The Stanford Laptop Orchestra
Friday, den 10. October 2008Live Science points us to a very unusual modern music group. The Stanford Laptop Orchestra is made up of 20 performers each playing a Macbook instead of instruments, creating a symphony of otherworldly ambient sounds. Each key of the computer represents a different note, and tilting the laptop changes the sound. Manipulating the trackpad also [...]
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Clarks Shoes Installation Inspired by Dust
Friday, den 10. October 2008Lance Clark of the UK Clarks Shoe brand thought the courtyard of the company’s Somerset England headquarters was looking a bit dull. Mr. Clark gave ROSO a call and commissioned an installation. Clark worked previously on a smaller installation with ROSO who specialize in projects that merge art, architecture, and design.
The installation itself was developed [...]
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Bicycle Theft As Safety Index
Friday, den 10. October 2008Mariano Pasik, a publicist based out of Buenos Aires, has untertaken an interesting project. Using hidden cameras and cheap bicycles as bait, he has set out to gauge crime in different neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. The longer it takes for the bike to be stolen the safer the area, is his hypothesis. He is encouraging [...]
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Bicycle Theft As Safety Index
Friday, den 10. October 2008Mariano Pasik, a publicist based out of Buenos Aires, has untertaken an interesting project. Using hidden cameras and cheap bicycles as bait, he has set out to gauge crime in different neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. The longer it takes for the bike to be stolen the safer the area, is his hypothesis. He is encouraging [...]
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“What’s Your Inspiration?” PSFK Talks to Sahadeva Hammari of CollabFinder
Friday, den 10. October 2008We’re excited about CollabFinder.com, a recently launched site that offers creatives, web designers, and developers a simple, straightforward way to to find one another and collaborate on projects. The site makes finding and working together on creative endeavors - from launching a website to designing a new logo - easier for both those in search [...]
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High Five Machine Generates Electricity, Fun
Friday, den 10. October 2008PSFK’s friends over at Cunning sent us this awesome concept sketch by Spencer Holtaway. It’s a wacky, but secretly practical “high five” machine. The way it works: slap the hand “five” and the movement of the arm activates some sort of energy generating device - which produces free, fun energy. What an great idea - [...]
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How Important is it to Have Demographic Stats for Your Website? IMPORTANT.
Friday, den 10. October 2008When I was at BlogWorld, I moderated a really excellent panel with Dave Taylor of AskDaveTaylor.com along with Steve Hall of AdRants, David Peralty of Xfep and Lynn Truong of Wise Bread on how to sell advertising directly to advertisers on your blog. At one point I had a somewhat embarrassing ‘ah-ha’ moment in which [...]
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Shanghai Launches Bike-Sharing Program
Friday, den 10. October 2008Cycling commuters in Shanghai have been on a steady decline due to the boom in car ownership and the elimination of bike lanes on select major roads over the past 5 years. However, that trend may change with a new initiative launched last month to promote bike use.
The city started testing a bike-sharing system to [...]
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Strategies in Product Design
Friday, den 10. October 2008Having recently finished Peter Schwartz’s classic, The Art of the Long View, this article from Core77 on strategic product design was particularly resonant with us. Both these works reflect on the important distinction between predictions & assumptions and carefully crafted foresight.
The article deals specifically with product design while Schwartz looks at the broader strategies [...]
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Pictures From My Cambodia Honeymoon
Friday, den 10. October 2008I went to Cambodia for my honeymoon. I got a LOT more pictures but I haven’t had the time to sort through them yet. So here are some selected pictures..
Enjoy.
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Fine handwork and carvings from the Artisan centers, I actually bought one of them. Made of out sandstone, my sculpture of the Angkor Wat statues weighed [...]
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