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nicolesanberg: The interactive installation “I Want You To Want...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:16:08 +1100

The interactive installation “I Want You To Want Me”, by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar, commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, for their “Design and the Elastic Mind” exhibition.

I Want You To Want Me explores the search for love and self in the world of online dating. It chronicles the world’s long-term relationship with romance, across all ages, genders, and sexualities, using real data collected from Internet dating sites every few hours.

The piece is presented on a 56” high-resolution touch-screen, hanging vertically on the wall, and was installed at MoMA on February 14, 2008, Valentine’s Day.

Meet Rep. Joe Cao from Lousiana. He’s the only Republican who...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:50:07 +1100

Meet Rep. Joe Cao from Lousiana. He’s the only Republican who voted in favour of the Health Care reforms in the House of Representatives.

Via sabine

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Philip Glass Ensemble - ‘Train/Spaceship’, Part 1 [1982] from...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:40:18 +1100

Philip Glass Ensemble - ‘Train/Spaceship’, Part 1 [1982] from Einstein on the Beach. via postpunk, merlin

So timely and relevant

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:29:37 +1100

So timely and relevant

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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:39:44 +1100

Someone is putting on a surprise firework display outside my...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:41:56 +1100

Someone is putting on a surprise firework display outside my balcony. For me? You shouldn’t have!

"The will to blog is a complicated thing, somewhere between inspiration and compulsion. It can feel..."

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:32:11 +1100

“The will to blog is a complicated thing, somewhere between inspiration and compulsion. It can feel almost like a biological impulse. You see something, or an idea occurs to you, and you have to share it with the Internet as soon as possible. What I didn’t realize was that those ideas and that urgency — and the sense of self-importance that made me think anyone would be interested in hearing what went on in my head — could just disappear.”

- Emily Gould

"This is awful. You have to figure out how they speak to each other. They’re speaking in a..."

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:25:42 +1100

“This is awful. You have to figure out how they speak to each other. They’re speaking in a moron language”

- Kazuo Ishiguro’s wife, critiquing his novel, set in mediaeval Britain, that he later abandoned. Via “How to Write a Great Novel: Junot Diaz, Anne Rice, Margaret Atwood and Other Authors Tell,” WSJ.com

Harrison Ford (Han Solo), David Prowse (Darth Vader), Peter...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:04:20 +1100

Harrison Ford (Han Solo), David Prowse (Darth Vader), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) and, in foreground, Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Kenny Baker (R2-D2) and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) via LA Times

"Twitter is not going to kill journalism. Journalism dedicated to reporting the impact of Twitter on..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:39:08 +1100

“Twitter is not going to kill journalism. Journalism dedicated to reporting the impact of Twitter on journalism is going to kill journalism.”

- Twitter / Elmo Keep

Dream internship for some lucky person at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:17:51 +1100

Dream internship for some lucky person at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society:

You can work with Danah Boyd!

"There are some things we know for sure. These might be minor—how to treat your parents, how to grow..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:03:39 +1100

“There are some things we know for sure. These might be minor—how to treat your parents, how to grow tomatoes, how to build a house. We each have a few such things. Start there with your feet firmly planted and see how it feels. Then take a few small steps until you reach a place that still feels firm, but where nobody else is standing. Then try to make something beautiful with what you see. If you can find a place where you’re all alone, that’s usually a good place to be.”

- Jonathan Harris, “Opinions” World Building in a Crazy World . Opinions

"Millions of dollars are spent each year at conferences that people attend to be inspired, to learn..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:59:00 +1100

“Millions of dollars are spent each year at conferences that people attend to be inspired, to learn the latest memes and speak the latest jargon. They stand around in hotel lobbies, drinking bottled water and swapping business cards. They look at what everyone else is doing, and try to figure out how to apply what they see to their own particular endeavor. These conferences lead to what I call “city ideas”. City ideas have to do with a particular moment in time, a scene, a movement, other people’s work, what critics say, or what’s happening in the zeitgeist. City ideas tend to be slick, sexy, smart, and savvy, like the people who live in cities. City ideas are often incremental improvements—small steps forward, usually in response to what your neighbor is doing or what you just read in the paper. City ideas, like cities, are fashionable. But fashions change quickly, so city ideas live and die on short cycles. The opposite of city ideas are “natural ideas”, which account for the big leaps forward and often appear to come from nowhere. These ideas come from nature, solitude, and meditation. They’re less concerned with how the world is, and more with how the world could and should be.”

- Jonathan Harris, “Ideas,” World Building in a Crazy World

"Fancy living in one of these streets - never seeing anything beautiful - never eating anything..."

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:14:37 +1100

“Fancy living in one of these streets - never seeing anything beautiful - never eating anything savoury - never saying anything clever!”

- Winston Churchill during a walk in Manchester, 1906. Currently reading Roy Jenkins’ dense, amazing biography.

Deal with it

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:57:26 +1100

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Lichtenstein costume via Charmed, Make, joshuar.

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:51:12 +1100

Lichtenstein costume via Charmed, Make, joshuar.

"Mix tapes are tricky in the way that all presents are tricky—you have to balance your own taste with..."

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:46:53 +1100

“Mix tapes are tricky in the way that all presents are tricky—you have to balance your own taste with the taste of the recipient, even if that person’s taste is terrible. You have to hide the medicine in the applesauce.”

- Emily Gould, “After the Glitter Fades: A Mix-Tape.” n+1

Recession Survival Tip via soupsoup, 9gag

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:12:51 +1100

Recession Survival Tip via soupsoup, 9gag