A new global visual language for the BBC’s digital services
Truly impressive work, and an impressive post detailing it!
Talking Heads in Rome 1980
A series of 11 videos on YouTube of a 1980 concert. Sweet.
Hot Pockets Ingredients
Um. An elegant poster of a disgustingly over-ingrediented “food”.
The Birth of Cheap Communication (and Junk Mail)
Fun, breezy take on the original “Victorian internet” – the British Postal System.
Just what role do conferences play nowadays?
Having attended TED last week, where people spend $6,000 + travel/lodging seemingly in order to watch talks which will be posted online for free, I found myself again wondering just what role conferences and events play. This is not of mere academic interest — Adaptive Path earns a substantial portion of its revenue through its [...]
Roger Ebert: The Essential Man
He might have no jaw, but Ebert has been as eloquent as ever of late (and quite the liberal activist!)
Bing Maps Explore is pretty sweet
Sadly, it requires Silverlight, but the functionality is fly. Check out the “Map Apps” (bottom of the screen). The Streetside Photos app draws geotagged photos from Flickr and applies them into the Street View. Pretty awesome.
David Byrne at TED – The venue determines the music
I enjoyed David Byrne’s talk at TED today. He put forth a theory of creativity that runs contrary to the romantic model. Instead of thinking of creativity as a thing that emerges from the force of soemone’s specific artistic bent, he walked through the history of music and showed how music styles have been highly [...]
Ravens Coach Brian Billick Tackles Super Bowl XLIV : NPR
As we approach the Super Bowl, I found this interview about what a coach really does surprisingly informative.
Henrietta Lacks: A Donor’s Immortal Legacy
This is utterly fascinating. Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells are the world’s first immortal cells. I had never heard of HeLa cells before this interview with author Rebecca Skloot. Now I want to read the book.
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