the myth of the disconnected life does a great job providing historical context to the “disconnectors” of today and how mobile technology can help, “develop deep and meaningful relationships to the spaces we move through and the people we connect with.” i was clumsily making the former point about historical context in a recent panel on human relations and “new media” and technology and forgot to reinforce the latter more strongly. perfect material for the follow-up panel i’ve been invited to! ( the article’s author wrote, Mobile Interface Theory: Embodied Space and Locative Media which looks like an interesting read )
Monthly Archives: February 2012
1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue
million dollar idea – making a “word of the day” calendar of the 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue.
Drones over U.S. get OK by Congress
“The agency projects that 30,000 drones could be in the nation’s skies by 2020.” that’s 8 years from now and i’ll bet they are off by at least 100%. chicago is getting a bunch in advance of Group of Eight (G8) and NATO Summits in may 2012.
focus stacking apple product shots
i always assumed apple product shots were digitally rendered on a computer, but it turns out at least some of them are textbook examples of focus stacking.
odin’s latest completed project – a knitted wallet.
odin was quite proud to come home from school with his latest “handwork” project – a knitted wallet! red, white and blue, of course since he was born on the fourth of july 🙂
anachronism
ecological footprint atlas
guess which country is living as if there were more four planets’ worth of resources? and which countries live on less than one to pay that ecological debt? more on the ecological footprint calculation here.