[vimeo 59193899 w=500 h=281]

Really neat. I use the program that inspired him to make his own (transcribe) all the time.

(Source: http://player.vimeo.com/)

We manage complexity through narrative and redundancy. Connecting the dots. (original, description, digital copy). (at Harvard Museum of Natural History)

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good use of gifs

Cardboard Plotter

Handmade manual drawing machine by Niklas Roy made with simple materials - video embedded below:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfAFWzh2VEM]

This plotter is made entirely out of cardboard, welding rod, rubber bands, adhesive tape and super glue. The digital memory is a little book with plenty of different drawing codes, which are written down as coordinates. In this video I’m entering the first code, which makes the plotter draw “hello world”.

You can find out more about the project at Niklas’ blog here

Differences in texture support differences in color. (at Harvard Museum of Natural History)

*interruption*
type type type type
click
off

phone interactions

flattening the hierarchy

web > ipad ready.

flattening the hierarchy

exit zero project. excited for the website unveiling.

interesting hourglass timer to pace the slideshow. like the text/image overlay too.

exit zero project. excited for the website unveiling.

Waterfall

One of my objectives, during my time off, was to participate in what the science community calls “outreach”. The word itself suggests a kind of unnatural exertion of the body. One imagines all manners of contortions required to bridge the awkward gap between the “scientific” community and the “regular” community. And this is not too far from the truth. The “outreach” exercise, for scientists, often calls on muscle groups that they’ve neglected for years, that have atrophied embarrassingly, and the gap, historically and still, is quite large.

Favorite section from my BFF’s new post on the critical need for better science communication. 

Read the rest: http://lululiu.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/dear-editors/

Zoë Keating: A blog about an email about a blog about a news article about music streaming

zoekeating:

My son is still very sick and I haven’t slept much, or I would write about this a bit more…but here is an email I wrote to Bob Lefsetz in reply to his post about a NYTimes story I was quoted in the other day.

From: Zoe Keating
Subject: Re: New York Times On Streaming

I’m totally asking…

Zoë Keating: A blog about an email about a blog about a news article about music streaming

if someone had shown me this in middle school i would have been so greatful.

mpdrolet:

Ben Parks

mpdrolet:

Ben Franklin Bridge

Owen Luther

This picture almost makes me want to go camping.

mpdrolet:

Olga Kruglova

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likeafieldmouse:

Andy Goldsworthy

red and turquoise is a classic.

that pink is unexpected and just beautiful with the yellow flowers.