technology

12
Jun
On smart cities, The Wire, and apps for Omar.

On smart cities, The Wire, and apps for Omar.

PocketCop is mobile technology whose goal is to get police out of their cars and onto the streets, so they
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12
Jun
Jocelyn Robert: Experimental Sound and Video

Jocelyn Robert: Experimental Sound and Video

One of the coolest parts about my job is that I sit on a committee to pick visiting artists and
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12
Jun
On a designer embracing the fine arts.

On a designer embracing the fine arts.

I hate it when people call me an artist instead of a designer. But maybe I shouldn’t. Because art
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12
Jun
How Steve Jobs got me through grad school.

How Steve Jobs got me through grad school.

Will is an engineer. I am a designer. When we first got married, I was a Mac, he was a
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12
Jun
On how Instagram is kind of like cocaine.

On how Instagram is kind of like cocaine.

I caved. I surrendered. I couldn’t resist. A couple of weeks ago I started using Instagram. I’d signed
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12
Jun
On artificial intelligence, gerbils, and The Lion King.

On artificial intelligence, gerbils, and The Lion King.

Photo via www.disney.co.uk I saw The Lion King on Broadway this weekend and I can’t stop
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12
Jun
On what product designers can learn from the Velveteen Rabbit.

On what product designers can learn from the Velveteen Rabbit.

When Seth was little, one of his favorite audio stories was The Velveteen Rabbit, narrated by Meryl Streep and accompanied
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12
Jun
On pocket symphonies and ear candy.

On pocket symphonies and ear candy.

I agree with Rob Walker: Radiolab is a beautiful thing. An experiment in auditory aesthetics (kind of Fluxus-y), its unique
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12
Jun
How a pretty thing inspires me to write.

How a pretty thing inspires me to write.

It’s always winter when I write. Beautiful, calm, soothing white winter. As a child growing up in Colorado, there’
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12
Jun
Dogs as users and humans as iPhones.

Dogs as users and humans as iPhones.

They say that intelligence can be measured by a species’ ability to use tools to accomplish goals. Alexandra Horowitz, in
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