February 2012
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January 2012
1 post
December 2011
6 posts
Disclaimer: this is almost a year old (I’m cleaning out my Read It Later Queue over break) but still super cool technology. Just a matter of time before we start seeing this technology in all of our LCD screens…
November 2011
3 posts
Incoming: A Native Gmail iPhone App. Finally.
I sincerely hope MG’s right about this one. The lackluster Gmail experience on iPhone is one of my chief complaints about living on iOS so far, so I’m really pumped for this. Especially if the app exhibits some of Google’s new minimal-readable design sense (which I would expect it to).
parislemon:
Ever since I bought the original iPhone in 2007, there’s been one app above...
October 2011
6 posts
I’m kind of hooked on the Jacques Green remix right now…
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Steve
I’ve been trying to wrap my head around Steve Jobs’ death today. The news came first from a friend, then I quickly headed over to Twitter and started absorbing reactions, anecdotes, quotes, etc.
I really didn’t think this would affect me this way. I don’t own any Apple products to speak of (I’m composing this on a Macbook Pro, but it belongs to the company I work...
September 2011
7 posts
You see a lot about “data visualization”. Why limit it? Why not...
Been a big fan of Baths since he played NU with Best Coast last year. If you haven’t heard him yet, check out some of his other stuff, it’s a little more exciting than this. However, this video is more toned down and raw than his usual sample triggering crazyness, and it’s shot beautifully.
How to Fix Our Math Education - NYTimes.com →
This resonates with me. Sometimes I think sticking to the ways we’ve always been doing things in education keeps us from making it better- Science and math are fields that are meant to be applied, and I think more kids would be interested in them if they could see this.
August 2011
18 posts
inThirty on FlowingData →
OH MAH GAWD I’M ON FLOWINGDATA
Seriously though, this is awesome. Love this blog and I’m grateful that Nathan found our work interesting enough to post about.
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Arduino device mutes uninteresting celebrities on... →
Um.. awesome. I really wanna get into the Arduino hacking movement, it seems like it’s pretty easy to do really cool stuff with them.
Watch this Invisible Airbag Helmet for Cyclists... →
Cool idea. Bike safety is an area, I think, that is ripe for new inventions.
What if you could live thirty minutes away from everything? 17 minutes on the...
I love this artist.
“Space is Process” a film about Olafur Eliasson (by martin køhler)
ABS Spotlight →
I wish our government was cool enough to make something like this.
Rorschmap turns satellite photos into... →
Pretty cool. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about maps as figures, and as ways of getting information across, but this is a cool example of their aesthetic value. Be sure to pan, zoom, and click the Go! button for the full effect.
July 2011
12 posts
Getting Things Done the Datascope Way | Datascope... →
I wrote this! A peek into the culture at Datascope, and my summary of the best “task management system” I’ve ever used.