Monthly Archives: June 2008
Metropolis Mag’s “Capturing Culture”
Short article in the latest Metropolis about Chronicle Books hiring a corporate anthropologist to help design new offices. It’s a quick read:
“[Her] thesis is that organizations have their own kind of invisible structure. In other words, what you see on the flowchart of a company isn’t necessarily how the work gets done,” Carabetta explains. Stephenson [...]
Topspin & Day 1 of changing the music industry
Pretty exciting! Topspin goes live:
Topspin is founded on the principle that while costs of production and distribution in the music industry are dropping, unlimited choice for consumers only increases the importance of efficient marketing. Marketing means both connecting and cultivating relationships with your existing fans (much of what Seth Godin describes as “Permission Marketing” applies) [...]
An idea for the iPhone and GPS
Once again success! Panning for gold in my archives brings this nugget from June 2003:
Amble Time / “A shortcoming of standard maps is their inability to convey a sense of temporal scale. Can I stroll to the park for lunch, or would it take me all day? Amble Time adds an element of time to [...]
Create Digital Music » Korg nanoKEY, nanoKONTROL, nanoPAD: Super Tiny MIDI Keyboard, Controller, Pads
Create Digital Music » Korg nanoKEY, nanoKONTROL, nanoPAD: Super Tiny MIDI Keyboard, Controller, Pads
Font Bureau Fonts | ITC Franklin
Font Bureau Fonts | ITC Franklin
No fancy book learning
I was reading KT Meaney’s piece from Design Observer, Greening the Grocery Store, when I realized how similar the problems facing the CF light world. Meaney’s post describes the confusion & misinformation people face when they try shopping “green”. What help does a consumer get?
Did it surprise me that the “recycling symbol” at the bottom [...]
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