June 2010
29 posts
“The best argument against democracy is a 5-minute conversation with the average...”
– Winston Churchill (via The S Word: How the UK parliament undermines science)
WatchSonar (by Renaud Hallée) — Beautiful a/v piece, in all respects. From the guy who did the equally awesome Gravité.
Watchbashford:
This kinetic shade adjusts the amount of light entering a room in response to the changing outdoor brightness. The shade is constructed from an array of foldable units, shaped like pixels that can open and close in different sequences. As the folding units/pixels transform, they create a “living” shade that “breathes” the light through it.
Really nice, and reminds me of the ocular...
“It has been said that time heals all wounds. I do not agree. The wounds remain....”
– Rose Kennedy | Submitted by: bornonthe17th (via quote-book)
“I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.”
– Albert Einstein
“Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you...”
– Carl Sagan in Pale Blue Dot (1994) - a book inspired by Voyager I’s photograph of the earth from four billion miles away.
(via stephenlong)
“I would prefer singing … In the days of the struggle (against apartheid)...”
– Danny Jordaan (SA’s World Cup Organiser) seems to feel similarly about the Vuvuzela as I do. (via The Guardian)
WatchShot for shot recreation of the French TV footage of the last 15 minutes of the World Cup Semi-Final between France and Germany in 1982 (including the penalty shootout). Virtuoso stuff. Refait (by Pied La Biche)
“Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.”
– Henry David Thoreau
“It’s sometimes almost worth having a brutal argument with someone to taste...”
– Alain de Botton
“i am here was initiated by artists who are themselves long-term residents of...”
– I Am Here (related to yesterday’s post showing faces replacing orange window coverings on buildings in Hackney).
Truths About Social Media Measurement →
Really interesting article from Altitude Branding highlighting the difference between measurement and analysis. Like any science, measurement is (usually) the easy part, it’s the analysis that requires the brains, experience and innovative thinking. (via un-logic)
