March 2011
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pay as you like restaurant - Panera →
“The fascinating question to me is: Can we take our skills — our core competencies, as we call them in business — and apply them very directly to solving some of the problems” in society, he said. “And not just for publicity, but to make a difference.” i’m inspired.
Mar 11th
February 2011
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The most energy-efficient office building in the... →
Feb 21st
January 2011
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http://www.ted.com/talks/naomi_klein_addicted_to_ri... →
Jan 22nd
2. Mitsubishi LaserVue 65-inch HDTV - Top 10... →
One day we will have this technology and scale in nearly every home and in our laptops and we will reminisce and say : “remember when it used to cost 7000 dollars ?” …
Jan 27th
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“We are the ones we have been waiting for.”
– EXCERPT FROM WE ARE THE ONES WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR BY ALICE WALKER
Jan 14th
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“Correctness, Profound Truth, and Paradox Our usual and “correct”...”
– Correctness, profound truth, and paradox
Jan 12th
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Video of Jim Bumgardner at Gel 2007 - Gel Videos →
Jim discusses screensavers, information theory, and (with crowd participation) the Whitney music box, which sets an algorithm to music. Blending visual, musical, technical, mathematical, and intentionally useless elements, Jim gives a notable Gel talk.
Jan 12th
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School is... →
check out the whole series
Jan 11th
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The Pmarca Guide to Personal Productivity - pmarca... →
my highlights from an article about personal productivity
Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 9th
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“So many of us have nascent ideas for what we can do to help our communities or...”
– No Impact Man: Trust the spark within and find your own path
Jan 9th
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“Believe me: It is no teaching and no instruction that I give you. On what basis...”
– No Impact Man: May each go his own way By Carl Jung
Jan 9th
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Kayak really responds
Kayak.com, a traveling website, actually really responded to feedback i’ve sent them. Hi, Those are good suggestions. However, since we don't actually sell anything, we don't really know if you ended up booking or not. We actually do include a link so your friend can search for the flight and book it if she wants. But the booking links themselves are short-lived and tied to sessions, so...
Jan 6th
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Augmented-Reality: Pranav Mistry: The thrilling... →
actually, a lot of augmented-reality. interesting and inspiring. this is not the future, it’s the near-present
Jan 6th
December 2009
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Episode #17 – Waterpod →
Waterpod, a floating, self-sustaining eco-habitat inhabited by six artists for six months that roamed the NYC waterways as an experiment in potential future living spaces and lifestyles 50-100 years from now.
Dec 29th
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Babelgum: Radar Sixteen: Missed Connections →
touching, heart warming
Dec 22nd
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Babelgum: Radar Nineteen: Makerbot →
a machine (3d printer) that makes simple objects from plastic
Dec 22nd
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Edward Burtynsky on manufactured landscapes |... →
Amazing photography about humanity’s impact on the world
Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
Do The Green Thing: Huddle →
Dec 13th
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The Evolution of Mobile Phones →
Dec 12th
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Cradle to Cradle
Inspiring environmental design and architecture http://www.ted.com/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design.html but not all that glitters is gold. Here’s a fast company profile on McDonough that is less than flattering: Green Guru Gone Wrong: William McDonough - vantagepoint - green architecture | Fast Company
Dec 7th
November 2009
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Mark Bittman on what's wrong with what we eat |... →
surveys the history of the food and fast food industry, recommends cutting meat consumption in half so as not to alienate the audience
Nov 25th
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Liz Diller plays with architecture | Video on... →
a building made of fog, a museum wall that intentionally deteriorates, “architecture is a special effects machine”
Nov 25th
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Willie Smits restores a rainforest | Video on... →
Nov 23rd
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…My heart’s in Accra » Innovation from Constraint... →
Nov 23rd
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Ross Lovegrove →
so much passion,  inspiration, and daring. this is another more relaxed interview: http://www.designspotter.com/dstvshow/2009/01/Ross-Lovegrove-at-Cologne-Design-Week.html
Nov 22nd
“Astroturf refers to apparently grassroots-based citizen groups or coalitions...”
– Astroturf - SourceWatch
Nov 1st
October 2008
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“In their 2006 book Wikinomics, Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams famously...”
– Superstruct: Generation Exile
Oct 11th
“Our growth boom will end around 2008 or 2009, as the boomer generation begins to...”
– Wired 7.09: Prophets of Boom
Oct 11th
“Surfing is simply the most fun I know how to have on this planet. And physics,...”
– Surfer-Physicist A. Garrett Lisi’s Unified Theory Leads to Fame, Backlash
Oct 10th
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Two people handling garbage re-use and re-cycle
Annie Leonard the environmentalist http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1841778_1841781_1841805,00.html Darren Atkinson the tech dumpster diver http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.09/es_dumpster_pr.html nice article at wired
Oct 6th
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“ambient awareness”
Social scientists have a name for this sort of incessant online contact. They call it “ambient awareness.” It is, they say, very much like being physically near someone and picking up on his mood through the little things he does — body language, sighs, stray comments — out of the corner of your eye. facebook’s newsfeed, twitter, tumblr, flickr ...
Oct 5th