February 18th, 2008
Thanks to Brian Moore for this link. Not sure if dynamic media played a role in this particular flash mob. Interesting example of harmless collusion.
Tags: flash mob, social
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February 17th, 2008
A fascinating look at the educational, social, and cultural aspects of “play”. Essential reading for anyone interested in physical interfaces, social interaction, and learning systems. Read it here.
Tags: learning, physical, play, social
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February 16th, 2008
Sarah Boxer of the New York Review of Books looks at ten blog-related books. Great overview of the social and cultural influence of blogs. Find it here.
One of the books included in the article, AGAINST THE MACHINE:
Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob by Lee Siegel, is examined in an interesting review by John Lanchester here in NYT.
“The fact that a man as smart as Siegel came to put Lonelygirl15 and Iraq into the same train of argument is a sign of the Internet’s power to make people lose all sense of perspective. The ramped-up affect of “Against the Machine,” its air of haste and its ad hominem quality are uncomfortably reminiscent of the blogs Siegel so dislikes.”
Tags: blogs, culture, social
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February 10th, 2008
Interesting NYT article on an innovate word processing program:
“… our redeemer is Scrivener, the independently produced word-processing program of the aspiring novelist Keith Blount, a Londoner who taught himself code and graphic design and marketing, just to create a software that jibes with the way writers think.”
Here’s the article.
Tags: interface, nyt
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February 10th, 2008
Tags: children, nyt, virtual world
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February 10th, 2008
5 minutes installing WordPress
23 minutes making header images
15 minutes futzing with the wrong CSS file
130 minutes futzing with the right CSS file
20 minutes writing and rewriting this post
… and absolutely nothing to say
Tags: posts
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