andrewMahon

What else is on your list? I just finished Aerotropolis: The Way...

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:55:01 -0400

What else is on your list?

I just finished Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next, which, if you’re into urban-things, you would like!

gracelee:

Triumph of the City by Edward Glaeser

Added to my list.

tomorrow

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:54:38 -0400

tomorrow

Does this make all internet things awesome things? (I sure hope...

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:06:27 -0400

Does this make all internet things awesome things? (I sure hope so…. ;)

caro:

My team is working on awesome things. Sometimes awesome things want to get done at unexpected times.

True dissapointment

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:08:00 -0400

is not realizing just how chunky that milk is, that you’re pouring into your coffee, until its too late.

sage advice from the fine folks at surly

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:39:39 -0400

sage advice from the fine folks at surly:

Well done, Surly! And one of my favorites:

“No bike does everything perfectly. In fact, no bike does anything until someone gets on it to ride.”

velou:

including my favorite…”the more you ride your bike, the less your ass will hurt.”

"Apple employees 50,000 people. Foxconn employs 1,000,000 people. So you can have all the innovation..."

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:37:59 -0400

“Apple employees 50,000 people. Foxconn employs 1,000,000 people. So you can have all the innovation you want and tens of thousands of engineers in California benefit, but hundreds of thousands of people benefit in China because the manufacturing has gone there.”

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These are pretty serious numbers; even more so in the context of orchestrated technology transfer, and Chinese management that seeks to bring branding and marketing to the home shores. Take the ASUS netbooks as an early sign: after a manufacturing rival won the One Laptop Per Child contract, the, then ASUSTek, decided to, in house, design and market it’s own thin, cheap device, and effectively started the netbook market.

With huge burgeoning markets in India and China, there is no reason to doubt that many of the manufacturing powerhouses (eg. Foxconn) will begin to dominate global technology markets, from design through manufacturing and sales.

From Helen Walters’ AMAZING TUMBLR:

“Journalist and pundit Fareed Zakaria has an update to his book, The Post-American World, due out at the end of the month. For it (and a CNN special report airing tonight), he delved into the world and meaning of innovation—and examined how the United States has a job on its hand to keep up the pace of innovation and stave off the challenges from emerging markets. He described the above quote as the “scariest statistic” he unearthed in the course of his research.
Also, check out the Global Innovation Showcase, just launched by CNN and the New America Foundation to go along with its special report. Featuring the likes of Steven Johnson’s brief history of innovation and political and economic analyst Zachary Karabell on the innovation challenge posed by China, it looks like it might shape up to be an interesting resource.”
(via thoughtyoushouldseethis)

from the series Burning by Carrie Schneider

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:31:51 -0400

from the series Burning by Carrie Schneider

This? On the tail of the TSG acquisition… wonder whats...

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:39:22 -0400

This? On the tail of the TSG acquisition… wonder whats brewing? (…)

Also, looks a bit like Byron Ling on the left in white shirt..

gilt-tech:

The first meeting of the Gilt Coffee Club: dedicated to improving the coffee culture in our office.

Today, we learned about coffee from the fine folks at Stumptown.

‘tis great to have a clean, cool studio.

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:36:17 -0400

‘tis great to have a clean, cool studio.

About as psychologically trying as it gets. I’m...

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 23:53:45 -0400

About as psychologically trying as it gets. I’m reeling.

Highly recommended, along with Haneke’s The White Ribbon, and Cache.

Photo

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:33:08 -0400

(good morning)

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:32:45 -0400

(good morning)

(also)

Tue, 31 May 2011 11:22:47 -0400

(also)

circlekern: drinkin a beer & making banners for hera’s...

Thu, 26 May 2011 17:58:47 -0400

circlekern:

drinkin a beer & making banners for hera’s myfonts page with a few type/code buddies :D

FLAECK

Tue, 24 May 2011 18:32:00 -0400

FLAECK

BLANC SUR NOIR

Tue, 24 May 2011 18:30:00 -0400

BLANC SUR NOIR

DEVOTION

Tue, 24 May 2011 18:29:00 -0400

DEVOTION

Let me know how it is! I was considering - but was distracted by...

Thu, 19 May 2011 00:30:00 -0400

Let me know how it is! I was considering - but was distracted by some other things at the time…

daveybqueen:

Picked up a copy of this yesterday. Excited to get reading.

This is pretty cool and worth checking out. Still need to give...

Mon, 16 May 2011 15:33:09 -0400

This is pretty cool and worth checking out. Still need to give it a thorough review, but I noticed that it mentions Changeby.us, a project that Type/Code is working on, in conjunction with Local Projects.

nycdigital:

NYC: Thank you for contributing thousands of comments to help shape New York City government’s digital strategy. Today we’re excited to present our plan for NYC’s digital future, Road Map for the Digital City. Download it here.

Sat, 14 May 2011 08:43:00 -0400