October 2011
27 posts
RT @kissane I’ve never been so affected by a conference I didn’t attend…thanks to #bib11 & @maxfenton; 1hell of a backchannel.(Bhind w bkch)
Shiny screens are bad; matte screens are good for reading…People like to buy shiny objects. @mljmljmlj #bib11 Data-backed sanity!
Ideas on future of books; interesting UI, UX+ perspectives. Livestream: http://t.co/Odq9Xxh5 Books in Browsers Conference #bib11
I understand the arguments behind DRM; sympathetic…but not when it keeps people from reading. @jamesbridle #bib11
Ideas on future of books; interesting UI, UX+ perspectives. Livestream: http://t.co/Odq9Xxh5 Books in Browsers Conference #bib11
RT @nytimes: NYT NEWS ALERT: Head of Libya’s Military Council Says Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi Is Dead
RT @nytimes: NYT NEWS ALERT: Head of Libya’s Military Council Says Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi Is Dead
#UXfail — US Patent and Trademark Office http://t.co/nhcJU13N
RT @maxslavkin: been working w/ @occupydesign and @GOOD just did a great write-up! #occupydesign gifts 99percent w/ infographics http:// …
RT @jenny8lee: From this weekend’s Occupy Wall Street’s designathon: http://t.co/8uu55dnp, creating a visual language for the occupy mov …
RT @naveen: finding it surreal that Wozniak just unlocked the “Jobs” badge on foursquare http://t.co/rO4hAqSc
A groupon for dental work? Really?
I’m at Ignite NYC 13 (811 7th Avenue, New York) w/ 83 others http://t.co/eTCxPP0W
Voter suppression, in any form, is just reprehensible - The Myth of Voter Fraud http://t.co/BGG2n5fo
Shocked - Netflix Abandons Plan to Rent DVDs on “Qwikster” http://t.co/ukdJjDEB
Forward Motion
I’ve been back from Providence and A Better World by Design for about a week now, concluding a rather busy (and quite interesting) conference season with events like the Open Hardware Summit and World Maker Faire and such. I do plan to write up some comments on all of these events (eg parallels between the open source/free software world circa dot com bubble, and the nascent open hardware...
“They r very ambiguous. I think that was a smart dcison if they want this 2 really mean something.” @BrianLehrer Shw guest #occupywallstreet
RT @eviljordan: Yes! @HuffPostTech article about @shopularity!! http://t.co/VA4KELSt
Wow; total all-star day on @WNYC, apparently.
If you missed the party…. #bxd11 http://t.co/LMbxZUdw
