➠ October 30, 2009
Obi Wan Lebowski
"These are not the nihilists you're looking for."
DARPA Network Challenge
This is a perfectly fascinating piece of research. In much the same way as the NSA’s key-cracking competitions helped measure that state of the art in distributed computing, DARPA is running a contest that will help measure how social software and the internet can power a (really) wide area treasure hunt.
➠ October 29, 2009
➠ October 28, 2009
Aurora’s Ice Cream
I love when our designers mark their stuff in the office fridge.
➠ October 27, 2009
➠ October 26, 2009
➠ October 25, 2009
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Thank you to my little sister for the birthday present of a t-shirt that is incomprehensible to Americans.
From Primitive State in Edinburgh.
Ten Years in My Life… One Year On
Still a US citizen, married to Joy, living in San Francisco with two bassets. Only thing that has changed was the job.
Yes, this is my low-rent Feltron-style annual report!
Makebelieve Help, Old Butchers, and Figuring Out Who You Are (For Now)
Thought-provoking video from Merlin Mann. It’s long, but chock-full of food for thought. (Protip: Click through to Vimeo and download the .m4v file from there — it’s the perfect format for copying onto an iPhone)
In particular, the topic of the “Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition” was of great interest to me, as I look back on how I’ve progressed over almost-a-year at Slide, and face the brand new challenge of having direct reports to manage.
One of those well-known Fish’n’Chips/Japanese crossover restaurants
You know… The old Teriyaki Chippie.
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