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Education Dept. seeks public comment on its new system of ranking colleges
Education Dept. seeks public comment on its new system of ranking colleges The Obama administration is moving forward with a proposal for a government ranking of colleges that seeks to rein in spending and make universities more accountable. RAF: there are those who believe that regimes of accountability are being imposed to assert control over…
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Yesterday, I tried to make an homage to Homage To A Square, a series of works that have become canonical among those who study the human perception of color. The artist (and my memory is failing me, but I will say Josef Albers accepting that I may be mistaken) reduced an almost infinite field of…
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American Literature in Exile, an essay by William Dean Howells | Beyond The Beyond | Wired.com
American Literature in Exile, an essay by William Dean Howells | Beyond The Beyond | Wired.com with an introduction by Bruce Sterling which is as valuable for his reflections on his creative practice as it is in contextualizing the work of William Dean Howells. This is a deep dive, so approach it when you have…
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andreiarsenyevich-deactivated20: Andrei Tarkovsky and Natalya Bondarchuk on the set of Solaris (1972)
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thisistheverge: Who needs a controller? ‘Republique’ is iPad gaming without compromise “Console quality” is a phrase that gets tossed around quite a bit in mobile development. Both players and creators seem eager for something a bit bigger and more substantial than Angry Birds — but we’ve yet to really see a game that meets those…
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triciawang: Yes to Kevin Slavin’s MIT Media Lab Playful Systems Lab description! This speaks to exactly why I refuse to refer to people as “users” or to describe my expertise as user experience, UX, or usability. Design for experience, not usability! Create for people, not users!
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laughingsquid: Man Builds an Elaborate Video Game to Propose to His Girlfriend (Source: http://links.laughingsquid.com/)
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theatlantic: Study: A Winning Sports Team Means People Have Sex I get it, sort of. Your favorite team wins the big game by being the absolute best at putting whatever sized ball in a pre-determined location that we arbitrarily assign value to, and the world seems a little brighter. Less cruel. Maybe like a place…
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drawsgood: You can vote to put Cthulhu Invader on a shirt over at shirt.woot right now! http://shirt.woot.com/derby/entry/75877/cthulhu-invader