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Category: Thoughts
Le canadian sigh
“the Canadian economy will remain vulnerable to cyclical downturns in commodity prices (forestry is one current example); firms and people will move to more dynamic regions; and wealth generation is dampened” say these people. Nothing like post-hockey victory kicking.
Dog-earing: City by Alessandro Baricco
I’m one of those people who, in order to thoroughly enjoy a book, underlines my way through it. I re-read this one in the last month and thought i’d write things down down. They won’t make much sense outside of the context of the book and maybe that’s what’s interesting to a certain extent. I’ve… Continue reading Dog-earing: City by Alessandro Baricco
The beauty of forgetting
Read one of Wired Uk’s 20 ideas worth considering for 2010 and one of them caught my eye. Clive Thomson reported on ideas from the author of Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age and I can’t help but think that we have naturally adapted to what we so often call “information overload”… Continue reading The beauty of forgetting
Rants I don't have time to write
There are things about this type of criticism that makes me cringe. Things about this, that makes me feel like I’m not included in the city experience in the same way as my more testosterone-driven peers and that the entire point made in this article was obstructed by one simple statement: “The next day I… Continue reading Rants I don't have time to write
Getting old
Stuff I’ve noticed is happening as I slowly crawl towards my 30s: – Chocolate isn’t that great anymore. It’s still nice, but not as a snack, in the middle of the day or milky. And brownies are gross. – Grey hair appears on pictures more clearly. – Bullshit meter is at its most efficient. –… Continue reading Getting old
The convent and the airport.
Nick posted this promotional video for IDII, made in 2004 or 5. It’s been so long but seems so fresh in my mind still. Like a dream you can’t wake up from. Interaction Design Institute Ivrea from Nicholas on Vimeo.
In Wired UK this month
I’m featured in the Rising Stars section of the August edition of Wired UK (page 23), wearing attire that I wouldn’t normally be caught dead in, but hey, they were after a “feminine look”, and a girl simply cant say no to wearing 700 quid Ferragamo shoes for 15 minutes (only to end up with… Continue reading In Wired UK this month
Architectures of nostalgia
I’m moving to Brixton next weekend after more than 2 years in Hackney. That fact may seem banal to most of you but if you’re a Londoner, changing boroughs that dramatically almost means social hara-kiri. You might as well be leaving the country. It means that I become one of those people who live “saf… Continue reading Architectures of nostalgia
It's not you, it's me…
Having recently gone through a series of breakups both personally and with online services, I’m starting to re-frame how I think of the connections we make online. If there was any way to establish how close you were to someone purely based on your digital traces, what would that look like? Would you count the… Continue reading It's not you, it's me…