John Thackara’s “In The Bubble”
We’re filling up the world with technology and devices, but we’ve lost sight of an important question: What is this stuff for? What value does it add to our lives? So asks author John Thackara in his new book, In…
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A beginner’s guide to changing the world [Christian Science Monitor]
It helps to be persistently joyful and joyfully persistent. Read full review
From counterculture to computer culture [Red Herring]
John Markoff’s “What the Doormouse Said: How the 60s Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer” makes the case that the personal computer is intimately bound up with the growth of the counterculture in the 1960s. The personal computer’s origins in the…
AIGA Center for Brand Experience
Creative directors, market researchers, brand strategists and experience designers built the AIGA Center for Brand Experience in order to pool their knowledge and skills to educate the business and design communities about building successful and innovative brands. Go to website
For all who have never climbed a tree [Christian Science Monitor]
‘Go out and play’ vs. ‘de-naturing of childhood’ Read full review
Advertisers want something different [The New York Times]
BBDO Worldwide in New York, General Electric’s longtime advertising agency, was not getting the message. The agency had been offering G.E. its panoply of traditional marketing ideas, leaning heavily on the standard 30-second television spot. But Judy Hu, general manager…
Television reloaded [Newsweek]
It’s a transformation as significant as when we went from black-and-white to color—and it’s already underway. The promise is that you’ll be able to watch anything you want, anywhere—on a huge high-def screen or on your phone. Read full story
Television gets a mobile home [The Guardian]
Mobile TV has been talked about for ages, probably since the first mobile phone with a colour screen became available and certainly since the launch of 3G, the faster networks that allow video to be accessed at a reasonable speed.…
Animal magnetism [I.D. Magazine]
A technology conference takes cues from nature. Read full story
Desert campaign to save humanity [BBC]
The Dalai Lama and a host of Nobel prize winners have joined actor Richard Gere for a conference aimed at righting the wrongs of modern humanity. Read full story
Multimedia phones [Business Week]
Consumer-electronics giants are using their music, TV and game savvy to build hot new models. Read full story
A case study on Yahoo! usability
Yahoo’s multiple business units, each containing decentralised user experience teams, have a natural tendency to design different solutions to similar problems. Left unchecked, these differences would weaken the Yahoo! brand and produce a less usable network of products. This case…
Microsoft’s social computing symposium 2005
The Social Computing Symposium 2005, sponsored by Microsoft Research, will take place April 24-26 in Redmond, Washington. The goal for this event is to foster an awareness of research and innovation in social technologies, and create new lines of communication…
Strange days on planet earth [PBS]
Around the globe, scientists are racing to solve a series of mysteries. Unsettling transformations are sweeping across the planet, and clue by clue, investigators around the world are assembling a new picture of Earth, discovering ways that seemingly disparate events…
Can ‘Made in Europe’ survive? [International Herald Tribune]
While luxury products still benefit from a “Made in France” label, more mundane industries are vulnerable to foreign competition. Read full story
Neil Gershenfeld on the coming digital revolution in the world of manufactured physical goods
First we experienced the digital revolution in computation. Then we experienced it in communications. And now, according to Neil Gershenfeld, director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, the digital revolution is moving into surprising new territory: the world of…
Sony looking to add glitter in Europe [International Herald Tribune]
On the heels of the biggest management shake-up in Sony history, the president of Sony Europe has vowed that the company will bolster its reputation as a consumer technology and electronics trendsetter, backed by a €1 billion European marketing drive…
Advice for Europe’s startups [Red Herring]
At a Red Herring conference, European CEOs urge fellow entrepreneurs to think globally and make themselves heard. Read full story
Massive change: now everyone can design solutions [NPQ]
Bruce Mau, the famed designer and collaborator with Frank Gehry, is co-author of Massive Change. His firm, Bruce Mau Design, is based in Toronto. He spoke with NPQ editor Nathan Gardels recently. Read interview
Vodafone’s Future Vision
“In the Vodafone Future Vision website you can explore what we think that future might look like, experience some of the changes we believe will happen, and tell us what you think of them.” Go to website