March 2011
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Using Pedal-Powered Trike, Google Adds Historic... →
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Alexander Khudokon - BOOOOOOOM! →
Courtesy of BOOOOOOOM!, Re: Alexander Khudokon
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“The world’s next great musical work of art may come from someone who...”
– Compose Beautiful Music With Just Your Thoughts
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“Councils hoping to sell off libraries in a bid to plug funding deficits could be...”
– 19th century law may save London libraries - News
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Copenhagenize.com: Berlin Bicycle Traffic Lights →
Courtesy of Copenhagenize.com.
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“nokia has just unveiled its new typeface, ‘nokia pure’, designed for...”
– nokia pure typeface
Courtesy of DesignBoom.
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WatchPedals for Progress and The Bicycle City film.
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A Typeface Based on Gandhi's Iconic Spectacles |... →
Courtesy of Co.Design, re: Sridhar and the creative team at Leo Burnett India.
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“The federal election marks the end for at least five government bills focused on...”
– Michael Geist - How to Vote for the Internet: Election Our Chance To Ask About Internet Policy
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Jenny Holzer - Paris 2001 →
http://www.jennyholzer.com
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Dave Hakkens - The Edible Pen →
Photo Courtesy of Dave Hakkens.
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“The “easiest”-looking designs are often the most challenging to...”
– The Legendary Abbott Miller Unveils Wallpaper Drawn With Dripping Ink | Co.Design
Photo courtesy of Co.Design.
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“‘livresse lamp’ is designed to transform books into lamps, creating...”
– boris dennler: livresse succion
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“Students and academics at a world-leading London university want to build...”
– BBC News - Academics to ‘embrace Wikipedia’
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“The grid was the great leveler. By shifting millions of cubic yards of earth and...”
– Manhattan’s Rectangular Street Grid Turns 200 - NYTimes.com
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“Linguist Ben Zimmer says that the history of automatic spellcheckers goes back...”
– Accidentally, ‘Autocorrect’ Makes Good Texts Go Bad : NPR
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“Google’s ambition to create the world’s largest digital library and bookstore...”
– Judge Rejects Google’s Deal to Digitize Books - NYTimes.com
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“Another aspect the judge addressed was “orphan works” — those...”
– The rejected Google e-books settlement: What it means and what comes next - Jacket Copy - Los Angeles Times
Right now I am trying to brush up on both Canadian and American copyright law. And by “brush up” - I mean learn.
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iPad as picture book - The Washington Post →
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Some tips for using Google for travel information... →
“But while Bolivians have lived off it for centuries, quinoa remained little more...”
– Quinoa’s Global Success Creates Quandary in Bolivia - NYTimes.com
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“In total, the researchers studied about 1,300 elephants in 39 family groups at...”
– Elephants Benefit From Elder Matriarchs’ Experience - NYTimes.com
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“Bad design comes in many forms. Things that are unsafe. Things that don’t work...”
– How to Ruin a Great Design - NYTimes.com
Wanted: A Typographic Map of the World | Co.Design →
Courtesy of Co. Design.
“All historians are prisoners of their own experience and servitors to their own...”
– Arthur Schlesinger, Jr, whose papers the NYPL recently acquired. The New Yorker’s Book Bench did a wonderful story about the collection today. (via nypl)
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“But policymakers in the United States have been repeatedly frustrated by...”
– Green Development? Not in My (Liberal) Backyard - NYTimes.com
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“SOME facts of life are just plain counterintuitive. It can be too cold to snow....”
– Data Overload Has Economic Costs - NYTimes.com
500 Marker Drawings - BOOOOOOOM! →
Courtesy of BOOOOOOOM!
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Sometimes GPOYW makes me want to post a GPOYW.
But not today.
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“Macmillan seems to be worried. Instead of adapting to the future of books,...”
– Publishers Have Met the Enemy, and It is Them « Annoyed Librarian
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“4. Develop Your Own Point of View”
– Method: Eight Things Stand-Up Comedy Teaches Us About Innovation | Co.Design
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“Not invited” is a bit harsh.
Indeed.
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Harper Lee to receive National Medal of Arts -... →
