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Are Some People Just Visually Dull?

Mar 19, 2007

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in Art, Design, Images, Information Design, Personal, Reviews, Science, Technology, TV & Movies, User Experience Design

Everywhere you go, you see 16:9 widescreen television screens playing regular 4:3 video programs stretched out to fit across the whole screen. You see these in airports, banks, bars, and offices. Maybe you even see this in your own home. Presumably, the owners of these TV screens can’t bear to see all those extra black…

SXSW 2007: Twitter & Social Cyborgs

Mar 14, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Images, Interface Design, Language, Personal, Reviews, Science, Social Interaction, Storytelling, Technology, The Future, User Experience Design, Web

Essentially, Twitter permits large and disparate groups of people to synchronize their activities with one another without there being any obligation to actually engage in real planning. When you announce where you are and what youâ€™re doing, there is no â€œdealâ€ in place that any action will be taken on the information youâ€™ve shared, unlike…

More World Maps

Mar 6, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Art, Design, graphpaper.com, History, Images, Information Design, Personal, Science

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.