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Emergent Digital Practices: WHAT IS GOOD DESIGN? YOU DECIDE!!
Emergent Digital Practices: WHAT IS GOOD DESIGN? YOU DECIDE!! emergentdigitalpractices: Vote for the 2011 People’s Design Award. Browse this year’s nominees or submit/nominate a new design. Vote for your favorite design. Comment and share with friends using the People’s Design Award Facebook app. Follow us on Twitter and join in the discussion by using hashtag…
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WHAT IS GOOD DESIGN? YOU DECIDE!!
Vote for the 2011 People’s Design Award. Browse this year’s nominees or submit/nominate a new design. Vote for your favorite design. Comment and share with friends using the People’s Design Award Facebook app. Follow us on Twitter and join in the discussion by using hashtag #peoplesdesign Celebrate National Design Week October 15-23 with free programs…
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(via Governor Valve) This governor valve uses oil. It is a more contemporary adaptation of Watt’s governor valve for steam engines. Here the system is shown with weights swinging around a horizontal axis. In the area of detail that shows the valve allowing oil to pass through, it does not reveal what should be turbine…
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Life in a Day Distills 4,500 Hours of Intimate Video Into Urgent Documentary | Underwire | Wired.com
Life in a Day Distills 4,500 Hours of Intimate Video Into Urgent Documentary | Underwire | Wired.com I know this is very old news, but I pose the question, is this crowdsourcing in a positive way or just as exploitative as shirtwoot? As an interesting aside (coincidence since I just stumbled upon this article?) the film is…
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Research Methods: Dead Media Project: An Interview with Bruce Sterling
Research Methods: Dead Media Project: An Interview with Bruce Sterling rodgerluo: From ctheory.net, by Arpad Bak CTHEORY: What’s the genealogy of the Dead Media Project? Bruce Sterling: My friends and I are interested in understanding technology, even the embarrassing parts of technology, such as machines that are badly designed and that no longer work. Unfortunately,…
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What disqualifies war from being a true game is probably what also disqualifies the stock market and business – the rules are not fully known nor accepted by all the players. Marshall McLuhan – Understanding Media (via dropouthangoutspaceout) This remains accurate for the domain of game theory proposed by economists and mathematicians up to the…
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Apple won’t be able to use the term “multi-touch” as part of its patent and trademark arsenal, thanks to a decision handed down by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The organization’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has denied for a second time Apple’s application for the term, reiterating that the term has become…