Garrick Jones brought to my attention that the Bluebook project by Manolis Kelaidis, (a project I had spotted at last year’s RCA show) got the only known standing ovation at O’Reilly’s Tools of Change. Well done! It’s about time these folks started to expand their thinking beyond the screen. There’s the usual “However, it looks… Continue reading Bluebook praise
Looking for design: Boris Anthony
I met Boris Anthony very briefly at Xtech in Paris last month and was thrilled to learn that he lived and worked in Montreal. Aged 32, he’s a self-defined “Web technology and design specialist, hyper-connector”. On top of that, he was also in part responsible for organising Montreal’s very own Pecha Kucha. I thought he… Continue reading Looking for design: Boris Anthony
"Added": new social and business networking realities
If you’re a geek, every morning starts off with checking your emails which often include invitations. “So&So” has added you toTwitter, Facebook, Dopplr, Flickr yadi yadi ya… What happens then? Let’s say it’s someone you’ve never met. What do you do? So you Google them of course. You find out they are an interesting person… Continue reading "Added": new social and business networking realities
Responsible space tourism?
Ok so we all agree that the planet is in trouble right? Regardless of whether that’s our fault or the neighbors right? Right. So why on earth have we decided to allow for one of the most polluting industry to take off and become commercially available? Are we that suicidal? So let’s have a look… Continue reading Responsible space tourism?
Images worth being on a t-shirt
When everyone does happy-go-lucky-let’s-just-pretend-everything-is-fine Alejandro Zamudio Sanchez tells it like it is. via Flickr
Looking for design: Furni
Not surprisingly, answers to my call for feedback about design in Montreal haven’t been pouring in so it was greatly refreshing to hear from Mike Giles at Furnicreations. He was lovely enough to talk to me about some of the great and more difficult things about working as a designer in Montreal. 1. Thank you… Continue reading Looking for design: Furni
Pecha Kucha Night (presentation slides)
I’ll be speaking tonight at Montreal’s very own Pecha Kucha about my Good Night Lamp project, how it came about, where it’s at now, and why on earth it’s still not out there! Update: Here are the slides from that night’s presentation. Enjoy!
h3: Hardcore Hardware Hacking in London
In my spare time (ha!) I’ve been helping put together a Hardcore Hardware Hacking workshop. On the weekend of the 21-22 of July, 15 hardware hackers will get to have fun with Massimo Banzi and Matt Biddulph, who will do demos and hand out cool toys with which to hack! We’ll do an open presentation… Continue reading h3: Hardcore Hardware Hacking in London
Spam of the day
Brilliant. Spam I can’t understand. I love the occasional english bit “Buy strong”! (Thought it was dutch, turned out to be German, thanks Robert!) “Meine Damen und Herren hier eine Information, die Sie nicht missachten sollten. Dieses voellig unbeachtete Filmunternehmen hat momentan eine Bewertung von lediglich 400.000 ˆ. Am 19.05.2007 strahlte ARTE die Dokumentation „Hannibal… Continue reading Spam of the day
A little something about Dutch
Although this might seem trivial, I find this really interesting. This video, promoting a dutch language school by “teaching” the audience swear words, actually doesn’t touch upon what’s so unique about them in the first place: references to diseases. Because of their long history of self-preservation and survival, the worst thing to say to someone… Continue reading A little something about Dutch