12
Jun
Vive la France! Or why I fly the French flag.
Why would I go to the funeral of a friend or relative but not all of the funerals happening in
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cities
12
Jun
On Microsoft Excel, Big Software, and Brazilian Favelas.
I often telling people designing for Excel is more like urban design than anything else. Because like a city, big
1 min read
12
Jun
On how good design makes food taste better.
I never knew I was a foodie gourmande until I didn’t have access to good food. Misery loves company,
1 min read
12
Jun
On the yonic and the phallic.
I have never had any desire to go to Dubai. But that changed this week when I listened to this
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12
Jun
On the Great Works of Software and Detroit.
I have never been to Detroit, but as a lover of cities, I am interested in what happens to it.
2 min read
12
Jun
The sound of a city.
Watching House of Cards makes me miss D.C. If ever there was an audio portrait of a city, this
1 min read
12
Jun
On Macklemore, white privilege, and being clueless at Princeton.
Dear Privileged-at-Princeton: You. Are. Privileged. And Meritocracy Is a Myth.
Entrepreneurship: The Ultimate White Privilege?
Maybe it’s because Bria
2 min read
12
Jun
Letters from Paris: Why don't we build like this anymore?
The Notre Dame. Sacre Coeur. L’Hotel de Ville. Places des Vosges. The Saint Michel Fountain and the Louvre. The
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12
Jun
Letters from Paris: Montmartre and the Digital Cabaret.
It was on the northern slope of the Butte Montmartre on a cobbled street that this enchanted house became a
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12
Jun
Letters from Paris: On cities as museums.
It’s springtime in Paris and I have something to confess (although the fact that I feel the need to
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