Category: History
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Spinning Bush
The above work is an astounding wedding gift from my close friend the artist Julian Laverdiere, who is also one of the co-designers of the 9/11 memorial Tribute in Light. It is a parody of the fascist/futurist artist Renato Bertelli’s Head of Mussolini, this time re-imagined with our very own Decider in the place of…
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A Peek into the Sausage Factory (IA Summit Presentation Post-Mortem)
My IA Summit presentation was an experiment in what is a new presentation style for me. I have long admired the rapid-fire presentation style of Lawrence Lessig (aka the “Lessig method“) and in particular the example of Dick Hardt’s keynote at Identity 2.0. Also, I’ve always wanted to achieve the same aesthetic and pedagogical dazzle…
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Interaction Design Style (My IA Summit 2007 Presentation)
It’s been a little less than a week since my IA Summit presentation. To my great surprise, it went really well. I mean really well. In the next day or so I will be posting a summary of my experiences preparing and discussing my topic, which was, in a word, style. Many people came to…
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SXSW 2007: Class Dismissed, or How My Panel Went
My SXSW panel, High Class and Low Class Web Design, is over now, and I can now share a little bit of about how I and a few others think it went. Some bloggers who attended the panel have already published their own notes and reviews, too, so if you want to skip what I…
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More World Maps
Just thought I’d post a couple world maps to compare with my own drawing. First, let’s see what the big shots say over at Rand McNally: Not bad. Almost as accurate as mine. Let’s see how I compare to the 17th century cartographer Nicolas Visscher: I think I kicked his ass.
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Back to the Future: New Poor, New Slums
A strange part of the US real-estate boom is the housing construction boom. Across America, brand-new housing developments are sprouting up like kudzu vines, tearing down forests and farmland to build new housing as fast as possible. Behind this are many factors: immigration, ongoing white flight from the cities, the growth of suburban sprawl, the…