Month: September 2011

  • 3D Printers used to create ATM Skimmers

    3D Printers used to create ATM Skimmers

  • The importance of drawing as a design iteration… (via MAKE | Zero to Maker: Gateway to Making… Drawing)

  • tedfromtheinternet: This needs to happen. And it needs to return to the Paul Rand identity.

  • Research Methods: Dead Media Project: An Interview with Bruce Sterling

    Research Methods: Dead Media Project: An Interview with Bruce Sterling rodgerluo: From ctheory.net, by Arpad Bak CTHEORY: What’s the genealogy of the Dead Media Project? Bruce Sterling: My friends and I are interested in understanding technology, even the embarrassing parts of technology, such as machines that are badly designed and that no longer work. Unfortunately,…

  • What disqualifies war from being a true game is probably what also disqualifies the stock market and business – the rules are not fully known nor accepted by all the players. Marshall McLuhan – Understanding Media (via dropouthangoutspaceout) This remains accurate for the domain of game theory proposed by economists and mathematicians up to the…

  • Apple won’t be able to use the term “multi-touch” as part of its patent and trademark arsenal, thanks to a decision handed down by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The organization’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has denied for a second time Apple’s application for the term, reiterating that the term has become…

  • Worth listening to in context to our design challenges… Strata Summit 2011: Cory Doctorow, “Designing for Human Sensors, Not Human Barcodes” (by OreillyMedia) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

  • It’s absolutely true, and confirmed by the folks who contribute to Rotten Tomatoes: “The Empire Strikes Back” is the best film in the Star Wars saga. The critics gave it 97 percent, and for good reason.  Whether you’re a Star Wars fan or not, this brief analysis is a pleasure to read, and it goes…

  • This video is kinda old (in internet terms) but the contraption here is amazingly complex. (via LEGO Great Ball Contraption | It Is Monday) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

  • Workers’ Own Cellphones and iPads Find a Role at the Office

    Workers’ Own Cellphones and iPads Find a Role at the Office