Category: words

  • What would really benefit designers is the digital equivalent of a sketchpad and pencil. Sure, Wacom tablets have been around for a long time, but they tie designers down to the laptop or desktop computer. Personally, one of my favorite things about sketching is being able to walk away from my desk. No email. No…

  • What would really benefit designers is the digital equivalent of a sketchpad and pencil. Sure, Wacom tablets have been around for a long time, but they tie designers down to the laptop or desktop computer. Personally, one of my favorite things about sketching is being able to walk away from my desk. No email. No…

  • Now demand for quinoa (pronounced KEE-no-ah) is soaring in rich countries, as American and European consumers discover the “lost crop” of the Incas. The surge has helped raise farmers’ incomes here in one of the hemisphere’s poorest countries. But there has been a notable trade-off: Fewer Bolivians can now afford it, hastening their embrace of…

  • Now demand for quinoa (pronounced KEE-no-ah) is soaring in rich countries, as American and European consumers discover the “lost crop” of the Incas. The surge has helped raise farmers’ incomes here in one of the hemisphere’s poorest countries. But there has been a notable trade-off: Fewer Bolivians can now afford it, hastening their embrace of…

  • What art can do for science (and vice versa)

    virtualconcept: Astronomers will know Toruń in Poland as the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus, and tourists as one of the country’s oldest, most beautiful cities. Since the summer of 2008, however, the Centre of Contemporary Art (CoCA) has put it firmly on the map for modern art aficionados. Its newly appointed artistic director Belgrade-born Dobrila Denegri…

  • What art can do for science (and vice versa)

    virtualconcept: Astronomers will know Toruń in Poland as the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus, and tourists as one of the country’s oldest, most beautiful cities. Since the summer of 2008, however, the Centre of Contemporary Art (CoCA) has put it firmly on the map for modern art aficionados. Its newly appointed artistic director Belgrade-born Dobrila Denegri…

  • Important Advisory about Amazon’s Appstore Distribution Terms To all members of the game development community: Two weeks ago, Amazon launched its own Android Appstore. We know that many developers have been eagerly looking forward to that launch in hopes that it would represent a great new revenue opportunity and a fresh take on downloadable game…

  • Important Advisory about Amazon’s Appstore Distribution Terms To all members of the game development community: Two weeks ago, Amazon launched its own Android Appstore. We know that many developers have been eagerly looking forward to that launch in hopes that it would represent a great new revenue opportunity and a fresh take on downloadable game…

  • THE BELIEVER: How would you say your experience of gallery openings in New York differs from Iceland? RAGNAR KJARTANSSON: There is less booze in New York openings. In openings in Iceland everybody gets fucking pissed. There’s more liquor, more of a party atmosphere, because it’s just a village. A good part about growing up in…

  • THE BELIEVER: How would you say your experience of gallery openings in New York differs from Iceland? RAGNAR KJARTANSSON: There is less booze in New York openings. In openings in Iceland everybody gets fucking pissed. There’s more liquor, more of a party atmosphere, because it’s just a village. A good part about growing up in…