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Making, gender, and doing
mostlysignssomeportents: Deb Chacra, a brilliant engineer, teacher and thinker, explains why she doesn’t identify as a “maker” — because when we elevate “makers” over maintainers, carers, and do-ers, we carry on the tradition of elevating traditionally male work over traditionally female work. Read the rest…
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dobooks: Disobedient Objects Catherine Flood From political activism comes the art of protest, symbols, and designs that defy standard definitions. This timely book shows how objects can change the world by out-designing authority. Included are items from protest movements over the past three decades from around the globe: papier-mâché and cardboard puppets made by the…
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dobooks: Fully Booked – Ink on Paper: Design and Concepts for New Publications Young designers and publishers are ringing in a new era for printed books—one that is likely to be the most exciting in their entire history. Digital media are disappointing for books. All books look the same on an iPad, for example. On…
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thinkvr: 3 Key Digital Marketing Skills Students Don’t Learn In College LEE W. FREDERIKSEN, fastcompany.com Many schools need to update their marketing curricula. If they don’t, students will be the ones to lose out. If you’ve interviewed marketing candidates straight out of college, you’ve likely noticed a surprising trend. These rising young…
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Formalism: Once More With Feeling
Formalism: Once More With Feeling dropouthangoutspaceout: So discourse being what it is, we (and by “we” I mean a subset of game studies academics, game designers and critics) have somehow found ourselves back discussing the merits or pitfalls of formalism, alongside the creation of the (what I think is misguided) concept of “ludoessentialism”. I…
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stoweboyd: nowthisnews: A drone carrying six pounds of meth crashed in Mexico near the border which may mean drug cartels are using them for long distance dealing. Jamais Cascio says that if you want to think about how some new technology is going to be used, find out what criminals are doing with it. (Source:…