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"The copyright wars are just the beta version of a long coming war on computation. The entertainment..."

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:13:22 +0100

“The copyright wars are just the beta version of a long coming war on computation. The entertainment industry is just the first belligerents to take up arms, and we tend to think of them as particularly successful. After all, here is SOPA, trembling on the verge of passage, ready to break the Internet on a fundamental level— all in the name of preserving Top 40 music, reality TV shows, and Ashton Kutcher movies.”

- Cory Doctorow: Lockdown – The coming war on general-purpose computing

"Our vision is to create a commercially sustainable, social enterprise that achieves its growth and..."

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:36:26 +0100

“Our vision is to create a commercially sustainable, social enterprise that achieves its growth and profitability targets whilst operating within values based on community development and cohesion. Our intent is to offer an alternative food buying network, by connecting an urban community with the local farming community.”

- thepeoplessupermarket.org - No that’s what I call a mision statement for a supermarket.

networkshadow: Digitals by Chris Crutchfield. This is a well...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:33:07 +0100

networkshadow:

Digitals by Chris Crutchfield.

This is a well done musical short film about the modern age of social networking notifications. He’s even provided the music as an iPhone ringtone.

Version 1 - bit.ly/ziVYLC
Version 2 - bit.ly/yVb6CG

One day I got an email, an sms, a phone call, a Facebook message and two tweets all within about 5 seconds of one another. This video is a re-manifestation of my brain’s interpretation of that event. #trustory

Direction + Editing + Music Creation = Chris

Cinematographer = Pierce Cook

Shot on RED

All sounds sampled on ZoomH4N, then composed in Logic + Reason4

Edited in FCPX

Stop push notifications! Now!

"The Che Guevara of the 21st century is the network. … The 21st century is a lousy time to be a..."

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:06:00 +0100

“The Che Guevara of the 21st century is the network. … The 21st century is a lousy time to be a control freak.”

- Alex J. Ross (Senior Adviser at the US Department of State)

"How do you know the direction to head with products? It boils down to taste. Emerge yourself with..."

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:55:00 +0100

“How do you know the direction to head with products? It boils down to taste. Emerge yourself with the best ideas from the humanities. And integrate them. Pull interests from diverse areas.”

- Steve Jobs (via LukeW)

"Technological progress—in particular, improvements in computer hardware, software, and networks—has..."

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:40:51 +0100

“Technological progress—in particular, improvements in computer hardware, software, and networks—has been so rapid and so surprising that many present-day organizations, institutions, policies, and mindsets are not keeping up.”

- Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee(Race Against The Machine: How the Digital Revolution is Accelerating Innovation, Driving Productivity, and Irreversibly Transforming Employment and the Economy)

kateheffernan: Dave taught me where the phrase “razzle dazzle”...

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:02:20 +0100

kateheffernan:

Dave taught me where the phrase “razzle dazzle” came from the other day. This is my new favorite fact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dazzle_camouflage

"I’m glad mushrooms are against the law, because I took them one time, and you know what happened to..."

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:11:21 +0100

““I’m glad mushrooms are against the law, because I took them one time, and you know what happened to me? I laid in a field of green grass for four hours going, “My God! I love everything.” Yeah. Now, if that isn’t a hazard to our country…””

- Bill Hicks (via sirmitchell)

Badass JavaScript: Introducing ALAC.js: An Apple Lossless Audio Decoder in JavaScript

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:31:54 +0100

Badass JavaScript: Introducing ALAC.js: An Apple Lossless Audio Decoder in JavaScript:

badassjs:

Recently, Apple open sourced the original encoder and decoder for the Apple Lossless audio codec which is written in C/C++. ALAC is, as its name implies, a lossless codec, which means that it is compressed but does not lose any quality. When decoded, ALAC audio files are bit-for-bit identical…

"Asynchronous UIs - the future of web user interfaces (via @manusporny)"

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:23:46 +0100

“Asynchronous UIs - the future of web user interfaces (via @manusporny)”

- Asynchronous UIs - the future of web user interfaces (via johnallsopp)

Colin Tudge’s Do-Lecture How we can get good food for...

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:52:38 +0100

Colin Tudge’s Do-Lecture How we can get good food for everyone. “We need to learn from nature not ignore it. It has all the answers. We think the answer to our food problems is to have bigger farms. But the opposite is true.”

Colin provides us with some great design principles for ecosystems provied by mother nature:

Be diverse
Run on low input
Integrate with others

"Let’s be clear on the cause of these problems. It’s not really about wealthy people or executives...."

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:28:00 +0100

“Let’s be clear on the cause of these problems. It’s not really about wealthy people or executives. Our problems are not caused by evil masterminds who want to hurt us. Big companies are full of good people. People like us. Businesspeople just work hard to achieve whatever goals are defined by the system. Many CEOs may want to do good, but they can only do what the system allows. Blaming people distracts us from the big picture. Focus on the system. I believe our economic system is afflicted by a design flaw, and I believe we can fix it. … Collectively, we have a ridiculously large amount of money. If we organize our spending as a group, then our money becomes the biggest and most powerful carrot you could ever imagine, big enough to move even the most stubborn donkey.”

- An Open Letter to Occupy by @carrotmob (via @timoreilly)

Tape 200: Götterdämmerung

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:53:41 +0100

Tape 200: Götterdämmerung

nevver: Tips from Grandma

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:33:50 +0100

nevver:

Tips from Grandma

Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsight

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:36:51 +0100

Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsight:

“So why do we talk about the Norden bombsight? Well because we live in an age where there are lots and lots of Norden bombsights. We live in a time where there are all kinds of really, really smart people running around, saying that they’ve invented gadgets that will forever change our world. They’ve invented websites that will allow people to be free. They’ve invented some kind of this thing, or this thing, or this thing that will make our world forever better.

…

And this is the problem with our infatuation with the things we make. We think the things we make can solve our problems, but our problems are much more complex than that. The issue isn’t the accuracy of the bombs you have, it’s how you use the bombs you have, and more importantly, whether you ought to use bombs at all.”

Great storytelling, great message.

"There is no such hand in touchscreen computer devices. The touchscreen has no texture variation, has..."

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:22:02 +0100

“There is no such hand in touchscreen computer devices. The touchscreen has no texture variation, has no physical surface information, is dead flat, reflects ambient light noise, and features oily fingerprint debris when seen at a raking angle”

- Tufte on touch http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0003qM&topic_id=1

Tape 199: Gorillas im Nebel

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:48:30 +0100

Tape 199: Gorillas im Nebel

The future of touch

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:27:54 +0100

The future of touch:

A nice collection of gems that give a glimpse into the future of touch interactions by Patric (via interactionblog.com)

"The future world is reasonable chaos"

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:03:36 +0100

“The future world is reasonable chaos”

- Novalis

Tape 198: Jammern wie die Großen

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:54:36 +0200

Tape 198: Jammern wie die Großen