I’m at the Applied Brilliance conference this morning, a gathering of architects and designers in Bolton Landing, NY, a gorgeous corner of Adirondack State Park.… Read More »William Uricchio and the object/subject in participatory media
I had the realization the other day that the main way in which I procrastinate from the work I should be doing is by taking… Read More »What I’m not writing about
For Dodgers' interpreter, his job is a thrill beyond words — latimes.com Beautiful story about Kenji Nimura, the LA Dodgers trilingual interpreter. Classic bridge figure… Read More »links for 2009-10-13
Celebrated legal scholar, intellectual property activist and now congressional reformer Lawrence Lessig has written a provocative and somewhat surprising article in this month’s New Republic.… Read More »On connecting the dots – a response to Lessig on transparency
ESPN – OTL: Seats Of Gold – E-ticket Extremely good piece of sportswriting. Writer spends $1200 to sit in a "Legends seat" at Yankee stadium,… Read More »links for 2009-10-10
I’m reading Paul Collier’s controversial new “Wars, Guns and Votes” (NYTimes review), where the brilliant development economist addresses the uncomfortable question, “What if democracy doesn’t… Read More »Babtounes, “democrazy” and the Tunisian elections