-enabled devices in your surroundings and send them songs or pictures. (something iPod doesn’t have yet i believe). Obviously this… Continue reading Music sharing in Zune

Reader-less wall Originally uploaded by alexandra666. I was thinking about the Near-field workshop when I saw the remains of the RFID reader at the Milan location of former idii. It’s interesting to think of post-touch in a way. How will our environments react to stable versus mobile touch interactions? How will they be defaced or… Continue reading post-Touch