Category: words

  • Wednesday, July 25, 2012 — Saturday, July 28, 2012 Scratch@MIT 2012 is the third biennial conference where educators, researchers, developers, and other members of the worldwide Scratch community will gather on the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts to share their experiences and imagine the possibilities of Scratch. I’ll be in Boston July 24-29 to present…

  • cotonblanc: cotonblanc-deactivated20150422: Eduard Hoffmann’s notebook documents the birth and early development of Neue Haas Grotesk and Helvetica. On this page from May 7th, 1957, he noted: “All characters: should be OK now”. Neue Haas Grotesk

  • 15 Things Charles and Ray Eames Teach Us

    15 Things Charles and Ray Eames Teach Us nevver: Keep good company Notice the ordinary Preserve the ephemeral Design not for the elite but for the masses Explain it to a child Get lost in the content Get to the heart of the matter Never tolerate “O.K. anything.” Remember your responsibility as a storyteller Zoom…

  • Dr. Manhattan dances to “Atomic”

    Dr. Manhattan dances to “Atomic”.

  • Dr. Manhattan has six more weeks of winter

    Dr. Manhattan has six more weeks of winter.

  • This is what I have done, for many years. Perhaps I am evil.

  • Dr. Manhattan embodies Quixote

    Dr. Manhattan embodies Quixote.

  • Dr. Manhattan sees his own shadow

    Dr. Manhattan sees his own shadow

  • Notational: Ray Bradbury, The Space Age Prophet – by BRUCE STERLING

    Notational: Ray Bradbury, The Space Age Prophet – by BRUCE STERLING maskedmarauder: HE’S finally gone, at 91, the last titan of the era when sci-fi fandom was a way of life. The maestros of that tight world were Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein — and Ray Bradbury. You had to put Bradbury in…

  • laughingsquid: Ray Bradbury on Writing Fahrenheit 451 in a Library