Month: January 2011

  • Ricky [The Roomba] made us feel bad, too. For one, he couldn’t hold a battery charge to save his life, you could say, because it felt like we were always saying, “Ricky’s dead,” “Ricky died,” or my favorite, “Why you dead, Ricky?” And it was all the worse when he’d die in the middle of…

  • Ben Bashford – Notebook of Things: Emoticomp

    Ben Bashford – Notebook of Things: Emoticomp paperbits: bashford: I really think we should be working on developing new tools for doing this. One idea I’ve had is system/object personas. Interaction designers are used to using personas (research based user archetypes) to describe the types of people that will use the thing they’re designing –…

  • nevver : Brunch with Bill & Andy

  • theatlantic: laphamsquarterly: Fifteen years ago today, the New York Times launched online.  “The Web site will also offer access to much of what the newspaper has published the previous week and access to feature articles from as far back as 1980.” donohoe: The New York Times Introduces a Web SiteBy PETER H. LEWISPublished: January 22,…

  • sum1: Flower Power 2.0

  • sum1: Flower Power 2.0

  • Created in collaboration with more than 70 media artists and developers from across the world, Written Images is the first of its kind. A ‘programmed book’, continuously regenerated for the digital printing process, offering each reader a unique experience. Help us providing a print-on-demand service and get a book from the first limited edition: kickstarter.com/​projects/​deffekt/​written-images…