February 2012
4 posts
The Art of Distraction - NYTimes.com →
January 2012
3 posts
Three Powerful Lessons I Learned When I Got... →
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Dazed Digital | Paul Mason: Why It's All Kicking... →
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December 2011
7 posts
Horizon Scanning Centre, Foresight toolkit →
Rethinking the Mobile Workflow for Human Rights... →
WHERE THE FUCK SHOULD I GO FOR DRINKS? →
November 2011
6 posts
Shambhala Times Community News Magazine » Before... →
The Social Graph is Neither (Pinboard Blog) →
Twitshift →
GOLDEN SECTION FINDER - jessica charlesworth →
http://www.miltonglaser.com/pages/milton/essays/es3... →
Every Single Word in Icelandic: Leturfræði →
everysinglewordinicelandic:
I have noticed that many of the humans who use this word have black plastic glasses on their faces.
These humans are all very careful. They do not only care about what words mean, but also how the letters in them look.
Letur-fræði means means “typography”, but many of the people who speak…
September 2011
6 posts
Making things, and the Labour Theory of Value |... →
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The TWC International Open Government Dataset... →
435,265 datasets of Open Government data stuff. All linked. Blimey!
The South China Sea Is the Future of Conflict - By... →
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Jay-Z's Hegemony in the Age of Kanye | Marc Lynch →
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August 2011
1 post
March 2011
1 post
Foreign Policy Magazine, "The Zoolander Effect" →
February 2011
15 posts
Wang Jiayun: Chinese Blow-Up Doll Becomes Famous... →
The Awesome Foundation →
I’m deeply proud to be a trustee of the London chapter of the Awesome Foundation. Every couple of months we award £1000 to a project we deem most awesome. Here’s the FAQ. A fellow trustee, Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh, talks about it here. Anyway, the next round closes in one week. You can apply here.
“There are seven words that make my heart sink these days more than any others....”
– Planning for Participation « Planning in High Heels (via slavin)
Rhetoric and rationality: The fallacy of careless... →
*ow*ow*ow*
designswarm thoughts » Blog Archive » Tiny Useful... →
I’ve used Alex’s google maps myself before. She curates hard. And this is very lovely - automated soon, plskthx
Ben Hammersley at Lift 11: Geneva →
The video of my talk in Geneva last week. The beginnings of a new style, and a new topic. Fun for me, at least.
BBC - Newsnight: Paul Mason: Twenty reasons why... →
Remarkably close to three lectures I’m giving in the next 6 weeks. Bloody good.
RC Tricopters + Fireworks + Hydrogen filled... →
First person to use this in a street protest will win a prize.
Ikea Robotics →
Good lord.
January 2011
10 posts
Bright Young Brits →
A Lucy Johnston production. As such, this is going to be awesome.
Royal Institution lecture series
I could not be more excited by this. Next month I’m presenting a series of lectures at the Royal Institution in Mayfair. On Thursday 10 February 2011, it’s Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino giving her Uncanny & lovable: The future of emotional robots. Then, the following Wednesday 16 February, Matt Webb is talking about Botworld: Designing for the new world of domestic A.I.. And the...
A 12-Year-Old Explains the Information Age's Facts... →
"Robots, man. They're nothing but heartbreak.... →
Fantastic Metafilter comment. I really want a Roomba - but bloody hell they’re expensive - but I know I’d name it. Sigh.
Adivon: Chinese Shanzhai Adidas Brand Advertises... →
Oh my. Oh my oh my.