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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Bruce Sterling on Hostile Design
June 8, 2007 – 9:09 am
In this video, Bruce Sterling discusses hostile technology design and the need to “humanize the interface.”
MIT team claims wireless power demo
June 7, 2007 – 11:35 pm
MIT team claims wireless power demo. Update: Here’s the official MIT page.
Information foraging and Infovores
June 7, 2007 – 7:40 pm
I’ve been doing a bit of reading on web design and usability this afternoon, and the theory of information foraging seems to sum up the way I think people tend to use their computers and the Internet.
“Information foraging is a theory that applies the ideas from optimal foraging theory to understand how human users search […]
Charlemagne
June 5, 2007 – 6:59 pm
“To have another language is to possess a second soul.” –Charlemagne
Roger Linn
June 5, 2007 – 12:17 am
The remarkable story of Roger Linn, inventor of the drum machine.
Stradivarius Violin Stolen From Vienna Apartment
June 3, 2007 – 5:36 pm
A 1680 Stradivarius violin worth about €2.5 million was stolen over the weekend from an apartment in central Vienna.
La Feria
June 1, 2007 – 10:59 am
Michelle points out that without her prodding encouragement, I wouldn’t have taken this photo… or “half of the other good pictures” :).