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Jeremy Lin Has Burst From N.B.A. Novelty Act to Knicks Star - NYTimes.com

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:48 GMT

Instructional design - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:15 GMT

Marina Abramović - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:58 GMT

Streuobstwiese (pl. Streuobstwiesen) is a German word that means...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:45 GMT

Streuobstwiese (pl. Streuobstwiesen) is a German word that means a meadow with scattered fruit trees or fruit trees that are planted in a field. These meadow orchards are a traditional landscape in the temperate, maritime climate of continental Western Europe. In the 19th and early 20th centuries were planted as rural community orchards that intended for the cultivation of stone fruit. (via Orchard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Land ethic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:59 GMT

Pliny the Elder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:10 GMT

Agroforestry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:47 GMT

Naturalism (philosophy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:56 GMT

Urban planning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:52 GMT

A Vacation-Home Owner Makes His Own Hot Spring in the California Desert - NYTimes.com

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:21 GMT

Yoshi’s Blend (by Mackenzie Sheppard)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:26 GMT

Yoshi’s Blend (by Mackenzie Sheppard)

DIY

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:00 GMT

DIY:

Do it yourself.

100 million pairs of eyes will be on Indiana tomorrow. Stay...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:50 GMT

100 million pairs of eyes will be on Indiana tomorrow. Stay cool, bros.

PROFILE IN STYLE - Liz Lambert - NYTimes.com

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:11 GMT

Puzzlejuice is a remarkable specimen of both game and graphic...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:53 GMT

Puzzlejuice is a remarkable specimen of both game and graphic design. I play just to observe it!

The National Forest Map via NASA.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:25 GMT

The National Forest Map via NASA.

This crossing guard mistakes me for a high schooler every...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:32 GMT

This crossing guard mistakes me for a high schooler every morning on my walk to work and insists on taking me across the street.

I met a guy named John Crockett. This is his business...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:11 GMT

I met a guy named John Crockett. This is his business card.

I’m tempted to say This is the future of business cards. But that’s silly. Business cards already seem anachronistic.

However, this strikes me as the future of self-actualization. I think people more often will understand and describe themselves as sets of granular expertises. Organizations that help people accredit themselves will usher this movement, I think.

Scorekeeper’s interaction design is air tight.

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:36 GMT

Scorekeeper’s interaction design is air tight.

Isaiah’s birthday at the office.

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:29 GMT

Isaiah’s birthday at the office.

“Some Favourite British Birds’ Eggs” (by mando...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:28 GMT

“Some Favourite British Birds’ Eggs” (by mando maniac)

Conspicuous Production

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:34 GMT

Yancey Strickler posted an item yesterday about the wane of conspicuous consumption among wealthy people in Silicon Valley. But, as it turns out, conspicuousness hasn’t vanished. The post suggests that the Startup is the new conspicuous. Look at What I’ve Done.

The first comment on that thread introduced a term: Conspicuous Production. It struck a chord because I often behave this way. Many people do.

It’s a fascinating prediction for mainstream consumerism, with both valuable and inane consequences. I’m interested in more creativity and self-reliance for all, but the flip side are folks who will buy a Prius instead of a Gas Guzzler in order to do something for the environment without modifying other behavior that is wasteful (aside, last night, a friend clued me into a study that demonstrated that people who shop at organic markets also tend to leave their lights on at home while they’re away more often than average).

Another intriguing ramification is the production of data. Quantifying ourselves with Tweets and Tumbles and Check-ins is already popular, but I wonder how close to Felton we’ll get. I suppose we’re quickly moving to a point where we all commonly share good data. A massive frontier, I believe, is the development of interfaces that allow us to capture, share and read this kind of data. The kind that makes us look productive in a vast sense of the word.

All of these leads me to wonder, “Who will consume all of it?” My first thought is that it’s for ourselves.

Micro Macro by Encyclopedia Pictura.

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:16 GMT

Micro Macro by Encyclopedia Pictura.

The Future Belongs to the Curious (by Skillshare)

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:52 GMT

The Future Belongs to the Curious (by Skillshare)

Brief update on the Beaver Brook tumblr theme in progress: I...

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:14 GMT

Brief update on the Beaver Brook tumblr theme in progress:

I added photo captions, now they appear when you rollover an image.
I want to submit it to the theme store, but Tumblr requires that themes support all post types (chat, audio, etc), which I haven’t had time (or interest, given this is photoblog) to build.
Do you have a theme in the Tumblr store and are you interested to help me wrap this up? There seems to be a lot of folks who want to use this theme and I’d love to get it to them — you could help! MSG me.