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Epstein’s key point is that the ten-thousand-hour idea must be understood as an average. For example, both he and I discuss the same study by the psychologist K. Anders Ericsson that looked at students studying violin at the elite Music Academy of West Berlin. I was interested in the general finding, which was that the…
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Digital Latin America call for entry
Digital Latin America call for entry Digital Latin America presented by 516 ARTS 516 Central Ave., SW Albuquerque, NM 87102 APPLY TO THIS CALL BACK TO PARTICIPATING CALLS CONTACT EVENT Entry Deadline: 9/27/13 Days remaining to deadline: 37 REQUIREMENTS: Media Images – Minimum: 1, Maximum: 9 Audio – Minimum: 0, Maximum: 1 Video – Minimum:…
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beholdphotos: Photographer Lara Shipley carefully examines the U.S.-Mexico border and the various towns and their inhabitants in her series titled, “Coming, Going and Staying.” “Shipley’s stylistic approach is to use a blend of found and manipulated scenarios; some are staged, and others are shot as she finds them. This blending of actual, real-life documentary subjects with manipulated…
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Vote for DMI sessions at SXSW EDU!
brianlucid: Hi All, Many in the DMI community have submitted panel proposals for SXSW Edu this year, and we need your help to get there! The programming for SXSW Edu, a smaller conference which takes place before the full SXSW festival, is selected via a voting process. Please vote for one or all of the…
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rutgermegahertz: I used processing to extract audio data from Kraftwerk’s song “Tour De France”. I visualized the values with circles of varying size which I then converted into a pdf.
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Papyrus is meant to look historic and hand-drawn, but it is neither. It’s an alphabet from the early ’80s wearing a week’s stubble. Skip it. Butterick’s Practical Typography Sing it, sister! (via merlin)
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We developed and experimentally validated a comprehensive mathematical model for T. reesei/E. coli consortia, providing insights on key determinants of the system’s performance. To illustrate the bioprocessing potential of this consortium, we demonstrate direct conversion of microcrystalline cellulose and pretreated corn stover to isobutanol. Without costly nutrient supplementation, we achieved titers up to 1.88 g/L…
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Normally, both Trichoderma reesei and E. coli exist in communities of other microbes, which form a complex ecosystem rich with organisms that cooperate and compete. But with just the two of them, the relationship would be simpler. Trichoderma reesei would be what’s termed a cooperator, producing material that could be used by other organisms by…
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A Manifesto for Higher Learning: Andrew Howard for Design Observer
A Manifesto for Higher Learning: Andrew Howard for Design Observer A Manifesto for Higher Learning 1. No amount of ingenuity or creativity can create strong, clear, memorable design solutions from confused thought. This is why design is first and foremost a means of organising ideas. Design is thinking made visible. 2. Opinion is welcomed but…
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The daughter claimed she’d been taught that a writer needs quiet, privacy, and long stretches of solitude to think. The father decided too much college and too many bringo friends had ruined her. In a way he was right. In a way she was right. When she thinks to herself in her father’s language, she…